Landscape Architect Serdar Kaleli on Designing Security: "The Invisible Power of Landscape Beyond High Walls"
Is security merely about high walls and barricades? Plant buffers, grade changes, and the concept of invisible protective landscape explored in full detail in peyzajMAG!
This story was originally published in Turkish. Read in Turkish
Is security merely about high walls, cameras, and unsettling, cold police barricades? We examined how a well-positioned vegetative buffer, an elevation change, or a smart pedestrian axis conceals security within the natural character of a space without disturbing the user—all through the lens of landscape's "unseen protective power."
From historical defense lines to contemporary public spaces, this article demonstrates how aesthetics and security can serve the same purpose, inviting you to look at landscape design through an entirely new lens. The full text is with you in the Autumn 2026 issue of peyzajMAG!
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