Enlightenments of Four Master Builders’ Thoughts and Practices to Modern Landscape Design

Abstract:

Gropius, Corbusier, Wright and Mies, the founders of modern architectural system, had great influence on modern architecture. This paper attempts to re-analyze the thoughts and practices of the four master builders from the aspect of landscape design and illustrated some enlightenments to modern landscape design in terms of the utilization of natural environment, the distribution and organization of space, the creation of formal language and the application of materials.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 174-177)
• Pages: 2588-2591
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.174-177.2588
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Mo Fei Lin, Yan Chen
• Keywords: Enlightenment, Four Master Builders, Landscape Design, Movement of Modernism, Thoughts and Practices

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