Abstract:

Public spaces are the shared spaces where Daily life can be spent together as the most important part of cities throughout history. The importance of public open spaces and green spaces have been increased due to the pandemic occurred today. Evaluation of green spaces in public open spaces in which common life is spent with social distance in cities is crucial. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to grasp the phenomenon of public space, to understand and discuss its change occurred due to the urban development and to create new data on how public open spaces should be in future as a result of this discussion. Within this context, public space and public life have been studied as phenomena by discussing developmental processes of cities and the definition of these concepts have been examined. After the approaches evaluated, the relationship of the concept of public space with urban space has been discussed with the definitions given by theoreticians and architectures. The concept of public space has been defined physically and conceptually, based on the definitions offered by the literature. The changes in the concept of public space due to the urban development in historical process has been revealed through this definition. The change of public space has been evaluated based on domestic and foreign examples. The study has been concluded after it has been determined that the pandemic will increase the importance of the phenomenon of public space emphasized in this study and the need to public open spaces and the recommendations about public open spaces that will be designed in future.

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