SEATING

PAVILION

PAVILION

AMPHITHEATER & PLANTING

PLANTING

PLANTING

POND

POND

POND

PLANTING

PLANTING

SCULPTURE

MAIN ENTRANCE

SECONDARY ENTRANCE

SECONDARY ENTRANCE

SECONDARY ENTRANCE

SECONDARY ENTRANCE

Chinese Plum Tree, botanical name is Prunus mume, na-tive in China, blooms in the winter from January to Feb-ruary, pink and white flowers. Height and spread are 10 to 20 feet, water requirement is medium, and it loves sun.

Sacred Lotus, botanical name is Herbaceous perennial, native in Asia and Northern Australia, blooms in the summer from June to July, pink and white flowers. Height is from 3 to 6 feet, spread is from 3 to 4 feet, water requirement is wet, low maintenance, and it loves sun.

Japanese White Pine, botanical name is Pinus parviflora, needled leaf and evergreen, native in Japan. Height is 5 to 8 feet, and spread is 3 to 7 feet, non-flowering. Water requirement is medium, and it loves sun.

Japanese Timber Bamboo, botanical name is Phyllostachys bambusoides, native in Japan and China. Height is 15 to 30 feet, spread is 4 to 6 feet, rapid growth rate, evergreen and non-flowering. Water requirement is medium, and it loves sun.

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SCALE: 1”: 8’00”SITE PLAN

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SCALE: 1”: 8’00”

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SCALE: 1”: 8’00”

Chinese Plum Tree

Flower Area

Sacred Lotus

Concrete Seatings

Japanese White Pine

Japanese Timber Bamboo

Chinese Plum Tree

Pavilion

Wood Bridge

Fake Mountain

Amphitheater

Pond

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Japanese Timber Bamboo Fake Mountain Sacred Lotus Flower Area

Pavilion Chinese Plum Tree Pavilion Wood Bridge Japanese White Pine

SECTION A-A’

SECTION B-B’

A A’

B

B’

靜園 The Meditation The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. It includes both the vast gardens of the Chinese emper-ors and members of the imperial family, built for pleasure and to impress, and the more intimate gardens created by scholars, po-ets, former government officials, soldiers and merchants, made for reflection and escape from the outside world. They create an idealized miniature landscape, which is meant to express the harmony that should exist be-tween man and nature. There are a few elements that are essential in Chinese garden, they are water, stones, and plants respectively. This garden is going to be lo-cated in a school, in Guangzhou. When I was in middle or high school, I always wanted to have Chinese style garden on campus to relax. And it would be really interesting to see how tradition-

al Chinese garden and modern buildings crush together will be. My garden is informed by an in-vestigation into the culture of Wang Shi Yuan, The Master of The Nets Garden and the pro-gram of Sidwell Friends School. I selected these two precedents because they had one really im-portant feature on the site – wa-ter, though they use the water in different ways, I want to use wa-ter as one of the main elements in the garden. In considering con-temporary culture and identity, I hybridized these design influenc-es, principles and elements into a garden of eastern culture and western program. In the garden, I want to create an environment friendly system like what Sidwell Friends School, and a vibe which can help students to relax them-selves. I choose the plants like Sa-cred Lotus, Chinese Plum Tree, Japanese Timber Bamboo, etc. that bloom in different seasons

so that students can always have something to see when they want to take a break from class. A lit-tle pavilion on the pond can pro-vide students a good view of the garden, also provides students a place to hide the rain since Guang-zhou is a city that rains a lot. The Meditation accommo-dates a few types of programs that further expand on the vi-sion for this garden. Utilizing both fixed and flexible approach-es to landscape and garden pro-gramming, this garden deepens the experience of community through recycle water, relaxation and amphitheater programs. In conclusion, The Medi-tation explores and hybridized Wang Shi Yuan, The Master of The Nets Garden and Sidwell Friends School as a garden that provides people a quiet place to calm and relax their mind and body.

LA 2121L Design IV: Ecological + Design LaboratoryJianhua ChenInstructor: Glenn Matsui Project One Part Three: Garden Of Variation

Reference Garden: Wang Shi Yuan, The Master of the Nets GardenInfluence: CultureLocation: Suzhou, ChinaYear: First constructed in 1140, remodeled in 1785

Reference Garden: Sidewell Friends SchoolInfluence: ProgramLocation: Washington D.C., United StatesYear: 2007

GARDEN AXONOMETRIC

PLANT PALETTE

GARDEN COLLAGE

GARDEN DIAGRAM

Critical Process

Critical Process

Critical Process

Critical Process