LAEP 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shan Shui
3 Feb 2017
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Landscape architecture lecture #6: china, significant contributions to landscape design, deforestation effects dramatic effects that removing forests cause. The chinese realized these effects way before other civilizations realized the. Which in turn led to stricter control of tree cutting and forest management: roadside planting. They realized that it not only looked aesthetically pleasing. It also protected roads from erosion and washouts. Still implemented today in modern society: cities were planned on a grid system with wide tree planted streets on a coordinate axis, tremendous influence by various religions: Many of these symbols were used extensively in gardens: mountains and water . A harmony between contrasting forces & forms: landscape gardening also tried to recreate scenes from art (idyllic, palace of the forbidden city (beijing) Series of spaces (purifications) rising up gradually from one level to another along major. Ordinary homes designed after this fashion: two main forms of gardens in china (oversimplified) Escape from social and political life = retreat.
