Open AccessREVISITING ANDALUSIAN GARDEN: VISIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC GARDEN DESIGN
Author(s) -
Zainab Abdul Latiff,
Maheran Mohd. Yaman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
planning malaysia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1675-6215
pISSN - 0128-0945
DOI - 10.21837/pmjournal.v15.i6.234
Subject(s) - paradise , islam , vision , garden design , botanical garden , geography , art history , art , architectural engineering , history , aesthetics , visual arts , sociology , archaeology , engineering , ecology , anthropology , biology
Andalusian garden is one of the historical gardens in the Muslim world. It appears that the garden designers at the time managed to emulate the spiritual and sacred essence of the paradisiacal environment on earth. The method of content analysis and library search was applied in this study. The findings of this study reveal that the Andalusian garden has been built in accordance with Islamic principles of environment and has crystallized the Quranic paradise description in reality. To conclude, the physical attributes of the Andalusian garden made an essential reference for a contemporary Islamic garden design.