| Chinese gardens are regarded as the result of interaction between nature and culture, and play an irreplaceable role in understanding design principals and traditional Chinese culture for professionals and laymen alike. Although the significance of Chinese garden has been universally recognized, there is few information visualizations specifically focused on this topic. Therefore, with the objective of helping audiences to have a better understanding about Chinese gardens, this thesis looks into how people experience the garden from two perspectives. Taking the Humble Administrator's Garden as an example, this work first investigates how people visit the garden by simulating the circulation from bird's-eye view, before focusing on people's visual experience in the garden from perspective view and revealing seasonal change of colors in the garden through photo analysis. The visualizations created in this thesis reflect people's experience about the garden as well as some unique characteristics of both the garden and the culture behind it. |
