ARCU 3100 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 _ Garden and Park & Later 20th centuy cities.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Architecture Urban
• Course: ARCU 3100
• Professor: Yves Gosselin

Document Summary

Originso f the garden: mesopotamia"s hanging gardnes of babylon, passed on to greece and rome though they weren"t really known for garden design, hadrian"s villa is considered to be the precedent. The alhambra grenada, spain: had islamic elements. Plan of various corutyeards: the design is based off a series of courtyards featuring different names and elements based off islamic tradition. The alhambra the poetrics of gardens: elements separated water elements, structural elements, etc. Importance of shade alhambra: trees used for this. A variety of spaces with different character: done through plants, layout, quality of detailing, the sound through water, the scent, the colour etc. It will emulate the ideal city: examples of italian gardens, villa doria pamfili, villa campi, villa albini, villa pratolino. Importance of axiality: relationship between garden and villa, the garden is defined with specific perimeters that are usually walled.