The Elaboration of Five "Perspectives": Application to Traditional Landscape Idea in Modern Landscape Design

Abstract:

Modern landscape design is in a multi-culture era when many disciplines and many aspects are interwoven. Modern landscape is some kind of similar to traditional landscape design, but is also different to it in some aspect. Chinese traditional garden design is really profound, and its garden making ideology is more based on building the beauty of artistic conception to win praise. This paper takes global urbanization background as the starting point, and from the five perspectives of city, behavior, ecology, art and building, the paper try to explain the essence and culture connotation of traditional landscaping idea with real examples. This paper aims to conclude and summarize new craft and new technology, to inherit and promote traditional landscape characteristics, so that the traditional landscape could meet the need of urban landscape designing and developing.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 226-228)
• Pages: 2458-2461
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.226-228.2458
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Shang Feng, Kai Yuan Xu
• Keywords: Five “Perspective”, Method, Modern Landscape Design, Traditional Landscape Idea

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