Symbolize Persian Gardens approach to Cultural Semiotics

Architecture can express and represent meanings and concepts in a society. In this sense, through his or her design an architect expresses the meanings in the society, and transfers it from generation to generation. One of the main structures in the transfer of these meanings, is designing gardens. The Persian garden arises from Iranian cultural history, and encompasses the beliefs and symbols of Iranian society. Since the cultural history of each country indirectly affects all aspects of its members' life, symbols and signs can link the cultural past of a nation to their current status. Semiotics is the science of studying these signs and symbols, and cultural semiotics connects them with the society and its members. In this paper, we have tried to show the role of architecture, especially that of Persian gardens, in the survival of cultural symbols and signs in the society, by identifying the characteristics of Persian gardens, semiotics, and cultural semiotics and its application in the present day's Iranian society

Keywords:

sign , semiotics , cultural semiotics , Persian garden