Author(s)

Jamal-e-Din Mahdi Nejad, Hamidreza Azemati, Esmaeil Zarghami, Ali Sadeghi Habib Abad^*

Department of Architecture, Shahid Rajaie Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.

The role of water in the formation of the first human habitats is a response to a biological need. But when above a need, home building and constructing residential complexes have a cultural meaning, architecture is emerged and water in human life has an artistic place and it is originated from the creativity of the artists and architects. Understanding the concept of water in architecture is understanding the concept of water architecture. Understanding the physical laws of water behavior is our emotions to the interaction of water and most importantly the role and allegory and its relationship with human life. Water is a paradoxical metaphor and along with soil, fire and air, consists of the four comprising elements of the universe. If someone asks us to define water, we say it is a colorless liquid which is the source of life, but is it really the definition of water in architecture and only in terms of the physical aspect, it is an interface between man and architecture? To answer this question, first we examine the available resources in this field and desk studies about the architectural spirit and then examine the water hidden side and the way it affects humans and architecture through descriptive-analytical method, so by contemplating in them, the question can also be answered. From the beginning, water was a vital element not only for the body but for the soul.

Persian Gardens, The Role of Water, Psychology of Water, Water Concepts in Persian Garden

Mahdi Nejad, J. , Azemati, H. , Zarghami, E. and Abad, A. (2017) The Role of Water in Persian Gardens. Open Journal of Ecology, 7, 41-54. doi: 10.4236/oje.2017.71004.