The Circle Element Application Study In Landscape

Circle has been always used in landscape design of different times, nations and countries。It’s vital to reflect the dynamic and deepen the connotation of landscape that dig the applicationof circle in landscape design from its culture background.Adapt to the development of landscape of city, circle furiously affects the expression of landscape effects. Beginning with circle as a culture symbolic, as follow, getting understand to the definition and relative primary theories, and then, appreciating some classic works of circle which created in eastern and western traditional society, at last, due to the attribution of circle, doing research on circle’s classification, aesthetic characteristics, principles and methods of application, meanwhile, merge parts of study’s content with design cases, optimize circle’s application as a example in future application.The achievements of the thesis are list below:(1) "Circle" has long history both on East and West, it could count from ancient accessories to application of "circle" in landscape design, and the creation of Aristotle-Ptolemy’s geocentric, it’s all about the taste of circle.(2) The essay demonstrate "circle" from its category, which sorted as circle,elliptical,and fan-circle; From the point of aesthetic, essay appreciate the beauty of phrase, geometry, dynamic, philosophy and thinking of "circle"(3) Diversity of composition, composition base on practical elements, sites, by principles of repetition, dissolve, and gradient.During the procedure of landscape application, not only innovative integrate elements but also base on principles of application. Find balance on relative symmetry, control proportion and scale to grab rhythmic beauty of composition.(4) Multiple ways of applying circle, regardless of graphic composition, or layers inside, circle prove its value. Simultaneously, the expression of circle’s applying enrich layers by abstract or representation methods, emerging colorful landscape effect.(5) Studying on Liuyang HengDaHuaFu lake garden, narrative relationship between "circle" culture and layout, implication and components of landscape sketch, through relative design principles, but also come out with innovative ideals of circle’s innovation and heritage...