The green spaces of the urban fabric shaped by succession

Defining urban wilderness based on case study analysis

Authors

  • Miklós László Pap MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Department of Garden and Open Space Design
  • Orsolya Bagdiné Fekete MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Budapest, Department of Garden and Open Space Design
  • Péter István Balogh MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Budapest, Department of Garden and Open Space Design
  • Vera Takácsné Zajacz MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Budapest, Department of Garden and Open Space Design
  • Balázs Almási MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Department of Garden and Open Space Design

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36249/4d.70.4803

Keywords:

urban wilderness, succession, mental well-being, environmental psychology, sustainability, green network

Abstract

The discipline of landscape architecture is witnessing a radical shift in approach. With the emergence of nature-based solutions in urban public space development, the extensive maintenance of green spaces has also come under the spotlight. The focus of this research is on the ways of establishing and expanding consciously created green spaces dominated by succession, also known as urban wilderness areas. The planning and management of these areas as a whole and of their components is still a complex task that raises many questions. In this article we define the concept of urban wilderness. In addition to the characterisation and interpretation of urban wilderness, we will also discuss its impact on the mental well-being of urban dwellers, i.e. its passive recreational aspects. The theoretical foundations explored are put into practice in a university workshop. The workshop, as an experimental laboratory, sought to answer the question of how theoretical research findings can be integrated into domestic, classical planning practice. As a result, four student concept designs were developed for a real site.

Author Biographies

  • Miklós László Pap, MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Department of Garden and Open Space Design

    PhD Student
    e-mail: pap.miklos.laszlo@phd.uni-mate.hu

  • Orsolya Bagdiné Fekete, MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Budapest, Department of Garden and Open Space Design

    assistant lecturer
    email: bagdine.fekete.orsolya@uni-mate.hu

  • Péter István Balogh, MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Budapest, Department of Garden and Open Space Design

    professor
    email: Balogh.Peter.Istvan@uni-mate.hu 

  • Vera Takácsné Zajacz, MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Budapest, Department of Garden and Open Space Design

    assistant lecturer
    email: Takacsne.Zajacz.Vera@uni-mate.hu 

  • Balázs Almási, MATE, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Department of Garden and Open Space Design

    associate professor, habil Phd, DLA
    e-mail: almasi.balazs@uni-mate.hu

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2023-12-29

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The green spaces of the urban fabric shaped by succession: Defining urban wilderness based on case study analysis. (2023). 4D Journal of Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, 70, 68-79. https://doi.org/10.36249/4d.70.4803

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