Metaphorical Expression Of Chinese Traditional Gardening Methods In Contemporary Architecture

The construction of Chinese classical garden is the embodiment of the ancientsworldview.It contains the knowledge and experiences of skillful craftsmen andgardening experts in hundreds of years,and shows the respect and worship of ancientsfor nature. Traditional gardening methods represent not only the experiences andtechniques of construction,but also the pursuit of poetic and pictorial conception andthe need of spiritual realm.This paper begins with the research about the origin and development of Chineseclassical garden, the style feature and the ideology of construction,summarizes thecharacteristics of gardening methods through reading literatures and on-the-spotinvestigation. It takes semiotics, phenomenology, typology, gardens and architecturalaesthetics as the theoretical references,confirms the feasibility of metaphoricalexpression.It analyses the kinds about metaphorical expressing of gardening methodswith the examples of contemporary architecture,summarizes the expressing methodssystematically and comprehensively.Gardening methods are used in contemporary architecture by the metaphoricalmeans.It could be a handling method which connects traditional ways to moderndesigns.It emphasizes the multiple possibilities which could have the contact andresonance with viewers,promotes the development of local architectures.We can createnew thoughts and new design concepts in the meeting of traditional and modernelements,initiate new areas of architecture designing,offer the references for harmonyand development of people,nuature and constructions.Making the use of metaphorical expression of traditional gardening methods incontemporary architecture,we should comprehend the respect to human behaviors andexperiences showed by the methods,focus on the space sequence and streamlineorganization,and make person become the center of architecture design.To combine thetraditional symbols with building external modelling, internal function, environmentand history, material and technology in special ways,to require the attention abouttraditional culture from people,we can try our best to advance the inheritance anddevelopment and renewal of traditional architectural culture at the same time ofreflecting the era characteristics of architecture.