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PhD student at the Department of Garden Art and Landscape Design, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art – Budapest, MATE – Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Architecture BA from Damascus University, Syria. A former tutor at the Faculty of Architecture in Damascus, Syria.
The phenomenon of urban sprawl has caused radical changes in the spatial structure of cities and rural areas all around the world. Syria is among the developing countries that have experienced this phenomenon. Some of the resulted processes of urban sprawl like urbanization and counter-urbanization have had a clear impact on the land use and lifestyle in both cities and the countryside of different regions in Syria. This research focuses on the coastal region and the spatial changes that affected the nature of social life, such as the rapid growth of the population, the expansion of cities, and the new developments, which in turn have led to considerable changes in the relationship and scale of the house, garden, and landscape. The research studies the development of the rural housing model in the coastal region and its relation to the surrounding landscape. It tracks three phases of the housing unit’s development and conducts a comparative study on four villages using a questionnaire to evaluate the performance of those units. The results of this research show significant change in the relationship between rural and urban areas resulting from the new residential developments, as well as the relationship of land use and the historic plot structure and that of the garden and the house into the overall character of the landscape.
Nebras Khadour; Nawarah Basha; Máté Sárospataki; Albert Fekete. Correlation between Land Use and the Transformation of Rural Housing Model in the Coastal Region of Syria. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4357 .
AMA StyleNebras Khadour, Nawarah Basha, Máté Sárospataki, Albert Fekete. Correlation between Land Use and the Transformation of Rural Housing Model in the Coastal Region of Syria. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4357.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNebras Khadour; Nawarah Basha; Máté Sárospataki; Albert Fekete. 2021. "Correlation between Land Use and the Transformation of Rural Housing Model in the Coastal Region of Syria." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4357.
Throughout the history of landscape design, we have witnessed many examples where natural features were used as symbolic elements of manmade landscapes and gardens. This influence of landscape geology had its impact on contemporary landscape architecture, resulting in diverse and innovative applications, which are the main topic of our discussion. The article is intended to demonstrate the trend of drawing inspiration from natural landscape features in contemporary landscape architecture in a new and complex way, focusing particularly on the influence of geology, geomorphology and tectonics. A study was conducted on twelve available, published contemporary landscape projects from the last two decades analysing the imitation of nature in the designs, with photo documentation and description. The aim is to identify how ‘native geology’ can influence today’s landscape architecture, which formations are inspirative, where and how they are integrated to the contemporary artistic design. Furthermore, in order to develop a complex understanding on how these references applied to the sites enhance the experience of the space. The selected projects are compared according to pairs of contrasting qualities that are related to measurable characteristics of a space. This will finally lead to identifying some common trends of today’s landscape architecture in applying this geology-inspired design approach.
Nawarah Al Basha; Anna Eplényi; Gábor Sándor. Inspirative geology -the influence of natural geological formations and patterns on contemporary landscape design. Landscape architecture and art 2021, 17, 39 -48.
AMA StyleNawarah Al Basha, Anna Eplényi, Gábor Sándor. Inspirative geology -the influence of natural geological formations and patterns on contemporary landscape design. Landscape architecture and art. 2021; 17 ():39-48.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNawarah Al Basha; Anna Eplényi; Gábor Sándor. 2021. "Inspirative geology -the influence of natural geological formations and patterns on contemporary landscape design." Landscape architecture and art 17, no. : 39-48.
Anna Eplényi; Nawarah Al Basha; Nebras Khadour. Historic Public Park Design – A Case Study on Complex Landscape History Education : Südpark Kleinburg Breslau. 4D Tájépítészeti és Kertművészeti Folyóirat 2020, 156 -167.
AMA StyleAnna Eplényi, Nawarah Al Basha, Nebras Khadour. Historic Public Park Design – A Case Study on Complex Landscape History Education : Südpark Kleinburg Breslau. 4D Tájépítészeti és Kertművészeti Folyóirat. 2020; (55-56):156-167.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Eplényi; Nawarah Al Basha; Nebras Khadour. 2020. "Historic Public Park Design – A Case Study on Complex Landscape History Education : Südpark Kleinburg Breslau." 4D Tájépítészeti és Kertművészeti Folyóirat , no. 55-56: 156-167.