Landscape Design of a Campus Outdoor Spaces: Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Forestry Building

As a part of urban scenery, campus landscapes are regarded a living space for students for about four years. Therefore campus outdoor areas should not be treated and designed as a left over space of buildings. On the contrary, campus landscapes should be a place for university students to relieve from the stress of concern for the future and career development, as well as a place for mental composure, socialization, physical activity, and learning environment. Campus landscapes designed for these aims will also enhance the quality of education. With these thoughts in mind, the surrounding space of Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Forestry was designed. Before the design phase, spatial, functional and natural landscape data of the area were analyzed and, positive and negative qualities, and user needs were determined. Landscape design of the faculty was constructed in detail with regard to semantic, syntactic and pragmatics dimensions and reflecting formal education to outdoors became the concept of the design. In order to provide legibility, functionality and aesthetic quality of the resulting design, a balance between visual simplicity and complexity is concerned.