Tez özetleri Astronomi ve Uzay Bilimleri Anabilim Dalı

Investigation of Open Spaces in Holiday Villages From The Point of Landscape Planning and Desing Principles: Antalya Example.”

Resorts which were first put into practice by Club Med, in 1950 in Spain in order to provide a holiday opportunity which is free from intensive tempo of city life after II. World War, still have importance today as the places where people can be with the nature as well as take part in various activities and where people can gain advantage of both psychological and physical use while participating those activities.

In this thesis study, determining planning and designing principles of open places of resorts, ascertaining customer satisfaction by examining sample places based on those principles and providing a base for subsequent researches, have been targeted.

In this research, two sample hotels from Antalya have been examined in line with open place landscape planning criteria of resorts. Determining planning and design criteria, which is needed to be considered in a resort planning, is targeted. This examination includes the details of unit space and the brief history of development of resort planning and design criteria concept as well as determining this criteria, considering planning and design approaches according to the designer’s general purpose.

First section is introductory.

Second section provides consideration of tourism and open place concept, development of tourism, resort and resort planning criteria, development of resorts in Turkey and resort samples all over the world.

In the third section, material and methodology are determined. Antalya’s natural and cultural qualities are presented.

In the fourth section, facility features, architectural design and landscape design are examined based on the observation of sample places. Survey results from sample places and their evaluation are provided.

Inn the fifth section, a qualitative conclusion is presented evaluating sample places in terms of resort landscape planning and design criteria by using findings obtained from analyses.

Finally, in the sixth section, some results are provided evaluating those examinations and findings from survey results. The brief summary of the results are as the following

Both resorts are established on the locations where archeological and natural values dominate and both resorts are far from city centers.

It is concluded from the survey results that visitors approve resort planning and design criteria

In the sample resorts botanical design is given importance and natural vegetation is protected.

Both in Ulusoy and Robinson Club Pamfilya Resorts, the open places, where people perform recreational activities in natural beauty, are planned sufficiently.

Today, resorts are diverging from old “the land” philosophy thus they relinquish open places in order to increase number of beds. Green is replacing concrete buildings and the numbers of environment friendly facilities are decreasing. In this sense, Ulusoy Resort and Robinson Club Pamfilya Resort serve as a model for other resorts.