About the design concept of garden design or corporate philosophy, a sentence is fine!

The unity of mankind

The master of nature

Superiority is like water

(This is a little difficult to understand, but experienced designers will be very good at applying to garden design)

Emerging Western design concepts:

1 Design concepts focusing on the site

Respecting the site, tailoring to the local conditions. Seeking a design concept that is closely linked to the site and the surrounding environment and forms a whole has become the basic principle of modern landscape design. The role of landscape architects does not lie in deliberate innovation, but more in discovery, in observing and recognizing the original characteristics of the site with professional eyes, discovering its positive aspects and guiding them. The process of discovery and realization is also the process of design. Therefore, the best design looks like it has not been designed, but only the full exploration and utilization of the site's landscape resources. This requires the designer to fully understand the basis of the site, summarize the site's greatest characteristics, as the basic starting point for design. Like "Potential Brown" said, each site has great potential, to be good at discovering the soul of the site.

2 focus on the design concept of space

Garden landscape is composed of two parts, one is composed of some landscape elements of the entity, one is composed of the entity space. Entities are more likely to receive attention, while space is often easy to be ignored. Especially our current design methods, often focusing only on those hard entities landscape, the soft entities landscape relatively neglected, the shape of the space, extension, as well as the connection of neighboring spaces and so on focusing on the lack of formation of a variety of stacked landscape design methods. Therefore, focusing on the shaping of spatial structure and landscape pattern, emphasizing the design concept that space is better than entity, and carrying out the overall design method for the visual spatial field are particularly important to us. Lao Tzu said in Chapter 11 of Tao Te Ching, "...... Therefore, what is there is favorable, and what is not there is used." That is to say, the entity "has" to bring people material utility, because the emptiness of "nothing" plays an important role in cooperation.

3 Focus on the design concept of time

The biggest difference between landscape design and architectural design is that landscape is changing with the seasons and time, is alive, is in constant growth, movement, change. Therefore, designers propose gardens in motion as natural lasting works. Therefore, landscape architects must carefully study the temporal and timeliness factors, focusing on the effect of garden landscape change over time, in order to shape a garden landscape that can be renewed and stabilized with the continuation of time. The birth of a landscape work is like a baby coming out of the world, and his own growth and change process can bring great pleasure and satisfaction to people. Do not expect a landscape work once completed, one step, that will lose a lot of fun.

4 focus on the reproduction of regional landscape

The so-called "regional" landscape, that is, the natural landscape of a region and the sum of the historical lineage, including its climatic conditions, topography, hydrogeology, flora and fauna resources, as well as history, cultural resources and people's various activities, behavior and so on. The scenery or landscape types we see are not isolated, are linked to the development and evolution of their surrounding areas. Landscape design should be large to a region, small to the site around the type of landscape and human conditions, camping with local characteristics of the type of landscape and meet the needs of local people's activities in the space.

5 Focus on the design concept of simplicity

"Less is more", simplicity is not simple, on the contrary, it is the essence of the depth of excavation and frank performance. Highly generalized design methods and the means of expression, is the basic requirements of the concept of minimalist design. Simple design concept includes two aspects: one is the simplicity of the design method, the requirements of the design of the object of serious research, analysis, so as to seize the key factors, reduce the minutiae too much entanglement, in order to take a detour to minimize the changes to achieve maximum results, i.e., twice the result with half the effort; the second is the simplicity of the performance method, the requirements of concise and generalized, to the least elements, scenery, the performance of the landscape the most important characteristics; the third is the simplicity of the design goal, and the performance means. The third is the simplicity of the design objective, which requires full understanding of and compliance with the site's culture, texture and characteristics, and minimize the artificial interference with the original landscape, that is, the principle of "minimal intervention". The concept of simplicity is actually a requirement for targeting, against the closed-door design method.

6 Focus on the ecological design concept

In recent years, with the growing call for global protection of the ecological environment, as well as under the influence of neighboring Germany, the French landscape architects gradually began to focus on the ecological concept of the use of landscape design. Regarding ecology, there are several points that need to be further elaborated. First of all, the deterioration of the global ecological environment is not a problem that can be solved by landscape architects alone, and the ecological concepts embodied in landscape works are more of a call to the government and the public to pay attention to the ecological environment, and more of a gesture; secondly, there are still some differences between the ecological concepts put forward by landscape architects and those put forward by ecologists and environmental protection organizations, and the contents of their concerns have some crossover and fusion, but the fundamental difference is that they do not have the same ecological philosophy as the ecologists and environmental protection organizations, and they do not have any ecological philosophy. They are concerned about the content of a certain cross and integration, but fundamentally has a different level, otherwise society does not need the landscape architecture industry; Finally, if completely from the ecological principles, designers are often trapped in the extreme and difficult to be accepted by the community.

French landscape architects do not every day to the "ecological" hanging in the mouth, shouting a variety of "ecological" slogans, but efforts to implement the ecological concept in a number of specific design methods. The intention of ecology is to require landscape architects to know more about living things, to recognize the interdependent survival of all living things, and to connect the living environments of all living things with each other. This actually requires us to have a holistic awareness, to treat organisms and the environment carefully and cautiously, and to oppose isolated and blind remediation behavior. The concept of ecology cannot be simply understood as planting a large number of trees and increasing the amount of greenery. In addition, the principle of ecology requires us to respect nature, take nature as our teacher, and study the law of nature's evolution; we should follow nature, reduce the blind artificial transformation of the environment, and reduce the maintenance and management cost of landscape; we should build the type of landscape according to the characteristics of the region's natural environment, and avoid the complete destruction of the original environment; we should respect the needs of other organisms in the site; and we should protect and make good use of natural resources to reduce energy consumption and so on. energy consumption, etc. Therefore, wasteland, wilderness, ruins, seepage, regeneration, energy saving, wild plants, waste utilization and so on, constitute the key words in the concept of ecological design of landscape.

7 Unity of Opposites Design Concept

Natural and artificial, is a unity of opposites throughout the history of landscape development, is "people-oriented", or "nature-oriented", is the transformation of nature, or conformity to nature, is a certain form of landscape, nature, nature, and so on. Is some kind of landscape form, style, type of measurement guidelines, but also the modern landscape design according to local conditions, according to the site conditions and use requirements to decide, can not be one-sidedly affirmed or denied. Generally speaking, in urban environments, should take more into account the combination of artificial and natural, taking into account the nature of the artificiality of the approach, and as far away from the urban environment, the role of nature is gradually increasing.

Garden landscape design actually reflects the designer's knowledge and understanding of nature, and through the design means to express. In various forms of landscape gardening, nature is always the source of design. Landscape architects on the degree of knowledge and understanding of nature, how to deal with the relationship between nature and artificial, is an important part of its design concept.

8 Focus on scientific design concept

Landscape design is a wide-ranging, intricate and complex fringe disciplines, with a number of cross-disciplinary and affected by them, such as biology, ecology, soil science, botany, aesthetics and so on. Therefore, landscape architects should take a scientific and rigorous attitude, fully study and understand the characteristics of various disciplines, the use of modern technology, emphasizing scientific design methods.

However, landscape design is the integration and synthesis of skills, any single discipline can not replace the landscape design. Therefore, in terms of a project, we can focus on highlighting the characteristics of a particular discipline, but as a whole, one-sided pursuit of a particular aspect of the characteristics is not desirable. In a complex and full of changes in society, the tendency of unitary landscape design is unsustainable. Now this does not distinguish between the site, does not distinguish between the environment, emphasizing the green corridor, wetlands, is actually a misunderstanding of ecology, is destroying the ecological environment, but also cause the landscape of the singularity and convergence, and ultimately will be discarded like the international architecture.

9 Focus on individuality of the design concept

In a society that increasingly emphasizes the development of individuality and personal values, individual experience, personal understanding and personal emotional input, the status of garden landscape design is increasingly important, but also a guarantee of the diversity and richness of garden landscape design. The design concept of focusing on individuality is not to encourage individuals to be headstrong and conceited or to work behind closed doors out of reality, but to emphasize individuals' unique understanding of nature, society, ecology, art, history, etc., their unique experience during their travels, as well as their personalized design expressions, and to emphasize their unique understanding of the connotations and essences of garden landscapes. Implications for the Development of Modern Landscape Architecture in China

In the past 10 years, China's landscape architecture has developed by leaps and bounds. However, in the face of the increasingly open Chinese market and the fierce competition from all walks of life, especially from designers outside China, how can Chinese landscape architects raise the threshold of the industry and establish their own position in its development? How to resist the full-scale invasion and occupation of foreign cultures and stand invincible in the competition of globalization? How to deepen the research and understanding of the cultural connotation of local landscape gardening while studying and learning from the advanced concepts and design methods of the West, to create modern landscape gardening that not only conforms to the trend of "global integration" but also has the regional cultural characteristics of the country, so as to avoid losing oneself completely in the tide of globalization, and thus to be eliminated by the world's culture is the key point for every Chinese landscape garden practitioner to make the best use of the globalization. It is a major issue that every practitioner of landscape architecture in China must seriously face.

A large number of landscape construction projects and poor design and construction standards, resulting in China's modern landscape industry as a whole is thriving, but the design of the works of shoddy contradictory situation, in the long run, will seriously hinder the healthy development of the landscape industry. Learning and researching the successful experience and advanced design concepts of western modern landscape gardening is undoubtedly of great significance in promoting the development of modern landscape gardening in China. However, whether it is to learn from the Western experience, or inherit the Chinese tradition, should be scientific, rigorous, comprehensive attitude, focus on the connotation and essence of the research, against all forms of out-of-context, only my use. Therefore, the development history and design concepts of French modern landscape gardening have great revelation significance for us.

1 Standardize industry management, improve the competition mechanism

Only in a standardized and orderly, open and transparent, fair competition environment, there will be good practitioners and good works. In the view of serious foreign designers, China has not formed a "work", "fine" atmosphere; in the eyes of domestic designers, the lack of fair competition mechanism, chaotic and disorderly market is not conducive to the emergence of outstanding talent. Therefore, take the road of standardization, marketization, improve the competition mechanism, is China's modern landscape gardening industry to ensure the healthy development of the basic guarantee.

2 In-depth theoretical research, against formalism

Should strengthen the East and West of the history of landscape gardening and cultural connotations of the research, in particular, in-depth study of their theories, concepts, and strive to capture the essential nature of landscape gardening content, and to oppose a variety of simple copying without understanding and formalism style. When the Chinese are still superficially study the doctrine of Laozi, foreign counterparts will be worshiped as the originator of the study of space theory, in-depth excavation of the essence of its theory and substance. Our garden design should not mention the Chinese local culture, is the antique building, is the feng shui graphics, is the gold, wood, water, fire and earth, yin and yang gossip, etc.; a reference to Western culture, is the European architecture, mechanical plane composition, is a variety of patterns, color blocks, is a variety of "style", "style", "and so on. "and so on. To promote down-to-earth research style, against the commercial speculation without understanding.

3 Drawing on Western methods, research on local issues

Study, study the Western modern garden landscape, first of all, we must understand the development of Western garden landscape, especially to understand its historical background, cultural connotations, as well as the scope of the application, the place. Can not blindly copy, superficially get a variety of style features to their own gardens. We should focus on borrowing advanced western design concepts and design methods, and use them to study China's problems. To focus on the concept of learning and research, against the crude imitation and plagiarism.

4 advocate saving for a rainy day, put an end to the quick success

Although the current market for our landscaping seems to be a "thriving" on the surface, hot and heavy, but we should ask ourselves, after nearly 10 years of development, our landscaping industry to us, to the future generations to leave what things? Now it seems to stay more is regret, is a number of years later people do not teeth in the face of landscaping garbage, is the landscape resources and culture of the spoilage and destruction. Such a quick success, patchwork, China's landscaping industry will go into decline, and even be spurned by all mankind.

Conclusion

Large comparisons and studies, the ultimate goal is to get some inspiration, through the practical work in our country to appear some good landscaping works. In the end what is a good garden landscape work? A good work, can not be imagined out of thin air, but should be from the site of the "growth" out. Just as "a side of the soil and water to raise a side of people" reason, a side of the "soil and water" out of a side of the landscape. Many knowledgeable people, many serious designers outside the country, are emphasizing the localization of China's modern landscape garden research, are exploring the camping with "regional" cultural characteristics of the landscape garden road. Now, people increasingly realize that the role of landscape architects like gardeners, to fully understand this hot soil under their feet, to carefully select and nurture the seeds suitable for this "soil", and to be carefully cultivated, carefully cared for, so that it grows healthily.