There will also be all-weather Bio-Domes designed by Jerry Tate (architect of the CORE educational facilities at the Eden Project). Feeling peckish? Enjoy a feast on the Slow Food Moving Restaurant, where tables and chairs snake up through the ‘hanging gardens’ atrium, into rooms created by food-artists. Discover innovative, fresh, locally produced food, designed to stimulate all the senses, de...

persian garden design is one of the main elements in the architecture and landscaping in iran and the whole lands influenced by the iranian culture. this phenomenon has always been present in iranians' life and they have had a close connection to this ancient tradition. hence, it can be said that persian garden design is one of the most crucial features in shaping landscape, in particular,...

One of the fundamental notions of realization of sustainable city within the framework of the theory of sustainable development is what affects the urban green spaces as well as the influence they may have. As the upshot of years’ worth of experiences in the ideology of Iranian urban design, Iranian garden is of magnificently high position which possesses the potentials to act as the green spac...

—In this paper, we introduce the " Garden Alive " system that allows users to interact with an emotionally intelligent virtual garden by manipulating tangible user interfaces. The Garden Alive aims to provide both entertainment and education. The proposed system is composed of three components. In the first module, tangible user interfaces bridge to the garden in a virtual world. In the second ...

abstract:â green spaces, especially urban gardens have been a subject of study in many countries for a long time, but the subject has been mostly overlooked in iran. therefore, this study tries to analyze the changes in land use and how we can protect green spaces (gardens) in jahrom in line with sustainable development in 1996-2006. the data in this study were collected through local investiga...

Constructing houses in the form of garden-house became popular among Statesmen and the privileged class in Naseri period. Iranian traditional houses which used to be formed around a central courtyard, now were organized around a garden. So the transition from houses with courtyard to garden-houses created a new order of relationships between spaces, resulted in redefining spaces and their forms...