The Elements of Landscape in Islamic Courtyard Design: Case Study of Bayt Al-Suhaymi Museum in Cairo, Egypt and Alhambra Granada, Spain

Nik Muhamad Syafwan Bin Nik Man, Wan Kamal Nadzif Bin Wan Jamil and Muhammad Yusri bin Yusof Salleh

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, 653-667

Abstract: This paper presents a review on the elements of landscape in Islamic Courtyard design. The aim of this paper is to study element of courtyard design with the comparison Bayt al- Suhaymi, Egypt and Alhambra Granada, Spain. The finding of this research will help to define the to identify the characteristics of Islamic courtyard design are include: quadripartite layout are the harmonies central unit of courtyard, use of water and vegetation and shade are reflection of heaven and environmental control, pavilion to protection and shelter and the walls and gates to privacy and human comfort. It is hoped that the paper can give the knowledge for the idea of Islamic courtyard design as a make the environment calmer at courtyard through the element of courtyard design and provide benefits to the user.

Keywords: Islamic Garden; Landscape design; Courtyard design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/The_Elements_of_La ... ra_Granada_Spain.pdf (application/pdf)
http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/The_Elements_of_La ... ra_Granada_Spain.pdf (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hur:ijarbs:v:7:y:2017:i:3:p:653-667

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences from Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Hassan Danial Aslam ().