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Hidden Orders in Chinese Gardens: Irregular Fractal Structure and its Generative Rules

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  • Shaoming Lu

    (Department of Architecture, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan RD, Shanghai 200240, PRC)

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The hidden orders of physical structure in Yuyuan, an example of Chinese gardens, are explored. Methods of geometric analysis are used to examine rules of iteration and transformation in the configuration model of the garden, for example, the spatial structure of ‘gardens in a garden’, the pedestrian system of ‘circles in a circle’, and the tree-like waterway, which formulate an irregular fractal system. It is argued that these generative rules of the structure, which mainly give rise to the similarities and complexities between parts and the whole garden, are deeply rooted in the principle of I Ching .

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  • Shaoming Lu, 2010. "Hidden Orders in Chinese Gardens: Irregular Fractal Structure and its Generative Rules," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 37(6), pages 1076-1094, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:37:y:2010:i:6:p:1076-1094
    DOI: 10.1068/b36042
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