中国园林中的自然与居住环境

Nature and Habitation in a Chinese Garden

中国的古典文人园林是环境设计中一种独特的传统,它具有哲学渊源及丰富的内涵。这些园林并非简单的建筑体,还体现了人在自然界中的地位这一观念,并以物质形态表达出这种特征。就其本身而言,它们代表了一种另人关注并且重要的传统 ,体现了构筑物与自然风景的和谐关系,具有特殊意义。就中国古典园林与当代环境观念的关系而论,探究了其某些潜在的观念及特征, 试问这种独特的文化发展是否体现了"能为当代环境设计做出贡献"这一思想。还指出了中国古典园林的5个特征,考虑这些特征是否能够指导环境设计,使人与自然的运作相协调。

Classical Chinese scholar’s gardens represent a distinctive tradition in environmental design that has philosophical origins and significance. More than simply constructions, these gardens embody beliefs about the human place in the natural world and ways of embodying that condition in material form. They represent a tradition that is interesting and important in its own right, but it has special significance as a model of the harmonious relation of built and natural landscapes. Considering the relevance of the classical Chinese garden for contemporary environmental thought, this essay explores some of its underlying beliefs and characteristics, asking whether this distinctive cultural development embodies ways of thinking that can make a contribution to contemporary environmental design. Identifying five characteristics of classical Chinese gardens, it considers whether these traits could guide the design of environments that seek to harmonize human and natural conditions and functions.