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4. Productive landscape design in neighbourhood scale
As stated above, based on landscape preservation’s significance, agricultural lands and gardens in southern
Tehran have been selected for the present case study. The main aim is to design and reorganizing the
selected site which is surrounded by urban freeways both in the south and in the north. It should be
mentioned that the site area is 140 hectares.
The selected site is located in the southern edge of Tehran, and it acts as a medium between the residential
fabric and agricultural land in the south. The social and cultural factors and the visual characteristics are
inappropriate, in this area (Fig.7).
This study intends to implement, productive landscape design as the proposed solution in order to work out
issues within this particular site. The discussed issues consist of two aspects. Firstly, the internal aspects
include” solving productive landscape problems that are associated with the residential context ,appropriate
quality and integrity of the landscape ,appropriate accessibility and establishment of infrastructure facilities.
Secondly, the external aspects include” creating strong linkage between productive landscape and the whole
perception of Tehran and improving its functional role (Fig.8, 9, 10). Therefore, the fallowing objectives are
suggested:
To define the site’s functionality in both North and south
To create an appropriate interaction between the two sections
To design northern sectors in local scale and in relation to residential context
To design southern sectors in regional scale, and to meet the needs and requirements of tourists
and visitors
Fig.7: Inappropriate social condition in the site
Fig.8, 9, 10: Design approach (external and internal aspect), residential context penetrate into agricultural land,
agricultural land in south west entrance
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