Index

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Abbey Gardens, Tresco 18 Aberglasney, West Wales 137–139 aeroponics 262–263, 264 Agence TER 69 air movement 27–28 Aix Cathedral France 24 Albert’s Garden, New York 239–240 Alhambra 14, 99, 101–106, 163; Court of the Lions 104; Court of the

Myrtles 103–104; Generalife

Gardens 32–34; Machuca Patio 17;

Mexuar Patio 102; Partal Gardens 106; Patio de Lindaraja 105–106 Amber Palace Jaipur, India 24 apartments 114–115 art works 11–14, 71, 92, 210–211, 245, 246 aspect and temperature 31, 52–53, 212–213 As-Suhaymi house, Al-Asfãr, Cairo 28 Atelier Bardill, Scharans, Switzerland 47–49 Audley End, Essex 215–218 axes 90, 178, 182, 183, 192

Babylonians 90 Bagnaia, Italy 187, 188 Bedford Square, London 74–75 Begijnjof, Amsterdam 76–78, 79, 80 Bell Book and Candle, New York 262–264 Berthier, François 132 Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris 225–228, 270 biomimetics 252 biophilic design 222, 255 Blanc, Patrick 244 Bloomsbury, London 74 border control point, USA 201–202 botanic gardens 202, 203–211; Chelsea

Physic Garden 208–211; Oxford 206–208; Padua 204–206 boundary walls 17–20; hole in the wall 19; porous wall 20; role of the wall 8–9, 162, 202–203 Braz da Albuquerque 156 Brenner, David 245 Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farms 259–261 Brown, Jan 177 brownfield sites 35–36, 224 Brunswick Centre, London 224–225 Buddhism 23 bunkers 37, 38–39 Burnett, Frances Hodgson 193 Bury Court, Surrey 168–171

Cairo: As-Suhaymi house 28 Cali, François 117 Cambridge: Clare Hall 60–62; Little St

Mary’s 197–198; St John’s College 64–65, 66; Westcott House 21 Carrilho da Graça, João Luis 67–69 Carthusian order 62–63, 64 Casa de Vidrio, Sao Paulo, Brazil 44–46 casa patio 111, 114 Catholic University, Santiago, Chile 20 Chahar Bagh 100–101, 104, 106, 120, 192 Chelsea Physic Garden 208–211

Chinese gardens 23 Christian gardens 23, 94; see also cloisters Cistercian cloisters 119–122; compared with Zen gardens 136–137; Le

Thoronet 117–119, 120, 122–130 city gardens 72–76; see also roof gardens Clare Hall, Cambridge 60–62 climate control 25–31; air movement 27–28; aspect and temperature 27, 31, 52–53, 212–213; humidity 28, 162; sun and shade 19, 25–27, 53, 118, 128, 129, 130; water conservation 29, 256 cloisters 120–121; Aberglasney, West

Wales 137–139; Aix Cathedral,

France 24; Benedictine Monasterio de Las Condes, Santiago, Chile 164–167; compared to Zen gardens 136–137; Le Thoronet 117–119, 120, 122–130; siting of washhouses 16; see also Las Condes Monastery,

Santiago; Le Thoronet monastery colleges: Clare Hall, Cambridge 60–62;

St John’s, Cambridge 64–65 colonnades 20, 21, 34; Cordoba 113; kitchen gardens 215; Maghreb 107;

Marrakech 26; in paintings of the

Annunciation 94, 95; Roman peristyle 91–92; Villa Lante, Bagnaia,

Italy 190; Westcott House,

Cambridge 21 community gardens 238–243 connected spaces 18 containment 21–25 COOKFOX (architects) 250, 254–256 cooling 27, 87, 254 Cordoba 111–113; apartments 114–115; canvas sails over courtyard 27; casa patio 111, 114; enclosed garden 11;

Mesquite 18; Mesquite, Court of the Oranges 29–30, 31; see also

Viana Palace Cothi, Lewis Glyn 137 Crossrail Place Garden, Canary Wharf 256–259 Cyrus the Great 90

Dar Bouhellal, Medina, Fez 107 David Rubenstein Atrium, New York 247–250 d’Avoine, Pierre 51, 52 Dean Garnier Garden, Winchester 194, 196, 197 detached gardens 187–220; hidden gardens 193–197; memorials and remembrance 197–199; neutralising

territory 201–202; see also botanic gardens; kitchen gardens double courtyard 27–28 Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park,

Germany 36–38 Dytham, Klein 243

Earthly Paradise 23, 94, 99, 102, 106 Eisenlau Jr., Albert O. 239 Embankment gardens, London 23 emotions 193, 197–198 English houses 181 environmental control see climate control Erskine, Ralph 60 espaliered trees 213, 218 expansion and enclosure 63 experiential approaches 3; see also sensory experience

Fez, Dar Bouhellal 107 flaneur 78 Folly Farm, Berkshire 175–179, 180 Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice 146–152 fountains: Alhambra 105; Clare Hall,

Cambridge 62; cloisters 120; Islamic gardens 94–95; Maghreb 107; medieval gardens 97; Mesquite,

Cordoba 29; Roman gardens 92 Fra Mauro Map of the world 89

Garden of Eden 88–89, 204 Garden of Exile, Jewish Museum,

Berlin 198–199, 200 garden squares 72–76 Generalife Gardens 32, 33, 101 generic plan 121, 123 Geneva, Louis-Jeantet Research

Institute 69, 70 genius loci 32, 159 geometric patterns 24 giardino segreto 192–193 Gillespies (landscape design) 258 Granada see Alhambra green roofs 254; see also roof gardens green walls 243–247, 271 greenhouses 217, 267, 268 Gregotti, Vittorio 21 Growth Industry 258 guerrilla gardening 224

habitat 228 Hagiwara, Makoto 145 heat storage 25 hedges 10, 17 herbariums 31 Hidcote Manor 10

hidden gardens (giardinos segretos) 192–198; Mottisfont Abbey,

Hampshire 7–8; in towns 194–197;

Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy 187–192 Highline, New York 223 hole in the wall 18 Holl, Steven 159 horizontal plane 15–16 horticulture 25; see also botanic gardens; kitchen gardens; urban agriculture hortus botanicus 203–204 hortus conclusus 94, 204 house design: characteristics of rooms 15; conventions challenged by

Sissinghurst 181; Islamic 106–111;

Roman 90; semi-detached 51–54; terraced 49–51 House for Trees, Ho Chi Min City 54–57 humidity 28, 162 hydroponics 262–263, 264

Inns of Court, London 76–78 irrigation 29, 88, 159 Islamic carpet design 3–4, 179 Islamic gardens 16, 23, 24, 94, 97–113;

Mesquite, Cordoba 18, 29–30, 31, 202; pairidaeza 89–90, 92, 212; see also Alhambra; Generalife

Gardens; Marrakech Islamic house 106–111

Jaipur, Amber Palace 24 Japan: Zen temples 135; see also Zen gardens Japan Society Cultural Centre, New

York 140–143 Jardin Anne Frank, Paris 232–235 Jekyll, Gertrude 11, 177, 179 Jongstra, Claudy 247

Kay, Robin 265 Kersten Geers David Van Severen (architects) 42 Kew Botanic Gardens 204 kiosks 16, 237 kitchen gardens 31, 177, 202, 212–215;

Audley End 215–218; Trengwainton,

Cornwall 213; Val Joanis potager

France 214; see also urban agriculture Kyoto: Nanzen-ji Temple 135, 136;

Ryoan-ji Temple 130–132, 133

Lakeside Villa, Belgium 42–44 landscape 32–38 Las Condes Monastery, Santiago, Chile 164–167 Latz, Peter 36–37 Le Corbusier 46, 81, 122 Leigham Court Road, London 80–82 Les Alpilles, France 9 Le Thoronet monastery 117–119, 120, 122–130 Libeskind, Daniel 198 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 72 Lisbon: National Museum of

Contemporary Art 71, 72;

Polytechnic Institute School of

Music 67–69; University of Lusiada 20, 21 Little St Mary’s, Cambridge 197–198 living walls 243–247, 271 London: evolved spaces 76–78; garden squares 72–76; Phoenix Garden 194, 195; The White House 51–54 London docklands 35 Louis-Jeantet Research Institute,

Geneva 69, 70 Lutyens, Edwin 176–177, 179

Mackintosh, Kate 80 Maggie’s Centre, Charing Cross

Hospital, London 57–60 Maghreb 27, 106–107 Mappa Mundi, Hereford 89 Marrakech 108, 112; Medersa Ben

Youssef Theological College 98; riad courtyards 15, 26, 107–111, 112, 115; souk 109 Matosinhos, Portugal 49–51 meadow: roof garden 67–68 Medersa Ben Youssef Theological

College, Marrakech 98 medieval gardens 96–97 memorials and remembrance 197–199 Mesopotamia 90 Mesquite, Cordoba 18, 29–30, 31, 202 metaphorical space 23, 46, 119; Chahar

Bagh 97–101 Mexican Borden 201–202 microclimate 160, 203, 209, 246, 258; see also climate control Miller, Philip 209 monasteries: Benedictine Monasterio de Las Condes, Santiago, Chile 164–167; Le Thoronet 117, 117–119, 120, 122–130; Pavia, Italy 62–63, 64; washhouses in 16 Mooney, John 262, 263 Morocco 107–111 mosques 97; Mesquite, Cordoba 18, 29–30, 31, 202 Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire 7–8 murals 92 Murphy, Richard 150–151

music school 67–69 music studio 47–49

Nanzen-ji Temple, Kyoto 135, 136 National Museum of Contemporary Art,

Chiado, Lisbon 71, 72 Nazrid Palaces see Alhambra Netherlands: fisherman’s allotment 8, 9 neutralising territory 201–202 New York Botanic Garden 203 Nicolson, Harold 181

oases 85–88; border control point, USA 201–202 Oasis d’Aboukir, Paris 244 Office Green – 300 La Fayette, New

York 250–252 Olgiati, Valerio 47 orientation see aspect and temperature Orto Botanico Padua 204–206 Oudolf, Piet 168 outdoor rooms 9–10, 15; Folly Farm 177; rooftop co-op, New York 265;

Sissinghurst 181; Skyspace 162–163 Oxford Botanic Garden 206–208

pairidaeza 89–90, 92, 212 Palacio de Viana, Cordoba, Spain 172–174, 175 Palais Royal, Paris 73–74 Paley Park, New York 229–232 Pallasmaa, Juhani 161 paradise 8, 85, 88–90, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100–101, 120, 182 parterres: Quinta da Bacalhoa, Portugal 157, 158, 159; Villa Lante, Bagnaia,

Italy 189 patio 10, 11, 50; see also Alhambra;

Generalife Gardens pattern 36, 47, 163; Islamic 3–4, 14, 24, 30, 98, 100; Zen gardens 131; see also parterres pavement garden, New York 224 Pavia, Italy: Carthusian monastery 62–63, 64 pavilions 16; Bury Court, Surrey 171;

Court of the Lions, Alhambra 105;

Quinta da Bacalhoa, Portugal 159 paving 16, 71, 167; Islamic design 14, 29 Pearson, Dan 175, 179 peristyle gardens 90–92 Persian gardens 90 Persian rug and carpet design 3–4 Le Petit Versailles, New York 240–243 Phoenix Garden, London 194, 195 Plant Wall Design 247 planting 25 planting schemes 171, 246, 258–259 Pompeii 91, 92, 93 pools 28; Alhambra 102–103, 104, 105, 160; Folly Farm 177, 178, 179;

Fondazione Querini Stampalia,

Venice 149; Islamic gardens 98;

Japan Society Cultural Centre, New

York 142; Lakeside Villa 43; Roman gardens 92 Porro, Girolamo 206 Portugal: Quinta da Bacalhoa 155–159; terraced houses at Matosinhos 49–51 potagers 215 Powell and Moya (architects) 65 public gardens in cities: evolved spaces 76–78; garden squares 72–76; Palais

Royal, Paris 73–74; sanctuaries 194–198

quebrada 85–88 Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 223 Querini Stampalia Foundation, Venice 3 Quinta da Bacalhoa, Portugal 155–159 Qur’an 97, 100, 105

reclamed sites 35–38 refuges 57, 194 reja 113 religion and gardens 23, 88–89, 94, 97 Renaissance gardens 192; see also Villa

Lante, Bagnaia riad courtyards 15, 26, 107–111 Riad el Qadi, Marrakech 15 rills 71, 104, 105, 149 RKLA (landscape architects) 265, 267 Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners 57 Le Roman de la Rose 97 Roman houses and gardens 90–92;

Cordoba 111–112, 113 Rome: Santi Quatro Coronatti 19–20 roof gardens 252–277; Bell Book and

Candle, New York 262–264;

Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farms 259–261; COOKFOX office, West 57th Street, New York 254–256;

Crossrail Place Garden, Canary

Wharf 256–259; Queen Elizabeth

Hall, London 223; rooftop co-op,

New York 265–267; St Hilda’s and

St Hugh’s, New York 267–270 Ruggiero, Nici 210–211 ruins, industrial 36–38 rus in urbe 92 Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto 130–132, 133

Sackville-West, Vita 181 Salwa, Mateusz 228

sanctuary 78 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 245–247 Santiago, Chile: Catholic University 20;

Las Condes Monastery 164–167 Santi Quatro Coronatti, Rome 19–20 Scarpa, Carlo 146, 150, 152 scent 8, 157, 162, 265; scents 7 School of Music, Polytechnic Institute,

Lisbon 67–69 Schultz, Anne-Catrin 152 secret gardens 193–194 sense of place 32, 159 sensory experience 159–163 shade 26–27, 29, 85, 92, 162; Islamic house 107; Las Condes Monastery 165–166, 167 Shimamoto, George 140 Shoden-ji Temple 134 Sissinghurst Castle 171, 181–185 Skyspace 162–163 Sloane, Hans 209 Smiley, Jane 203 social spaces 22 solar gain 25–27 souk 109 sounds 161, 231 Souto de Moura, Eduardo 49, 50 spriritual aspect 23 Square Roger Stéphane 236–238 St Benoit sur Loire 121 St Gall monastery, Switzerland 31 St Hilda’s and St Hugh’s, New York 267–270 St John’s College, Cambridge 64–65, 66 stone, qualities of 23, 122, 128, 131 Sukurai, Nagao 145 sun and shade 19, 25–27, 53, 118, 128, 129, 130 Sung Dynasty, landscape drawings 134 sunken gardens 36, 69–71 Switzerland: Atelier Bardill, Scharans 47–49; St Gall monastery 31 symbolism 95, 100, 107, 126, 228; plants 94, 120, 199; Zen gardens 131 Sze, Sarah 11–14

temperature 27, 31; and aspect 31, 52–53, 212–213 texture 161 Thames Barrier Park, London 35–36 threshold gardens 69–71 tiles 98, 110, 159, 163; for colour 134, 150, 167 Toconao, Chile 85–88 touch 161–162 trees 28, 29, 213 Trengwainton kitchen garden, Cornwall 213 Tresco Abbey Gardens 19 Turrell, James 162

University of Lusiada, Lisbon 20, 21 urban agriculture 259–264 urban gardens see public gardens in cities utility 25

Val Joanis potager, France 214 Venice Bienale, 2015 11–12 Venice: Querini Stampalia Foundation 3 vertical gardens 243–247, 271 vertical plane 17 Viana Palace 172–174, 175; use of tiles 163 Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy 187–192 Vitruvius 91 Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTN) 55

Wakehurst Place 204 wall, role of the 8–9, 162, 202–203; see also boundary walls water 28, 29; conservation 29, 256;

Fondazione Querini Stampalia,

Venice 149, 150–151; and humidity 28; Islamic gardens 99–100, 105;

Japanese gardens 142, 143; Querini

Stampalla Garden 160; Roman gardens 92; Villa Lante, Bagnaia,

Italy 188, 189; see also fountains; pools Westcott House, Cambridge 21 The White House, London 51–54 Wilmotte, Jean Michel 71 Winchester: Dean Garnier Garden 194, 196, 197 wind protection 25, 27, 32 Worshipful Society of Apothecaries 208

Yoshimura, Junzo 140, 143

Zen gardens 130–135; compared with

Cistercian cloisters 136–137; Golden

Gate Park, San Francisco 143–146;

Nanzen-ji 135, 136; Ryoan-ji, Kyoto 130–132, 133; Shoden-ji 134 Zion and Breen (architects) 229, 230