Abstract:

Studies showed about healing gardens have confirmed obligation and specific place of these gardens not only in hospitals and health centers, but in urban spaces for various ages of citizens. Research in urban settings indicates that residents of urban settings with more vegetation have higher social contact too. With growing population and building structures especially in Tehran (capital city of Iran), it is less likely to designate open and suitable place for to create the healing gardens. In most cases, as the gardens are designed far from the city centers, the availability and utilization of the healing gardens are limited specially for elderly people and children.  One of the fastest growing tendency in Tehran is the designs of green roofs, or roof gardens, to create peaceful places on otherwise barren rooftop places. Landscape designers used to create the roof of building in order to decrease the lack of green spaces in Tehran. In this research, with regard to benefits and advantages roof garden and healing garden, the integration of these two garden in the rooftop buildings, can contribute to the health problems of the residents as well as providing ecological profits and ecosystem services. The goal of this article is to provide some factors and criteria which are essential to create healing gardens in the roof of the buildings in Tehran. To do so, roof gardens and their integration with healing gardens are analyzed and evaluated. The result of this article can be an initiative step for creating these kinds of spaces in the mega cities such as Tehran. Appropriate characteristics of these spaces planning and designing can be a valuable guide for landscape and urban planners to create roof healing gardens. 

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