TY - JOUR TT - Meeting in the Public Space ... Kocaeli Değirmendere Town Square and Public Park Planning AU - Çakıcı Alp, Neşe AU - Baş Yıldırım, Miray AU - Aydın Aksan, Aslı PY - 2014 DA - February JF - Artium PB - Hasan Kalyoncu Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2147-6683 SP - 43 EP - 57 VL - 4 IS - 1 KW - Kent Meydanı KW - Kamusal Park Tasarımı KW - Mimari Tasarım N2 - 4,617 square meters of green area, located in Kocaeli / Gölcük Atatürk District, Burcu Street, designed as a town square and its application project was done by the scope of Gölcük Vizyon 2023 project. Gölcük Vizyon 2023 project is executed with the cooperation of Kocaeli University, Gölcük Municipality and Gölcük City Council. The designed town square, aimed to create an attraction centre that can be build stronger bonds, natural, warm, friendly, active and sporty in green for urban residents and their children who are appeared to be plural, actually estranged and alienated due to constantly urbanization. To promote the achievement of social sustainability and to strengthen neighbourly relations in the field, social activity areas determined by taking the views and opinions of the urban residents. Furthermore, the project is designed using digital design tools and it is suitable for computer aided manufacturing. By construction of this project, it is thought that it will add a new vision for Gölcuk due to innovative and original design methods. CR - Barbosa O., Tratalos J. A., Armsworth P. R., Davies R. G., Fuller R. A., Johnson P., Gaston K. J. (2007), Who benefits from access to green space? A case study from Sheffield, UK. Landscape and Urban Planning 83. 187–195. CR - Chiesura, A. (2004),The role of urban parks for the sustainable city. Landscape and Urban Planning 68 129–138. CR - Crane, P., Kinzig, A. (2005). Nature in the metropolis. Science 308. 1225–11225. CR - Witten, K., Hiscock, R., Pearce, J. And Blakely, T. (2008). Neighbourhood access to public open space and the physical activity of residents: a national study. Preventive Medicine. 47. 299-303. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/artium/article/298047 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/283679 ER -