Evaluation of landscape designs of hospital gardens in Kastamonu

Abstract

Hospitals are health institutions proving care services for people. The people who go to a hospital for getting a medical treatment usually feel anxious, tense, and stressful. Hospital gardens must be exactly the opposite of hospital environment. They should help to calm and relax the patients, and provide a positive contribution to the treatment, as well. When designing the hospital gardens, aesthetic considerations should be kept in the background, and requests and needs of users should be given priority in the design approach. In this study, six hospital gardens in Kastamonu are investigated in detail with the help of experimental qualities. The problems of hospital gardens have been put forward with the help of scoring table, common problems of the hospitals have been identified, and solutions to these problems have been proposed. Keywords: Hospital garden, Healing garden, Therapeutic areas

Keywords

• Hospital garden, Healing garden, Therapeutic areas

Kastamonu'daki hastane bahçelerinin peyzaj tasarımlarının değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Hastaneler, her insanın yaşamı boyunca sağlık sorunları ya da ziyaret için mutlak gittiği sağlık kurumlarıdır. Genellikle hastaneye giden insanlar tedirgin, gergin ve stres içerisinde olur. Peyzaj mimarlarının, kullanıcılar üzerinde stres yaratan hastane ortamına zıt bir dış mekan olarak hastane bahçelerine mutlaka açık yeşil alan düzenlemeleri içerisinde yer vermesi gerekir. Hastane bahçelerinin kullanıcıların stresten uzaklaşmalarına, sakinleşmelerine yardımcı olduğu ve hastaların tedavilerinde gözle görülür oranda olumlu katkı sağladığı birçok bilimsel araştırmalarda ortaya konmuştur. Diğer dış mekan tasarımlarından farklı olarak hastane bahçeleri tasarlanırken, estetik kaygılar ikinci plana atılmalı öncelikle kullanıcıların istek ve ihtiyaçları doğrultusunda tasarım yaklaşımlarına yer verilmelidir. Kullanılan her türlü donatı ve malzemede bu hususlara dikkat etmek gerekir. Bu çalışmada Kastamonu'daki 6 hastane bahçesi deneyimsel kaliteler yardımıyla detaylı bir şekilde incelenmiştir. Puantaj tablosu yardımıyla hastanelere verilen puanlar sonucunda hastane bahçelerinin sorunları ortaya konulmuş ve hastanelerin ortak problemleri belirlenip çözüm önerileri getirilmiştir. Anahtar kelimeler: Hastane bahçeleri, İyileştirici bahçe, Terapi alanları

Keywords

• Hastane bahçeleri, İyileştirici bahçe, Terapi alanları

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