Yang, Sijie;
Yang, Yufeng;
(2022)
Cultural impacts on traditional Chinese garden design: A configurational comparison between traditional Chinese imperial and private gardens using space syntax.
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Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium.
(pp. p. 414).
International Space Syntax Symposium: Bergen, Norway.
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Abstract
Based on former qualitative studies, traditional Chinese imperial garden (TCIG) and private garden (TCPG) arguably have different cultural backgrounds and spatial properties. However, few studies have analysed configurational differences between TCIG and TCPG quantitatively and linked their different cultural contexts to these differences. This research thus tries to reveal the cultural impacts on the spatial configuration of traditional Chinese gardens by comparing TCIG and TCPG cases quantitatively. The study is processed in two sections: theoretical exploration and comparative case studies. In the first section, we try to link the different cultural backgrounds of TCIG and TCPG with corresponding garden spatial properties and use proper metrics to match these spatial properties. Four dimensions of traditional Chinese garden spatial properties are identified qualitatively based on previous studies: strong and weak programme, wayfinding system, visual relationship and spatial depth. During the process, four corresponding hypotheses about the spatial property differences and predicted results of quantitative studies are proposed. In the second section, four hypotheses may be demonstrated through visibility graph analysis (VGA) in space syntax theory by comparing three samples from each garden type. Our results indicate that TCIG and TCPG differ in all four dimensions, which are further explained by their respective cultural contexts. This research has two main contributions. Firstly, it has demonstrated configurational differences of TCIG and TCPG quantitatively and linked these differences to related cultural backgrounds. Secondly, this study has built a framework to analyse traditional Chinese garden space with space syntax, which can be used in further studies.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cultural impacts on traditional Chinese garden design: A configurational comparison between traditional Chinese imperial and private gardens using space syntax |
| Event: | 13th International Space Syntax Symposium |
| Location: | Western Norway University, Bergen, Norway |
| Dates: | 20 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.hvl.no/en/research/conference/13sss/pr... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | traditional Chinese garden, space syntax, visibility graph analysis, cultural impact, configuration |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10154624 |
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