Chinese Traditional Courtyard Gardens from a Cultural Perspective (Series on Architectural Culture)

Author: Ren Jun
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book is based on space and culture, employs rational typological analysis as its research method, and aims to inherit traditional courtyards through contemporary architectural creation, thereby constructing a research framework for traditional courtyard systems. It studies the ontology of traditional courtyards through their historical inheritance, revealing the positioning of "courtyard" in traditional architecture as a spatial prototype. It summarizes the system characteristics of traditional courtyards from traditional culture. It analyzes traditional courtyards at three levels—space, elements, and artistic conception—and explores their inheritance pathways. It places traditional courtyard groups in the intermediate level of city-building-interior, thereby linking courtyards with both urban and interior spaces. It draws inspiration from excellent contemporary courtyard examples in terms of their concepts, techniques, and the transformation mechanisms between them and traditional courtyards. This book aims to gain a deeper understanding and learn from traditional courtyards through systematic analysis.