Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia

There is a long tradition within the Muslim community of creating gardens. The gardens, from its starting period, had always functioned to provide shade, serenity and the feel of relaxation from the stresses of daily life. Even though Islamic gardens have fascinated designers, landscape architects,...

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Main Author:	Abdul Latiff, Zainab
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Gardens, Islamic - Malaysia Islamic architecture - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70799/1/FRSB%202017%2016%20-%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.707992019-08-06T01:49:55Z Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia 2017-07 Abdul Latiff, Zainab There is a long tradition within the Muslim community of creating gardens. The gardens, from its starting period, had always functioned to provide shade, serenity and the feel of relaxation from the stresses of daily life. Even though Islamic gardens have fascinated designers, landscape architects, architects and historians since the fourteenth century, their evolution throughout time has gone through a continuous phase of numerous definitions, interpretations, descriptions and representations that led to uncertainty more than clarity. The continuous phase of numerous interpretations of Islamic garden by the Western and Muslim scholars makes its definition remained unclear. Without a detailed understanding of its true definition a framework for Islamic garden design cannot be established. This framework is pertinent to guide designers and professionals in developing an Islamic garden that suits the current society’s needs in particular and the future community as a whole. The objective of this study is to establish a framework of Islamic garden design for Malaysia. This research uses a qualitative approach for its data collection through library search, Interactive Focus Group (IFG) discussion and semi-structured interviews. The framework of Islamic garden design for Malaysia is inspired primarily by Islam, permeated with the theory of Islamic arts and principles, and stands for the embodiment of Islamic values. It emphasizes the Islamic principles of Oneness of God, beauty, peaceful co-existence with nature, the purpose of man’s creation on earth, balance of creation, embellishment of faith, dynamism of ‘ibadah (subservience), temporality of creation and being charitable. These principles are to be translated into its design elements of contextual setting, layout, built structures, water, vegetation, materials, ornaments and fauna thus to be an ethically-disciplined vision through intelligent contemplation by its designers and the users. Gardens, Islamic. - Malaysia Islamic architecture - Malaysia 2017-07 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70799/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70799/1/FRSB%202017%2016%20-%20IR.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Gardens, Islamic. - Malaysia Islamic architecture - Malaysia
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English
topic	Gardens, Islamic - Malaysia Islamic architecture - Malaysia
spellingShingle	Gardens, Islamic - Malaysia Islamic architecture - Malaysia Abdul Latiff, Zainab Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia
description	There is a long tradition within the Muslim community of creating gardens. The gardens, from its starting period, had always functioned to provide shade, serenity and the feel of relaxation from the stresses of daily life. Even though Islamic gardens have fascinated designers, landscape architects, architects and historians since the fourteenth century, their evolution throughout time has gone through a continuous phase of numerous definitions, interpretations, descriptions and representations that led to uncertainty more than clarity. The continuous phase of numerous interpretations of Islamic garden by the Western and Muslim scholars makes its definition remained unclear. Without a detailed understanding of its true definition a framework for Islamic garden design cannot be established. This framework is pertinent to guide designers and professionals in developing an Islamic garden that suits the current society’s needs in particular and the future community as a whole. The objective of this study is to establish a framework of Islamic garden design for Malaysia. This research uses a qualitative approach for its data collection through library search, Interactive Focus Group (IFG) discussion and semi-structured interviews. The framework of Islamic garden design for Malaysia is inspired primarily by Islam, permeated with the theory of Islamic arts and principles, and stands for the embodiment of Islamic values. It emphasizes the Islamic principles of Oneness of God, beauty, peaceful co-existence with nature, the purpose of man’s creation on earth, balance of creation, embellishment of faith, dynamism of ‘ibadah (subservience), temporality of creation and being charitable. These principles are to be translated into its design elements of contextual setting, layout, built structures, water, vegetation, materials, ornaments and fauna thus to be an ethically-disciplined vision through intelligent contemplation by its designers and the users.
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author	Abdul Latiff, Zainab
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title	Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia
title_short	Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia
title_full	Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia
title_fullStr	Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia
title_sort	physical and expert investigation of the islamic garden design and principles for malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70799/1/FRSB%202017%2016%20-%20IR.pdf
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Physical and expert investigation of the Islamic garden design and principles for Malaysia

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