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Impacts of ideological trends of renaissance architecture on royal garden design of Qing Dynasty, China: a Lowland and Wetland case of the Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan) X. M. Zhao; Y. Lu; J. R. Shi; H. Liu; Y. Chen; Z. Wang; K. Hokao
Lowland Technology International Vol 19 No 1, June (2017)
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Planning and design methodology of residential areas in ancient time is a comprehensive transition of technology and aesthetics, where imperial palatial projects play an exemplary role. Through the process of the Age of Discovery, European culture infiltrated into China's architectures, especially the royal gardens and palaces in Qing Dynasty. Ideological trends of Renaissance architecture present a diverse phenomenon into Chinese palace design of Yuan Ming Yuan. The Old Summer Palace buildings were analyzed in terms of their components such as column, dome, sculpture and decoration, door and wall, the proportion of elements, etc. The results prove that the cultural phenomenon is a convergence of and technology and aesthetics between European and Chinese.
IDENTIFYING PUBLIC PREFERENCES FOR THE VALUE OF DAILY USED OPEN SPACES USING THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS – A CASE STUDY OF HANGZHOU CITY, CHINA J. R. Shi; X. M. Zhao; J. Ge; K. Hokao; Z. Wang
Lowland Technology International Vol 8 No 2, Dec (2006)
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Although much research exists on whether public open spaces are satisfactory with respect to users‘ perception, designers often neglect residents‘ preferences before a project is to be authorized. Especially when they design daily used open spaces that are located near or inside residential areas, the value of spatial environments is not paid enough attention to. This study applies the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to a field survey in order to compare the residents‘ perspectives concerning three general attributes (functional, aesthetic and ecological) and ten specific qualities of daily used open spaces. AHP is a methodology that assists respondents to make subtle trade-offs in unquantifiable attributes by means of measuring the relative preference of one attribute over another. Although this methodology is entirely different from other choice-based methods considering the cost-efficiency, the results of AHP offer a systematic method to examine the demands of those unheeded people. The results of the AHP application into data collected from the Chinese residents find that public preferences for daily used open spaces are stronger for the functional attribute, rather than the aesthetic attribute in the ancient Chinese tradition. Furthermore, comparisons of ten specific qualities show that the public prefers the open spaces that can be utilized conveniently and easily for group activities, because such spaces keep an active lifestyle of neighborhood communication, which also is seen to protect human-regarding residential environments.
A QUANTIFICATION ANALYSIS OF CAMPUS BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS USING THE INFORMATION ENTROPY X. M. Zhao; J. R. Shi; J. Ge; K. Hokao; Z. Wang
Lowland Technology International Vol 10 No 1, June (2008)
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Measuring complexity of the dynamic system has become a common practice for describing spatial structural properties in the fields of urban geography and landscape ecology. In China, college campuses can be regarded as a kind of complex system since the campuses accommodate multiple functions, such as education, research, leisure, residence and so on. Considerably diversified human activities are daily performed in campus open spaces. How to characterize the distribution dynamics of daily activities calls for much attention of architects and planners. Nonetheless, the resultant dynamics of human activities is often irregular and patchy, giving rise to intricate distribution patterns that can be difficult to characterize. Herein, the issue of characterizing the temporal-spatial-categorial Diversity of Activity Distribution (DAD) in open spaces was addressed and a method of quantifying the complexity of patchy activity dynamics was proposed. The method was inspired by information-based measures of entropy, and the proposed Behavioral Entropy Index (BEI) can distinguish the distribution of activities in open spaces between simple (convergent) and complex (random) temporal-spatial-categorial mosaics. The method was demonstrated using sample data through a survey on two typical college campuses at Hangzhou City, China. The results show that the BEIs effectively illuminate the behavioral dynamics, rather than the conventional index of absolute population or simple percentage; moreover, proper facilities, natural environments and campus management all facilitate improving the behavioral complexity.
SPATIAL INFLUENCE ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN OPEN SPACE USING THE ENTROPY METHOD: A CASE STUDY OF CAMPUS COMMUNITIES IN HANGZHOU CITY, CHINA J. R. Shi; X. M. Zhao; H. Liu; K. Hokao; Z. Wang; J. Ge
Lowland Technology International Vol 13 No 2, Dec (2011)
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The rapid urbanization of Chinese cities has been resulting to the degradation of urban residential environments. As a representative of green areas, residential open spaces play key roles to balance the needs for both conservation and development. Traditional ways to observe resident’s behavior mode only by calculating the absolute population count is not perfect. In order to achieve the goal of public benefits, this study attempts to develop traditional behavior approaches to establish an unconventional determinant factor to enable the examination of temporal regulation, spatial distribution and activity category of residents’ behavior through the Behavior Entropy Index (BEI). Through this study, the author hopes to provide recommendations to interrelate the local view into planning process. The data was collected in 6 different residential areas and 4 campuses in Hangzhou. In sum, the result obtained from the study aiming to not only satisfy residents’ desire of the improvement of open space but also bring to professional’s attention by examining the diversity of user’s behavior in the context of residential open space utilization and finding out physical factors which influence their satisfaction and behavior. The samples can be hopefully extended to reasonably represent the overall situation of Yangtze River Delta and provide a valuable reference for other regions of China.
Urban landscape units and spatial grid networks of the land, water and mountain system using a multiple factor overlap approach: A lowland case study of Hangzhou City, China J.R. Shi; Y.X. Lei; Z. Wang; K. Hokao; X.M. Zhao
Lowland Technology International Vol 17 No 4, March (2016)
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The issue that many Chinese cities follow similar international styles degrades local cultural customs and regional ethnic features, and it is drawing much attention of citizens, governors and designers. Some research has corroborated the effectiveness of correlation and integrity of native urban sceneries, to deal with the above issue. Urban landscape can be regarded as a dynamic network system, comprising some interlinked spots and regions. Based on the current situation and academic proceedings, this research introduced the concept of urban landscape network. By a case study of Hangzhou City construction, this paper conducted a grid analysis of the landscape grid network, and built four sub-networks: natural scenery, historical development, road transportation, and land use. Using variance analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, this paper examines the relationship between the four sub-networks, and finally achieved an appropriate regression equation of the landscape network in accordance with the subjective satisfaction evaluation concerning the landscape quality.
Color research of rural tourism destination based on chromatographic analysis: A lowland case study of Hangzhou Meijiawu Village X.M. Zhao; J.W. Lin; Y.X. Lei; Y. Chen; J.R. Shi; Z. Wang; K. Hokao
Lowland Technology International Vol 19 No 2, Sep (2017)
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Good color for rural planning not only brings comfortable living environment, creates an impressive image, but also is conducive to the color context of inheritance and to reserve the unique style. At present, there is not much research on rural color planning in rural country, so this paper chose the rural tourism destination, Meijiawu Village, as a case. and it analyzed the color of the village by using qualitative and quantitative methods. On the basis of tourists' perception of Meijiawu colors, this paper proposed several optimization suggestions about the various types of color and material color by extracting the chroma, lightness and saturation information, including the mass-tone attune (building facade, plant color), auxiliary color (the color of roof, doors, windows and other components, facade color), embellishment color (the color of signs, other colors) and 7 class material colors.
RESEARCH FRAMEWORK ON THE SUITABLE DEVELOPMENT MODEL AND MECHANISM OF GREEN STTLEMENT IN THE YANGTZE RIVER DELTA Z. Wang; Y. He; J. Ge
Lowland Technology International Vol 6 No 2, Dec (2004)
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By selecting a breakthrough point from the Green Settlement of towns and cities in the Yangtze river delta, which is of great significance to the sustainable development strategy for human sttlement in China, this research tries to integrate the enduring regional "genes" of settlement, to explore the external character and internal law of the basic urban residential unit, and grasp its controlling/adjustment mechanisms. On this base, detailed goals, evaluation systems, space/form modelsand suitable technologies of sustainable development are expected to be established. Thus, the sustainable development strategy for human sttlement in that region can be promoted and serve as a guide for China as a whole.
Co-Authors H. Liu J. Ge J. R. Shi J.R. Shi J.W. Lin K. Hokao X. M. Zhao X.M. Zhao Y. Chen Y. He Y. Lu Y.X. Lei