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Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms

Volume: 9 Number: 1 January 14, 2026
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Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms

Abstract

Environmental, social and spatial problems faced by today's cities necessitate new design paradigms in landscape architecture. This study investigates how the parametric design approach in landscape architecture can be evaluated within the framework of the symbiotic city concept. The aim is to conceptually and theoretically reveal the intersection point of these two concepts by supporting the symbiotic city vision, which aims to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between nature and the city, with parametric design tools. In the study based on qualitative research method, literature review, conceptual analysis and thematic synthesis techniques were used. The findings obtained show that these two approaches play a complementary role in the process of producing not only formal but also functional, systemic and sustainable design decisions in landscape architecture. The study revealed that the symbiotic city approach is a systematic planning model that advocates the integration of natural and built environments on the basis of mutual benefit, and that parametric design is a powerful tool that enables the integrated modeling of these systems with environmental and social data. It is also emphasized that landscape architecture plays a spatial and systemic unifying role that can combine both approaches. The results reveal that landscape architects can develop integrated designs at ecological, social and technical levels by making symbiotic relationships more readable, simulatable and measurable through parametric tools. In this context, the discipline of landscape architecture is being redefined as a strategic actor in the sustainable transformation of cities.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Landscape Planning, Landscape Design, Landscape Architecture (Other)

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

January 14, 2026

Submission Date

June 1, 2025

Acceptance Date

October 10, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 9 Number: 1

APA
Sipahi, M. (2026). Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 9(1), 565-581. https://doi.org/10.47495/okufbed.1711222
AMA
1.Sipahi M. Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms. Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Journal of The Institute of Science and Techno. 2026;9(1):565-581. doi:10.47495/okufbed.1711222
Chicago
Sipahi, Merve. 2026. “Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms”. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 9 (1): 565-81. https://doi.org/10.47495/okufbed.1711222.
EndNote
Sipahi M (January 1, 2026) Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 9 1 565–581.
IEEE
[1]M. Sipahi, “Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms”, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Journal of The Institute of Science and Techno, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 565–581, Jan. 2026, doi: 10.47495/okufbed.1711222.
ISNAD
Sipahi, Merve. “Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms”. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 9/1 (January 1, 2026): 565-581. https://doi.org/10.47495/okufbed.1711222.
JAMA
1.Sipahi M. Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms. Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Journal of The Institute of Science and Techno. 2026;9:565–581.
MLA
Sipahi, Merve. “Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms”. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 9, no. 1, Jan. 2026, pp. 565-81, doi:10.47495/okufbed.1711222.
Vancouver
1.Merve Sipahi. Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms. Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Journal of The Institute of Science and Techno. 2026 Jan. 1;9(1):565-81. doi:10.47495/okufbed.1711222

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