Tez özetleri Astronomi ve Uzay Bilimleri Anabilim Dalı 2

Construction Systems in Vertical Gardens
Modern cities provide enormous areas of wall space, in many cases stretching high above the street. Not all of this space is appropriate for growing plants, but much of it is certainly much more than has been utilised in recent years.
Greening the building envelope and wall surface focusing on vertical garden with vegetation is a good example of a new construction practice. Plants and partly growing materials in case of vertical garden systems have a number of functions that are beneficial, for example: increasing the biodiversity and ecological value, mitigation of urban heat island effect, outdoor and indoor comfort, insulating properties, improvement of air quality and of the social and psychological well being of city dwellers.
As a teenager, in the late sixties, French botanist Patrick Blanc conceived the Natural Vertical Garden. After years he developed his vertical garden concept and patented it at 1988.
Construction in vertical garden systems are generally hydroponics. Felt system comprise of felt pockets of growing medium and a waterproofed backing which is then connected to structure behind. The felt is kept continually moist with water that contains plant nutrients.
The microorganisms that grow in contact with plant roots are able more or less to transform toxic organic molecules (including pesticides and volatile organic compounds) emitted by industry, vehicles and biological activity of humans and animals. In the case of cities, various types of dust are added to this chemical pollution. Electrostatic forces attract dust to city plant leaves, especially during the dry season. These residues are finally washed and dissolved by the rain. In a vertical garden, the leave surface as well as the felt take this dust. Once caught, the dust is decomposed by the water and microorganisms into chemical elements that the plants can more easily absorb.
All research on soil biology has signaled the important interactions between microorganisms and plants. Complex association (internal or external depending on the species) between fungus and roots, allowing and increasing absorption of water and mineral salts into the roots. As a general rule, these microorganisms connected to plant roots develop better when the substrate is well oxygenated, as is the case in a vertical garden because the irrigation geotextile cloth is in direct contact with the oxygen in the air.
The study consists of five chapters: introduction, general sections, material and methodology, findings, discussions and results.
General sections chapter gives general information about the vertical green systems and effects on quality of life and vertical green systems classification using the information obtained from literature studies.
As material, literature research and vertical garden application samples in Turkey and in the world have been used. As methodology they have been analyzed and evaluated.
In findings chapter reveals the findings obtained from analyzed vertical garden sample structures and the results were evaluated comparatively with the information in the literature researches.
Discussions and results chapter gives the results obtained and suggestions.
  

ŞENEL Seda

Danışman : Prof. Dr. Yahya AYAŞLIGİL

Anabilim Dalı : Peyzaj Mimarlığı

Programı : -

Mezuniyet Yılı : 2014

Tez Savunma Jürisi : Prof. Dr. Yahya AYAŞLIGİL

Prof. Dr. Hakan ALTINÇEKİÇ

Prof. Dr. Hüseyin DİRİK

Yard. Doç. Dr. Nilüfer KART AKTAŞ

Yard. Doç. Dr. Aysel ULUS