The first part

The primary goal of this paper is to address a case centered on Alhambra’s gardens and courtyards. A thorough review of the uploaded article’s Annotated bibliography will also be given.
The Alhambra Courtyard can be found in Granada, Spain (Attia, 2006). This is one of the best-built styles of palaces because of the fine composition and combination of water, landscape, and architecture. It was constructed between the years 1302 and 1309 during the reign of a person known as Muhammad (Attia, 2006). According to the author’s point, Alhambra has two primary Courts: the Court of Lions and the Court of Myrtles (Attia, 2006). Each Court has an alternative name. These names are Patio de Leones and Patio de los Arrayanes respectively. The writer also argues or describes the layout of these Courts, for he instance the Court of Myrtles is about 23.5 meters wide and 36 meters long. The ratios of dimension are 4:5:3:1 (Attia, 2006). A pond is located at the center of the court.

The Court of Lions on the other hand is characterised with a fountain at the Centre. It also has four channels of axes which form the nucleus or the centre of the Palace (Attia, 2006). Based from the writer’s arguments, the Court has a width of about 20 meters that are surrounded by columns of marbles. Different Courts have a layout that differs from the other. The type vegetation as well as shade varies too. Different types of Vegetation are grown in each Court (Attia, 2006). For instance the irrigation Court has Cypress trees that not present in other Courts. The gallery and balcony are located in the Acequia Court.

References

Attia, S. (2006). The role of landscape design in improving the microclimate in traditional courtyard buildings in hot arid climates. In Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture-PLEA 2006 (pp. 22-24). PLEA-Université de Genève-groupe énergie.

PART TWO

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Attia, S. (2006). The role of landscape design in improving the microclimate in traditional courtyard buildings in hot arid climates. In Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture-PLEA 2006 (pp. 22-24). PLEA-Université de Genève-groupe énergie.

This is the main reference book that helps in explaining the role of landscape design. Briefly, it describes the different types of design layouts in different Courtyards such as the Alhambra Courtyard. It also explains on the role of the landscape design in relation to improving the microclimate of traditional Courtyard buildings that are located in areas that are very hot. This book gives a clear analysis of how the Courtyard is divided. For instance, based from this book we get to understand the function of each yard and its arrangements. A brief analysis is also given about Shade and vegetation as well as the uses of Water in each Court. According to the book, the palace has two main Courts which include the Court of lions and the Court of Myrtles. This are the most operation Courts in the Palace. Information about the dates when the Palace was constructed, these book quotes that the palace was built in between the years

1302 – 1309 under the leadership of a King who was known as Muhammad the third. Generally a simple but detailed analysis about the palace is elaborated by this marvellous book.