Şifa bahçesi nedir?

Yıl 2015, Cilt: 28 Sayı: 1, 5 - 10, 01.06.2015

Sima Pouya Öner Demirel

Öz

Şifa bahçelerine ilgi dünya çapında artmaktadır. Bugün birçok araştırmacı disiplinler ve meslekler, şifa bahçelerine farklı şekillerde yaklaşmaktadır. Hangi özellikler, bir bahçenin şifa bahçesi olup olmadığını belirler? İnsan sağlığı için yararlı olduğu düşünülen bu özel bahçeler düşüncesi, şifa bahçesini diğer bahçe türlerinden ayırt eden nitelikleri bulmaya ve araştırmaya neden olmuştur. Eğer bir şifa bahçesini oluşturan belli nitelikler varsa, o zaman ne olduklarını açıklayıp ve bahçe tasarımına yardımcı bir kurallar listesi hazırlanabiliyor. Clare Cooper Marcus, Roger Ulrich, Rachel ve Stephen Kaplan gibi ünlü ve profesyonel araştırmacılar tarafından şifa bahçeleri hakkında önemli araştırmalar yapılmıştır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, mevcut olan araştırmalar ışığında şifa bahçelerinin tanımını, tasarım ilkelerini ve ziyaretçiler için sağlanan faydaları öz ve net şekilde açıklamaktır. Sonuç olarak bu makale, peyzaj mimarlarının şifa bahçesi tasarımındaki rolünü tanımlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Şifa bahçesi, Terapi bahçesi, Tasarım, Sağlık

What is a healing garden?

Öz

The interest in healing gardens has increased around the world. Several research disciplines and professions deal today in different ways with healing gardens. What determines whether or not a garden is a ‘healing garden?’ The idea that particular gardens are beneficial to human health was the spark that began this investigation to find if there were certain qualities that distinguish a ‘healing garden’ from any other garden type. If there are particular qualities that make up a healing garden, then what are they and could a list of guidelines be created to aide in the design of a healing garden? There are some important scattered researches about healing garden that had conducted in this subject by famous and professional researchers like Clare Cooper Marcus, Roger Ulrich, Rachel and Stephen Kaplan. The purpose of this research is definition of healing gardens, features of design and benefits of it for visitors in a clear and compact way with help of recent significant researches on healing gardens. As a result, detect a clear image of healing garden for landscape architects in designing.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Healing Garden, Therapeutic Garden, Design, Healthcare

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