Parametric and Symbiotic Approaches in Landscape Architecture: New Urban Space Paradigms

Environmental, social and spatial problems faced by today's cities necessitate new design paradigms in landscape architecture. This study investigates how the parametric design approach in landscape architecture can be evaluated within the framework of the symbiotic city concept. The aim is to conceptually and theoretically reveal the intersection point of these two concepts by supporting the symbiotic city vision, which aims to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between nature and the city, with parametric design tools. In the study based on qualitative research method, literature review, conceptual analysis and thematic synthesis techniques were used. The findings obtained show that these two approaches play a complementary role in the process of producing not only formal but also functional, systemic and sustainable design decisions in landscape architecture. The study revealed that the symbiotic city approach is a systematic planning model that advocates the integration of natural and built environments on the basis of mutual benefit, and that parametric design is a powerful tool that enables the integrated modeling of these systems with environmental and social data. It is also emphasized that landscape architecture plays a spatial and systemic unifying role that can combine both approaches. The results reveal that landscape architects can develop integrated designs at ecological, social and technical levels by making symbiotic relationships more readable, simulatable and measurable through parametric tools. In this context, the discipline of landscape architecture is being redefined as a strategic actor in the sustainable transformation of cities.