Suzhou Gardens: Exploring the Use of Gardens and Landscapes in the Urbanization Process in China

Abstract

As a model of Chinese classical gardens, Suzhou Garden contains rich cultural connotation and gardening techniques, and its design concept has important reference value for public landscape design in the process of modern urbanisation. Based on the development history of Suzhou Gardens and the gardening techniques of the four major gardens, this paper systematically explores the unique design concepts of Suzhou Gardens and their application in modern landscape design from the aspects of culture, ecology, spatial layout and artistic expression. The results of the study show that the ‘unity of heaven and man’ and the techniques of ‘seeing the big in the small’ can effectively optimise the use of space in modern landscapes, and at the same time, they have significant advantages in solving the problems of the lack of cultural connotations and ecological degradation of urban public spaces. This paper combines theoretical analysis and design practice. Combining theoretical analysis and design practice, this paper proposes a specific method of introducing Suzhou Garden elements into modern public landscape design, which provides new ideas for the cultural heritage, ecological friendliness and humanistic innovation of modern landscape design.

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