LAND 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Islamic Architecture, Ground Plane, Mihrab
2 Feb 2018
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The square: enclosures: walls provided the framework. Grass: grassy areas represented the country side, separated the country side from the wilderness, country side = good, wilderness = bad. Turf seats: raised bank, covered in turf, for seating purposes, grass bench. The mount: a small hill either in the middle or usually on the side of a wall. Trees: rudimentary grafting of trees or vines created fanciful and elaborate schemes. Raised beds: vegetable gardens were raised above the ground plane. Layout and components: baghdad, iraq (original round city, walls, moat, palace, citadel, mosque, gardens, gateways, connection to water. Walls: similar to medieval walls with towers but also minarets, minaret a distinctive architectural feature of islamic architecture, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown. Primary mosque and square: mosque islamic place of worship, market was more street oriented than square. Palaces: residences of caliphs and other rulers, gothic arch emphasis, often paired with a mosque.
