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Conference paperNZAAR-ALIU-16-09NZAAR December 2016

Acquaintance with Persian Garden

Niusheh Mohammadi*

  1. Islamic Azad University – Saveh Branch, Iran

Published in The Second NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8 December 2016, pages 36 to 43. New Zealand Academy of Applied Research. ISSN 2463-5979 (online), 2463-5960 (print).

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Abstract

Garden, this domesticated nature, at the same time, contains aesthetic values, and usefulness is high and, due to its multiple value affects all five senses. What is certain in Iran in arid and water scarce climate, identify the natural environment requires knowledge, experience and a special technology which in Iran it has a very ancient history. From ancient pattern to the paradises of the Islamic era, the art of Iranian garden creation in water supply saving, irrigation and water views, plant coverage according to the usefulness and beauty, creating a micro-climate and locating, has provoked wonder and curiosity of researchers over time until now. Method of information collection was library based and in this research the quiddity of Persian garden is going to be described from different perspectives (Geometric, physical and functional).

Keywords: Persian Garden; Anatomy; Function; Climate; Water

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