Compositional and Structural Evaluation of Historic Public Parks: A Design Analysis

Albert Fekete (), Aikaterini Gkoltsiou, Tatjana Prusac, Agata Porębska, Ece Beyza Özdemir, Asli Taşkın, Levente Béla Haleczky and Dániel Komes
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Albert Fekete: Institute of Landscape Architecture Urban Planning and Garden Art, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Aikaterini Gkoltsiou: Laboratory of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, School of Plant Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens, Greece
Tatjana Prusac: Institute of Landscape Architecture Urban Planning and Garden Art, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Agata Porębska: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Ece Beyza Özdemir: Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye
Asli Taşkın: Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 34367, Türkiye
Levente Béla Haleczky: Institute of Landscape Architecture Urban Planning and Garden Art, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Dániel Komes: Institute of Landscape Architecture Urban Planning and Garden Art, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, 1118 Budapest, Hungary

Land, 2025, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-24

Abstract: The article outlined a method to examine the compositional development of some well-known 19th century European public parks with rich historic character. It focused on investigations forming the foundation for a research and design approach ensuring diversity and similarity of the sites, contexts and design problems. Backgrounds and principles that underpin the relation between conservation and development in historical settings of parks are addressed. The survey and comparative analysis of old maps, designs, descriptions and documentation of the current conditions of the investigated parks primarily through remote sensing methods provided an overview of the development and state of preservation of key compositional aspects: spatial structure, design, tree canopy coverage, road and water system, visual connections, dendrological species and forms during the last two centuries. This design analysis approach served as a research method supporting new landscape architecture challenges in conservation and restoration in a changing ecological environment and with new requirements from contemporary planning and design.

Keywords: landscape architecture; public parks; precedent analysis; history and design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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