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The document summarizes Shangri-La, an estate in Honolulu owned by Doris Duke. It describes how Duke's travels to the Middle East and South Asia influenced the design of the estate's gardens, which were meant to evoke Islamic paradise gardens but incorporated modern elements. While the architect aimed for an Islamic aesthetic, his background was more in modernism, so the Islamic elements may have been superficial. The estate combined Duke's passion for Islamic culture with the architect's modernist influences to create unique gardens that broke conventions of classic Islamic styles.

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Xinbo Du Hao Lin LAR 444 Professor Fernando Magallanes December 4, 2013
Main Garden of Shangri-La, Honolulu
1. General introduction of Shangri La 2. How owners travel experience influenced the design 3. What is limitation of Shangri La 4. Conclusion
Shangri la, du, lin
Located on the south shore of the island of Oahu, HawaiI. Southeast of Dimond Head crater along the southwest side of the promontory of Black Point and the residential neighborhood of Kahala. Bounded by residential housing lots on all sides but the south fronts the Pacific Ocean.
Doris Duke (19121993) was an American heiress, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist. She traveled widely, immersed herself in other cultures and pursued a wide range of interests including the performing arts, historic preservation, environmental conservation and the preservation of wildlife. She was also a major collector of Islamic art, assembling a collection of more than 2,500 pieces and exhibiting it throughout her Honolulu home Shangri Laa sustained effort of nearly 60 years.
Marion Sims Wyeth(1889-1982), architect. Education Backgroungd Princeton University and studied cole nationale sup辿rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Founded the firm of Wyeth and King in Palm Beach, Florida, 1919 Practical Projects Mar-A-Lago, Palm Beach Florida Governors Mansion High Point Monument, New Jersey Shangri La, Honolulu (1935-1937)
Consist of four gardens and two buildings. The four gardens are Main Garden, Mugal Garden, Entry Courtyard and Central Courtyard. Main house and Playhouse. Separated by different elevation. Each of the gardens has their own axis in large scale.
Playhouse Mughal garden Entry court Main garden Main building Central court Tennis court
Symmetrical layout. Drastically topographical changing. Linear space. ornamented by a grid of shallow water channels. Water divided into four parts, vegetation and pattern of surface. Ground is divided into four flower bed by water channels and intersecting paths.
Symmetrical space ornamented by a grid of shallow water channel and traditional Islamic chahar bagh. With the elevation changing at the entrance of this garden, the foreshortening line goes down, which let people feel the end of this garden a little closed than before.
Combined different styles, the owners do not have strict Islamic religious manner and exposed in a pluralistic society. For example the vegetation, coconut palms appear in this garden.
A compounded style garden. The elevation changes. The main building and the adjacent lawn stands on high elevation. The upper grassland and lower swimming pool connected by terraced water. Dominated by a strong axis.
Open view to south, pacific ocean and Diamond Head crater. Easily accessible to the pacific ocean through staircase from the garden to the sea level.
Square space open to the sky surrounded by Living room, Mihrab room, Syrian room and Damascus room. The octagonal water ornamented by Islamic pattern in the middle of the courtyard. Also, this space is a colonnaded Egyptian or Roman peristyle.
Roof Garden of Mughal Suite
Shangri la, du, lin
1935 Started honeymoon tour, February. Traveled the Middle East, India and south Asia. Doris Duke at the Moti Mosque in Agra, India. (Fig 1) Taj Mahal(1632 ; Fig2) inspired Duke to commission a marble Mughal suite incorporating bedroom and bathroom. Final destination in Hawaii. Captive by Hawaiis natural beauty and relaxed outdoor lifestyle.Extended their short visit to four months. (Fig 3) Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3
1936 Purchase of ocean front property at Kaalwai near Diamond Head. Design and construction overseen by the architectural firm Wyeth and King. (Fig 4) 1938 Second tour to Middle East. Numerous purchases; and a large commission for tiles is placed in Isfahan, Iran. Chihil Situn, Isfahan, Iran.(Fig 5) Heavily influenced the construction of the Playhouse at Shangri La. Fig 4 Fig 5
Chihil Situn (Forty Columns) in Isfahan, Iran. Completed in 1647 by the Shah Abbas II, the Chihil Situn served as a reception hall within a 15-acre garden. A long reflecting pool and narrow watercourse surrounds the building which contains a high wooden Talar porch. The pool in front of the Safavid palace reflects the 18 slender columns on its porch, thereby creating an illusion of many more columns. Three walkways lined with trees that led to the building.
Chihil Sutun Shangri La
Playhouse, Shangri La The playhouse incorporates a large central living room, small kitchen, and two bedroom suites on its mountain and ocean sides. Its facade has large talar porch with a painted wood ceiling supported by 14 colunmns and facing to pool. In positioning Shangri Las pool directly in front of the playhouse, Doris Duke and her architects were possibly inspired by a similar arrangement at the Chihil Situn.
Taj Mahal(1632-1653), Agra, India. In memory of Mughal emperor Shah Jahans wife Mumtaz Mahal. White marble architecture. Doriss husband wrote from India that his wife had fallen in love with the Taj Mahal and all the beautiful marble tiles, with their lovely floral designs with some precious stones. Commission a new bedroom and bathroom suite decorated with tiles like those in Taj for Malmaison. Mughal suite, private core of Shangri La. With a Jali pavilion on the flat roof. Screened seating.
Aerial View of Shangri-La
Shangri la, du, lin
The designer just changes Shangri Las surface to look like Islamic style actually it was based on a modern architectural style, which might be superficial but practical.
the architects background cannot meet the owner Dukes wish Dukes wish: passionate about Islamic culture and traditional Islamic items Designers educational and practical experience: Marion Sims Wyeth studied at Princeton University and study aboard in Paris Modernism and functionalism was prevailed all over the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Over Marions first 20 design years, he did not have any Islamic design experience.
Islamic Garden Shangri-La Religion Mohammedanism No Vitruvian triad Venustas is dominant Utilitas is dominant Climate Desert climate (鐚50mm) Tropical Marine climate 鐚鐚6000mm鐚 Vegetation xerophytic cypresses and myrtles Palmae Historical background 鐚prevailing influence鐚 Religion Functionalism Symbols Paradise Villa comparison
Conclusion Shangri La managed to break the convention of a classic Islamic landscape style which ancient Persian world applied to their palace construction, combining modernism and classic Islamic style together to create a modern villa with Islamic feature, though a limitation appeared in it that Shangri La only dressed in an Islamic appearance of paradise garden but actually it was deeply influenced by modernism. The designer just changes the villas surface to look like Islamic style actually it was based on a modern architectural style, which might be superficial but practical.
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Shangri la, du, lin

  • 1. Xinbo Du Hao Lin LAR 444 Professor Fernando Magallanes December 4, 2013
  • 2. Main Garden of Shangri-La, Honolulu
  • 3. 1. General introduction of Shangri La 2. How owners travel experience influenced the design 3. What is limitation of Shangri La 4. Conclusion
  • 5. Located on the south shore of the island of Oahu, HawaiI. Southeast of Dimond Head crater along the southwest side of the promontory of Black Point and the residential neighborhood of Kahala. Bounded by residential housing lots on all sides but the south fronts the Pacific Ocean.
  • 6. Doris Duke (19121993) was an American heiress, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist. She traveled widely, immersed herself in other cultures and pursued a wide range of interests including the performing arts, historic preservation, environmental conservation and the preservation of wildlife. She was also a major collector of Islamic art, assembling a collection of more than 2,500 pieces and exhibiting it throughout her Honolulu home Shangri Laa sustained effort of nearly 60 years.
  • 7. Marion Sims Wyeth(1889-1982), architect. Education Backgroungd Princeton University and studied cole nationale sup辿rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Founded the firm of Wyeth and King in Palm Beach, Florida, 1919 Practical Projects Mar-A-Lago, Palm Beach Florida Governors Mansion High Point Monument, New Jersey Shangri La, Honolulu (1935-1937)
  • 8. Consist of four gardens and two buildings. The four gardens are Main Garden, Mugal Garden, Entry Courtyard and Central Courtyard. Main house and Playhouse. Separated by different elevation. Each of the gardens has their own axis in large scale.
  • 9. Playhouse Mughal garden Entry court Main garden Main building Central court Tennis court
  • 10. Symmetrical layout. Drastically topographical changing. Linear space. ornamented by a grid of shallow water channels. Water divided into four parts, vegetation and pattern of surface. Ground is divided into four flower bed by water channels and intersecting paths.
  • 11. Symmetrical space ornamented by a grid of shallow water channel and traditional Islamic chahar bagh. With the elevation changing at the entrance of this garden, the foreshortening line goes down, which let people feel the end of this garden a little closed than before.
  • 12. Combined different styles, the owners do not have strict Islamic religious manner and exposed in a pluralistic society. For example the vegetation, coconut palms appear in this garden.
  • 13. A compounded style garden. The elevation changes. The main building and the adjacent lawn stands on high elevation. The upper grassland and lower swimming pool connected by terraced water. Dominated by a strong axis.
  • 14. Open view to south, pacific ocean and Diamond Head crater. Easily accessible to the pacific ocean through staircase from the garden to the sea level.
  • 15. Square space open to the sky surrounded by Living room, Mihrab room, Syrian room and Damascus room. The octagonal water ornamented by Islamic pattern in the middle of the courtyard. Also, this space is a colonnaded Egyptian or Roman peristyle.
  • 16. Roof Garden of Mughal Suite
  • 18. 1935 Started honeymoon tour, February. Traveled the Middle East, India and south Asia. Doris Duke at the Moti Mosque in Agra, India. (Fig 1) Taj Mahal(1632 ; Fig2) inspired Duke to commission a marble Mughal suite incorporating bedroom and bathroom. Final destination in Hawaii. Captive by Hawaiis natural beauty and relaxed outdoor lifestyle.Extended their short visit to four months. (Fig 3) Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3
  • 19. 1936 Purchase of ocean front property at Kaalwai near Diamond Head. Design and construction overseen by the architectural firm Wyeth and King. (Fig 4) 1938 Second tour to Middle East. Numerous purchases; and a large commission for tiles is placed in Isfahan, Iran. Chihil Situn, Isfahan, Iran.(Fig 5) Heavily influenced the construction of the Playhouse at Shangri La. Fig 4 Fig 5
  • 20. Chihil Situn (Forty Columns) in Isfahan, Iran. Completed in 1647 by the Shah Abbas II, the Chihil Situn served as a reception hall within a 15-acre garden. A long reflecting pool and narrow watercourse surrounds the building which contains a high wooden Talar porch. The pool in front of the Safavid palace reflects the 18 slender columns on its porch, thereby creating an illusion of many more columns. Three walkways lined with trees that led to the building.
  • 22. Playhouse, Shangri La The playhouse incorporates a large central living room, small kitchen, and two bedroom suites on its mountain and ocean sides. Its facade has large talar porch with a painted wood ceiling supported by 14 colunmns and facing to pool. In positioning Shangri Las pool directly in front of the playhouse, Doris Duke and her architects were possibly inspired by a similar arrangement at the Chihil Situn.
  • 23. Taj Mahal(1632-1653), Agra, India. In memory of Mughal emperor Shah Jahans wife Mumtaz Mahal. White marble architecture. Doriss husband wrote from India that his wife had fallen in love with the Taj Mahal and all the beautiful marble tiles, with their lovely floral designs with some precious stones. Commission a new bedroom and bathroom suite decorated with tiles like those in Taj for Malmaison. Mughal suite, private core of Shangri La. With a Jali pavilion on the flat roof. Screened seating.
  • 24. Aerial View of Shangri-La
  • 26. The designer just changes Shangri Las surface to look like Islamic style actually it was based on a modern architectural style, which might be superficial but practical.
  • 27. the architects background cannot meet the owner Dukes wish Dukes wish: passionate about Islamic culture and traditional Islamic items Designers educational and practical experience: Marion Sims Wyeth studied at Princeton University and study aboard in Paris Modernism and functionalism was prevailed all over the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Over Marions first 20 design years, he did not have any Islamic design experience.
  • 28. Islamic Garden Shangri-La Religion Mohammedanism No Vitruvian triad Venustas is dominant Utilitas is dominant Climate Desert climate (鐚50mm) Tropical Marine climate 鐚鐚6000mm鐚 Vegetation xerophytic cypresses and myrtles Palmae Historical background 鐚prevailing influence鐚 Religion Functionalism Symbols Paradise Villa comparison
  • 29. Conclusion Shangri La managed to break the convention of a classic Islamic landscape style which ancient Persian world applied to their palace construction, combining modernism and classic Islamic style together to create a modern villa with Islamic feature, though a limitation appeared in it that Shangri La only dressed in an Islamic appearance of paradise garden but actually it was deeply influenced by modernism. The designer just changes the villas surface to look like Islamic style actually it was based on a modern architectural style, which might be superficial but practical.