The Elements of Landscape in Islamic Garden Design

Abstract

Islamic gardens have appeared as a unique art of landscape influenced by the religion, climate and the affiliated geography and shaped since 7th Century in accordance with the culture and traditions of various societies. The development of the gardens throughout the history of art of landscape has been influenced by the local and regional natural conditions such as soil formation, climate, flora and ecology. Overall, the Islamic gardens, in consideration of the geographies that Islam has expanded, have been shaped within the regions with hot, arid and mild rainy climate conditions. Islamic gardens have always been perceived as a representation of heaven and further designed as spaces and localities of daily life.