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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-963-1-0199

LANDSCAPE-ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE OLD ORCHARD IN LOCATION PRESEĽANY FOR RECREATION AND WELL BEING

Viera Paganová1, Gabriel Kuczman1
1 Institute of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tulipánová 7, 949 76 Nitra Slovakia

The current lifestyle is characterized by the limited contact of people with nature. The reasons are related to the decrease of outdoor human activities and the limited accessibility to natural environments. The subject of study is an old fruit orchard on the location Preseľany (Slovakia). Over the years it has become a semi-natural biotope with outcrops to arable land. There are present at least three generations of the fruit trees and species of the indigenous flora which inhabited stand within succession. The site is a biodiversity hotspot harboring plant and animal species. The aim of the landscape-architectural design is to provide access to this space for relax and recreation in contact with the open landscape. The design aims to preserve the intact zone over most of the area and works with the narrative of nature return to the intensively used agricultural landscape. Three functional zones for visitors are proposed in the design - a movement zone, a rest zone and a children's zone. The expected benefits of the proposal are to provide contact with nature and opportunity for environmental education.

Keywords: biodiversity, fruit trees, functional zones, habitat, preservation

pages: 199-205, Published: 2024, online: 2024



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