Studies on Characteristics of Japanese Gardens
On the scale analysis and the basic modules of the garden spaces
1982 Volume 45 Issue 4 Pages 236-246
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1982 Volume 45 Issue 4 Pages 236-246
This research is to decide the basic modules of landscape design by analyzing the rhythm and the scale of japanese gardens of EDO period.
There would be two meanings in analyzing particularly KAIYU-SHIKI-TEIEN (circuit style garden) and ROJI (tea garden) in EDO period.
As there were no harmful influences of the mechanical civilizations in those days, all the spatial circumstances were designed co-ordinately with the human scale based on human biological factors.
The other meaning would be that they were designed to make delicate distinctions upon the spatial experiences.
The author would like to make a following suggestion as the result of this analysis.(See Tables 4, 5, 6, and Figures 4, 5).
Although the theories of 2 steps and 4 steps as the spatial module are insisted by E. NEUFERT (1961) and M. EYAMA (1969), we think 12 steps (=24 feets ≈7.2 meters) and of its multiple could be added to the modules for the outdoor spatial design, as a basic scale for the pleasant human experiences.
