Open spaces, like urban parks in cities are impaired between the bureaucracy of the city government and the imperatives of commercialization. They are stagnant, unable to challenge the imagination. They melt into the background of a trancelike condition we live in. Design can jo…
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To understand the meaning of the Islamic forms, it is essential to relate them to the time, space and their specific historical context. The forms themselves, could be considered as neutral elements or as simple technical devices of construction and decoration, unless they acqui…
The Montreal Botanical Garden, a 180-acre complex comprised of over thirty outdoor and ten indoor landscapes located in the city's east-end, is the product of a Depression-era government funded Public Works project. Its founding director, preeminent botanist Frère Marie-Victorin…
This work is about boundaries in architecture. It explores the order of producing boundaries (or borders) in contemporary buildings in Egypt. In this work, I understand a border to be a space that lies between various social domains and in which these domains—divergent overlappi…
This research explores spiritual landscape design from a multi-faith view, which is relevant for locations such as universities or hospitals where it is desirable to have one space to suit people of different religions or where there may not be resources available for each relig…
This dissertation examines a number of aspects of the history of the Venetian villa. In particular, it documents Andrea Navagero's influence on the nature of villeggiatura in the sixteenth-century Veneto. Although the initial impetus for this study was the evaluation of Navagero…
To understand the meaning of the Islamic forms, it is essential to relate them to the time, space and their specific historical context. The forms themselves, could be considered as neutral elements or as simple technical devices of construction and decoration, unless they acqui…
Beirut as a war torn city is going through a critical transformation and being stretched between two extremes: The Western/Mediterranean and The Arabian/Middle Eastern cultures presenting itself through multilayer of civilizations through history. It becomes necessary to underst…
While possessing a common theological core, the Muslim population of North America consists of people from various countries each with their own unique cultures and traditions. This study explored their unique Islamic identity and how it relates to the design of Muslim landscape…
Rising temperature is one of the pressing problems of cities in Pakistan. On hot summer days, one can feel the waves of blistering heat emanating from roads and dark buildings which keep urban areas hot, even long after the sun has set, while the rural areas have already begun t…
Like most cemeteries, the grounds of Laurel Hill are mostly covered by two things: grave markers and grass. Although landscaping is necessary to keep the grave markers clean, visible, and accessible, modern landscaping methods can potentially cause damage to Laurel Hill‘s hundre…
The research examines the effect of architectural and landscape spaces on physical, mental-emotional and spiritual well-being. Existing theory suggests that different types of spaces are meaningful to people through their perception of aspects of the spaces. Aspects of the space…
In Saudi Arabian urban landscapes, and across the Muslim world, negligence and the displacement of symbols of the natural reflect an inability amongst the public to find relevance, within the predominant development paradigm, to the Islamic ideals about nature, landscape, city, …
The Chahar-Bagh Avenue and the extensive gardens and pavilions surrounding it, represent the most significant contribution to Safavid Isfahan in the 17th century. This thesis aims at a historical review as well as a cultural and theoretical analysis of various forces that led to…
Tourism is an economic alternative to revitalise Turkey's economy. However, without good planning, it can turn out to be a big damage on natural resources of an area. Yumurtalik is a study area of this thesis. Yumurtalik is a small town (population, 3970) located on the east Med…