Private courtyard

Author: Li Yingtong (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Chinese gardens, as both a material wealth that satisfies people's living needs and an artistic that fulfills spiritual requirements, integrate architecture, landscape, and plants into a whole. Within limited space, they utilize natural conditions to simulate the beauty of nature, refining and creating through human intervention. Emerging from nature yet transcending it, they reconstruct natural and artificial beauty, forming an environment that is "to be seen, to be walked, to be enjoyed, and to be lived in."
With the continuous improvement of modern living standards and the passage of time, the advanced understanding of space in Chinese gardens extends beyond guiding traditional imperial gardens, temple and monastic gardens, and scenic and famous gardens. It must also inspire and influence more areas of human activity. Private courtyards are among the most important of these, as gardens sensitively reflect the evolving needs and desires of people.
This series of landscape design books aims to introduce and inspire the design philosophy of Chinese gardens, guiding the design and practice of modern private gardens. It provides professional designers with a new perspective for reexamining and understanding Chinese gardens. The series includes fourteen different types of private courtyard design plans, a compilation of the author's valuable experience in design practice and teaching guidance. The selected plans are representative landscape spaces, primarily presented through layout diagrams, cross-sections, and panoramic aerial views for reference.