A Model for Neo Rural Ecological Design Approach, Mugla - Turkiye

After the 6360 Metropolitan Act effectuated in 2012, villages within the borders of a metropole gained a neighbourhood status. The development legislation, a planning tool for intensive urban areas, is thought to be insufficient in ensuring the protection-use balance of new neighbourhoods. New urban settlements that continue to carry a rural character being shaped as future residential settlements that possess protection-use balance is one of the major issues in recent years in terms of the urban planning discipline. When literature review on rural areas are examined; despite encountering studies regarding architectural-landscape design, rural development and rural design policies, few study on rural settlement design was encountered in Turkey. In this context, the aim is to establish a liveable design model for neo rural areas in villages that have gained a neighbourhood status in accordance with the ecological design approach criteria that includes the ideal scheme and unit centre principles and takes into account the protection-use balance. For this purpose; observations and examinations were carried out in line with field studies at Mugla, Mente？e, Orhaniye district and design criteria were determined through the ecological design approach and spatial solutions were presented. As a conclusion, a new model proposal based on the ecological design approach has been developed for neo rural areas. This model was applied in Mu？la Mente？e area. The study will contribute to the literature and be used as a model to develop appropriate planning and design policies for settlements that rest within the rural – city dilemma of the ecological design approach