New Pairideza

New Pairideza is an imagined, self-sustaining city inspired by the concept of paradise gardens (Charbaghs) from the Mughal empire. The charbagh of paradise, Pairideza, looks to resolve modern-day climate issues which are becoming increasingly popular in society. In order to design a community and city which enhances the spatial experience of man with nature, the garden utilises concepts used in carpet construction.

The scales and patterns are derived from materialistic objects of desire which contribute to the climate crisis, representing similar qualities and attributes of their ancient counterparts depicted in various carpet designs across South Asia. Creating a hybrid set of components to construct this city will allow the formation of the same atmospheric qualities of Paradise as described in Islamic literature. By re-imagining these elements and using the garden typology to correspond to the four elements, four cardinal points and the spiritual representations of each garden, we can bring microcosm and macrocosm into harmony.