Research On Ambiguity In Architecture And Landscape Design

Ambiguity, in this discourse is defined as a perceptive and psychological response to visual simulation with double or multiple way of understanding. It can also be extended to describe the attribute of the form of visual stimulation which can bring feeling mentioned above to viewer.This discourse differentiates Vagueness and Ambiguity with researches on the forming mechanism of ambiguity. It is put from the perspective of Perceptive Psychology and Semeiology. It offers analysis of the influence of architectural'form'on ambiguity, introduction of how to bring ambiguity and vagueness into architecture and landscape architecture design, generalization of how to bring out impressive ambiguity in design with aid from analogy with puns, and cotation from classic theories in relation with ambiguity to show their influence and meaning on architecture and landscape architecture design.