The Comparison Between Ghasre Ghajar and Takht of Shiraz Gardens

  This research pursues the cognition Architectural and Landscape characteristics of gardens of Ghasre Ghajar of Tehran and Takht of Shiraz, also trying to attain structural ـ essential patterns in both and the ways these two relate to each other, with the aim of revitalizing the patterns of terraced garden and then implementing in new Architectural ـ Landscape projects. This attempt is justified with the fact that this two gardens were the most prominent and important examples of terraced gardens which in turn was the most beautiful and rare types of Iranian gardens. The hypothesis of research is the use of patterns of architecture and landscape Takht garden in Ghasre Ghajar garden. The research that is forming with librarian method, investigates the limits of this influence to see whether it is limited to just structural and physical aspects or Ghasre Ghajar garden has also adopted characteristic design patterns and fundamental principles of Architecture and Landscape design of Takht garden. As an introduction and pre requisition for analysis and comparisons between structural ـ physical ـ characteristical patterns of this two gardens, the description and history of the Takht garden, accompanied with the precise structural description of both two gardens is presented here. The result of this research shows that considering all the analysis and comparisons –done in this research ـ and the succession of Ghasre Ghajar garden to Takht garden, it was influenced only structural ـ physical aspects of it’s landscape design and there are characterestical differences between design patterns of these two which have laid the ground for the realization of two different kinds of relation between garden and nature .Takht garden, like common trends of relation between nature and garden in Persian garden, has chosen the " with nature " trend, on the contrary(and to the most Persian gardens) Ghasre Ghajar garden has approached to the " dominant on nature " trend.