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URBAN TREE AVENUES – MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS A FACTOR IN TREES SELECTION
Marko Dobrilovič
; Univ. of Ljubljana, Biotehnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenija
Sažetak
The knowledge about plant material and its applicability is an important factor in achieving quality in landscape design. It manifests itself in the appropriate selection of plant species for individual design solutions. Nowadays we can observe the selection of plants based on fashion; measures defined by creation of a certain space characteristic are omitted. The main problem is that in the literature the plant species are frequently treated individually and arranged according to the visual effect of each plant. In order to satisfy the needs of design practice for this research, it was necessary to ascertain the hidden designer potential of each plant, which is not identical with the pleasing effect of the plant. This is how the central problem is formulated in this research: to determine the selection criteria (of plant species), arising from the visual characteristics of the plants and, based on these criteria to determine the suitability of plants to create visual effects of a tree avenue. In this sense we can stress the importance of proving the connection between morphological properties of the plants and the characteristics of tree avenues, which are formed by these very plants. The subject of this research is plant material, 193 trees, systematized according to their size, shape, habitus, texture, colour, as well as the seasonal appearance of individual characteristics. We established criteria for the selection of morphological properties of the trees that allowed us to achieve a certain visual character of a tree avenue. The process of plants selection is shown on a concrete example, whereby certain design demands determine the choice of adequate plants. For the final selection of plants it is necessary to add criteria arising from eco-physiological needs of the plants and from technological demands.
Ključne riječi
landscape architecture; tree avenues; urban places; tree morphology; selecting species
Hrčak ID:
39794
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.7.2009.
Posjeta: 4.385 *