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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND WATER

1. ROLE OF WATER IN LANDSCAPE ANJALY MEERA ABRAHAM

2. INTRODUCTION WATER HAS BEEN USED BY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AS A KEY AESTHETIC FACTOR. IT WAS IMPLEMENTED FOR BREAKING THE MONOTONY CAUSED BY THE SOLID MATERIALS USED BY ARCHITECTS OR ARTISTS

3. ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN VISUAL AND NON VISUAL LANDSCAPES DEPENDS ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE OBSERVER. WATER IS A BASIS OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PERCEPTION OF LANDSCAPE ITS A NEUTRAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT WHICH CANNOT BE CLEARLY CLASSIFIED AS NATURAL OR BUILT.

4. INTRODUCTION WATER IS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL OBJECT OF RESEARCH WHICH APPEARS IN VARIOUS FIELDS: ENVIRONMENTALLY : A NATURAL RESOURCE FOR LIVING SOCIALLY : A SENSITIVE BASIS FOR DEVELOPING HUMAN ACTIVITIES FINANCIALLY : IT INFLUENCES TOURISM, AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, ETC. CULTURALLY : RELATED TO FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, ART AND RELIGION AESTHETICALLY : REPRESENTED AS A BEAUTY ELEMENT OF NATURE.

5. WATER IS AN IMPORTANT DESIGN ELEMENT. LIKE PLANTS, WATER HAS QUALITIES THAT CHANGE OVER TIME AND IN DIFFERENT LIGHT AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ITS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A WIDE VARIETY OF EFFECTS, FROM THAT OF A STILL POND, TO THE EXCITMENT OF A GREAT CASCADE. IT APPEALS TO ALL THE SENSES, TO ALL PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

6. HISTORICAL REVIEW 1. ANCIENT GREECE IN ANCIENT GREECE, FOUNTAINS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE SACRED. THEY WERE CONVERTED FROM A HOLE EXCAVATED CLOSE TO THE WATERPOINT INTO THE BUILDINGS

7. GREEK FOUNTAIN

8. ANCIENT ROME PUBLIC FOUNTAINS WERE EXISTING IN ANCIENT ROME. USUALLY THEY WERE A RECTANGULAR STONE TANK ON A SMALL PEDESTAL AND IT HAD A SCULPTURED HUMAN OR ANIMAL HEAD. THE NAME OF EACH FOUNTAIN IS DETERMINED BY THE POSITION,SHAPE OR LOCAL TRADITION

9. ROMAN FOUNTAIN

10. WATER IN BYZANTIUM IN BYZANTIUM,WATER WAS A SYMBOL OF LIFE, HEALTH AND CIVILISATION THE PEOPLE WERE REGARDING WATER AS AN INDISPENSIBLE ELEMENT OF PARADISE FOUNTAINS WERE EXISTING EVEN AT RURAL OR FOREST AREAS FOR THE NEEDS OF TRAVELLERS

11. BATHS WERE A SOCIABLE PLACE APPROPRIATE FOR MEETINGS, DISCUSSIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS. WATER WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ELEMENT OF MULTIPLE BELIEFS AND FUNCTIONS.

12. ROLE OF WATER IN LANDSCAPE AESTHETICS

13. ROLE OF WATER IN LANDSCAPE AESTHETICS WATER RELATED LANDSCAPE VALUES : SOUND OF WATER OR WATER BIRDS MOVEMENT OF RIVERS, WATERFALLS OR WAVES COLOURS OF WATER AND COASTS REFLECTIONS ON WATER SURFACE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING BIOTOPES OF CERTAIN SPECIES. WATER CREATES A SCULPTURING EFFECT.

14. REFLECTIONS ON WATER SURFACE

15. WATER AS LANDSCAPE DESIGN ELEMENT

16. ELEMENTS OF VISUAL DESIGN LINE THE WATER SURFACE CAN BE EXPRESSED AS A LINE. BY SHAPING THE EDGE OVER WHICH WATER FALLS, WATER CAN BECOME A SERIES OF VERTICAL LINES IT ACCENTUATES THE VERTICAL DIRECTION. IT IMPLIES A CONNECTION BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY.

17. LINE

18. FORM WATER FEATURES CAN BE LINEAR, ACCENTUATING THE FLOW OF WATER, OR COMPACT IN FORM IT CONVEYS A SENSE OF CENTRALITY OR ARRIVAL

19. COLOR GOOD QUALITY WATER IS RELATIVELY CLEAR IT TAKES ON COLOR IMPARTED BY REFLECTIONS CARRIED UPON ITS SURFACE THE WATER SURFACE REFLECTS ALL THE COLORS IN ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT.

20. COLOR

21. TEXTURE THE SURFACE OF MOVING WATER IS DETERMINED BY DEPTH AND FLOW CHARACTERISTICS, SHAPE AND DEPTH OF ITS CONTAINER. CONSTRICTIONS OR PROTUSIONS INTO THE FLOW CAUSE TURBULENCE AND INCREASE SURFACE TEXTURE.

22. TEXTURE

23. STIMULATION OF SENSES THROUGH IMAGE AND SOUND WATER STIMULATES THE SENSES. WATER CAUSE MEMORIAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACTS WITH ITS TRANQUIL AND SENSITIVE PROPERTIES. THE MOVEMENT OF WATER PRESENTS A DYNAMIC AND CHARMING CHARACTER. WATER IMPLIES INSTABILITY OR MOVEMENT AGAINST THE BALANCE

24. WATER FEATURES : 1 .RUNNING WATER IN THE GARDEN MAKES A DYNAMIC IMPRESSION WHICH BREAKS ANY MONOTONY CAUSED BY EXTENSIVE GREEN MATERIAL. FOUNTAIN IN THE GARDEN .

25. CONTAINING WATER WATER PROOF MASONRY, LIKE CONCRETE, CAN SEAL ALL THE WATER IN THE WATER FEATURE. PONDS

26. FLOWING WATER NATURAL LOOKING WATER FEATURES SUCH AS ARTIFICIAL STREAMS OR WILDLIFE POOLS ARE USUALLY IRREGULAR SHAPED AND LINED WITH FLEXIBLE WATERPROOF MATERIALS. EDGING AND LINING STREAMS

27. CONCLUSION WATER BELONGS TO THE MOST INPORTANT AESTHETIC SOURCES. ITS EXISTENCE (NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL) IMPROVES DRASTICALLY THE AESTHETIC EFFECT. THE AQUATIC ELEMENT IS OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ECO-SYSTEMS AND ALSO FOR ATTRACTIVENESS OF LANDSCAPES.

28. SOURCES: AN INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE DESIGN. FUNDAMENTALS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE – BY TIM WATTERMAN THE WATER ELEMENT AS AESTHETIC FACTOR IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN - PDF