Overview of Islamic Gardens: PERSIA
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- n_gouraros
- AliaHas
- mjbee
- khz
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» n_gouraros - date?
Hello,i find this is a very interesting article with many information. But while i was reading a question came to my mind:
Can we give a date to that period of gardening? From what date we say this period is the Islamic garden?
-- posted by n_gouraros
» AliaHas - Re: date?
In response to message posted by n_gouraros:Sorry for the late response. I must have missed this post. I'm not an expert on Islamic Gardens but it would probably be fair to say that Islamic Gardens in Persia began after Islam conquered the area-- so sometime after 642 CE when the Sassanian dynasty was defeated.
Alia
-- posted by AliaHas
» mjbee - Re: Re: date?
In response to message posted by AliaHas:I became intrigued with the middle eastern garden while working on a video game based on the last book of the bible. Revelation 22 seems to portray a classic garden with a river in the middle of it in the midst of the city. Christ's message to the first church in Revelation 2 is that they will "eat the fruit of the tree of life" that "grows in the paradise of God." All this sounds like the gardens described.
I might think that the date for gardens is really much earlier. Harking back to early Mesopotamia, Nebuchednezzar's "Hanging Gardens". These seem to be recalling Eden and a racial memory of Paradise.
-- posted by mjbee
» khz - Islamic Landscape Architecture
It seems that this page has not been updated or responded for quite a long time. I hope it'd continue again.I'm very interested in finding the character of an Islamic landscape architecture, or generally the Islamic character of an outdoor space. I believe that as Islam as our way of life, the outdoor spaces that we design could also possess the same characters. From the article, I would have to agree that most of the characters of an Islamic Garden were very much influenced by the characters of the Persian garden itself. Nevertheless, the Islamic characters were inculcated into these gardens, as u have also mentioned in the article, such as in the concept of garden as paradise with reference to the Holy Quran.
I see that Islamic Outdoor Space is actually beyond the Physical Character. For example, many would say that Islamic design deals with geometric patterns, or designs that by physical 'look' islamic, or in much simpler way, looks 'arabic'. From the understanding that I have gained thru some little research, geometric patterns do have their own meaning relating to the oneness of God. However, again, I believe there are more characters of Islam that we can extract and translate to the outdoor space, such as the morphological integrity, respect towards the environment and symbolic clarity in reference to culture and tradition (as refered to Gulzar Haider's philosophy). As an example is the humbleness in design, or as in another, how a space is created to instill harmony among the people, and how a space influence the behaviour of its users. Furthermore, even the layout of a community could be based from the Islamic perspectives on the importance of brotherhood.
This is what I hope to find as I am slowly starting to gather all information I can in finding the characters of an Islamic Outdoor space or landscape architecture.
I am more than welcomed if there are anyone who would like to give some insights in my search.
-- posted by khz
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