Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes
Abstract: Eden In Iraq is an environmental design and water remediation project in the marshes of southern Iraq using design and wastewater as bio-art, to create a restorative garden for education, cultural memory, and contemplation. Earmarked for a 20,000 m2 site at Al Manar in the marshes between...
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| description | Abstract: Eden In Iraq is an environmental design and water remediation project in the marshes of southern Iraq using design and wastewater as bio-art, to create a restorative garden for education, cultural memory, and contemplation. Earmarked for a 20,000 m2 site at Al Manar in the marshes between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, near a probable site of the historic Garden of Eden, Eden in Iraq is a project that brings, art, design, and technology together with culture and history. Drawing on Islamic and Mesopotamian traditions originating in this historically and symbolically charged region, the Eden in Iraq Waste Water Garden is designed to be a syncretic container for ecological and cultural restoration and heritage after the time of war. This paper looks at this project from three inter-related activities, namely, treatment of wastewater suitable for growing a large scale garden, design of the garden starting from the Islamic garden design principles and thirdly, reviving the cultural heritage of the pre-Islamic, Mesopotamian art in contemporary forms. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1623312022-10-14T06:23:04Z Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes Rubenstein, Meridel Sathikh, Peer School of Art, Design and Media Visual arts and music::Design Environmental Design Sustainability Abstract: Eden In Iraq is an environmental design and water remediation project in the marshes of southern Iraq using design and wastewater as bio-art, to create a restorative garden for education, cultural memory, and contemplation. Earmarked for a 20,000 m2 site at Al Manar in the marshes between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, near a probable site of the historic Garden of Eden, Eden in Iraq is a project that brings, art, design, and technology together with culture and history. Drawing on Islamic and Mesopotamian traditions originating in this historically and symbolically charged region, the Eden in Iraq Waste Water Garden is designed to be a syncretic container for ecological and cultural restoration and heritage after the time of war. This paper looks at this project from three inter-related activities, namely, treatment of wastewater suitable for growing a large scale garden, design of the garden starting from the Islamic garden design principles and thirdly, reviving the cultural heritage of the pre-Islamic, Mesopotamian art in contemporary forms. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. 2022-10-14T06:23:04Z 2022-10-14T06:23:04Z 2021 Journal Article Rubenstein, M. & Sathikh, P. (2021). Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes. AI and Society, 36(4), 1377-1388. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-00967-3 0951-5666 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162331 10.1007/s00146-020-00967-3 2-s2.0-85082941449 4 36 1377 1388 en AI and Society © 2021 Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Visual arts and music::Design Environmental Design Sustainability Rubenstein, Meridel Sathikh, Peer Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes |
| title | Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes |
| title_full | Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes |
| title_fullStr | Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes |
| title_short | Eden in Iraq: a wastewater design project as bio-art—a confluence of nature and culture, design and ecology, in Southern Iraq marshes |
| title_sort | eden in iraq a wastewater design project as bio art a confluence of nature and culture design and ecology in southern iraq marshes |
| topic | Visual arts and music::Design Environmental Design Sustainability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162331 |
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