An Evaluation of User Opinions on Landscaping in Saklı Kent Case

Integration between the housing unit and indoor and outdoor space play an important role to meet all physical and mental needs of humans. Gathering landscape elements in a successful manner is an important value for open and semi open spaces in houses. Furthermore, the interaction between these spaces, landscape elements and indoor spaces is one of the most important factors in user satisfaction. Successful space design desired by the house users can be achieved by deliberate implementation of landscape elements within the house and its surroundings. Landscape elements are important factors that affect the visual quality of a space. The main problem observed almost in every gated community site in North Cyprus is that they are designed with a site concept independent of and not integrated with surroundings. Saklı Kent gated community in Famagusta is chosen as the study area to understand the importance of landscape in houses in indoor and outdoor space integration and to address its necessity in gated communities. The main aim of this study is to question the importance of landscape designed and implemented in gated community sites and its effects on the user and houses to meet the changing and developing user demands through Saklı Kent Site case as well as showing the importance of integration between indoor and outdoor space in the current implementation by emphasizing user awareness. Hybrid research that is interviewing and narrative research with residents of Saklı Kent Gated community are held to reach the aim of the study and it is aimed at highlighting the strong connection between closed space and landscape, and landscape awareness on gated community design. Keywords: Landscape, Interior Landscape, Indoor and Outdoor Relationship, Saklı Kent.