Landscape Architecture Japanese Garden
Japanese gardens are characterized by.
Landscape architecture japanese garden. The spring and stream to which it gives rise. Rocks water plants and ornaments. The elements of a japanese garden mimic or symbolize natural elements. Over 20 years of experience zen japanese landscape garden design company offers a progressive style and look of ideas in japanese style garden landscaping design and architecture either in traditional style or a mix with modern contemporary styled japanese garden designs.
The line between garden and its surrounding landscape is not distinct. Open space or ma in japanese creates the sense of balance that has both movement and stillness. Japanese garden design is a process of distillation says keane explaining that what s left out is as important as what is put in if not more so. There are four essential elements used in japanese garden design.
Thus geometric shapes and artificial stone are not common in asian landscape design. Bridges of many varieties. And the natural guardian stones. In the japanese garden the viewer should consider nature as a picture frame into which the garden or the man made work of art is inserted.
The japanese rock garden or dry landscape garden often called a zen garden creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks water features moss pruned trees and bushes and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water. Resist the temptation to fill in every last corner of the garden. Gardens incorporate natural and artificial elements and thus fuse the elements of nature and architecture. Hills built up from earth excavated from the basin for the lake.
Zens landscape design is the ultimate achievement in simplicity dignity tranquility and grace in its design to serve as an aid to meditation about the true meaning of living a life with nature.