Ghasrdasht Gardens in Shiraz - Iran

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Why is this case relevant?

• Ghasrodasht gardens in Shiraz, due to physical expansion of the city and rapid massive constructions are swallowed. In most part of the area, according to the high price of the lands, Lands owners are tempting to sell their gardens for converting the area to construction sites. As a consequence of replacing green lands by residential site, the characteristics of land cover are changed and ecological structure and function of the landscape is completely transformed. In current situation, most of the gardens in the area are being neglected, unusable, segregated and the farm lands lost their productivity.

In fact, Ghasrdasht gardens as one of the last green portions in the city are become unproductive, dwindling and they are suffering from quick deterioration of their greenery. Hence it’s a big challenge to propose a feasible concept and strategy in order to maintain Ghaasrdasht gardens .

Which idea of ‘design with nature’ guides the design concept of this site?

• In this section you talk about the design concept of your area. Is it a highly maintained site, i.e. does the design with nature require intensive maintenance? Or does the site follow a more organic interpretation of nature? Which changes are expected if maintenance is missing?

Which challenges is this landscape facing?

• Here you discuss the types of negative impact you are observing but you can also mention new functions that could give a development opportunity

What would be your strategy for improvement?

Finally, please share some ideas of how you would initiate positive change for your heritage area

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