Features: natural, remote and ethereal, with black, white and gray as the main tone.
Courtyard design's Chinese concept: The composition of Chinese courtyards is mainly curved, with a winding path leading to a secluded place, avoiding taking in everything in a glance, and paying attention to the "gathering qi" of geomantic omen. In terms of gardening techniques, China traditional gardens "admire nature, learn from nature", and stress the artistic conception of "although it is made by people, it opens naturally". Using the natural conditions in a limited space, we can simulate the beautiful scenery in nature and organically integrate architecture, landscape and plants.
In addition, the gardening adopts the technique of "seeing the big from the small". The purpose of expanding the sense of space is to use the methods of blocking the scenery, borrowing the scenery, looking up, extending and increasing the ups and downs of the garden road to compare the main roads by size, height, straightness and reality. Symbolic landscape is the most important element of the courtyard. The buildings are mainly wooden pavilions, terraces, corridors and pavilions, and the moon gate and lattice-window-style dahe powder wall play the role of blocking, guiding or dividing the line of sight and paths.
The difference between Chinese and western gardens can be summarized as follows: western gardens are based on reality, and the reality is virtual. China Gardens are "virtual and real, with virtual as the main factor".
Design elements: pavilions, white walls and tiles, rockery, flowing water, winding paths, plum blossoms, bamboo chrysanthemums, etc.
2. American villa courtyard
In the process of opening up this new wilderness world, American ancestors fully felt the mystery and vastness of primitive nature and were deeply shocked. The pure, simple and energetic personality of nature has also had a far-reaching impact on Americans, making them full of free and unrestrained nature. The design of American gardens is also deeply influenced by its free and lively understanding of nature. Natural landscape is also a part of its design expression, and forests, grasslands, swamps, streams, grasslands, shrubs and towering trees are all added to the design.
The American courtyard is clean and tidy, and it feels warm and comfortable in the natural atmosphere. It should be one of the easiest and simplest structures to plan. Its courtyard atmosphere is rigorous and casual, including well-built lawns and shrubs, straight paths and a lot of green plants.
Courtyards in the United States are generally large in area, which is incompatible with the compactness in Japan. The choice of outdoor furniture must be those with a sense of design and quality that can withstand the sun and rain. Although it is ok to plant green plants casually in the courtyard, it is not allowed to be reckless. But some small seasonal grass species, such as morning glory, begonia or daffodils, should be planted on the roadside or roadside in an orderly way.
Plants: Compared with English plants, the plants in American courtyards are more orderly, low, flat and tidy. In order to increase the interest, you can also put colorful potted plants on the windowsill and steps as decoration, and buy an umbrella when you buy simple outdoor tables and chairs, and you're done.
3. English villa courtyard
Features: natural picture, natural, elegant, subtle and noble.
Design concept: pay attention to the natural integration with the scenery outside the garden, so that the garden looks like a part of nature. Whether it is winding roads, natural terrain, water bodies, plant organization courtyards, they all reflect a stronger natural interest. English gardens have always pursued natural effects, and they don't need much care in the later stage except for the early planning. Therefore, keep the traces of natural growth of plants, make them like a part of nature, and let the sense of time enhance them. . Similarly, British gardens are more free to deal with plants and roads. Plant selection: choose lush green plants and seasonal grass plants, such as roses, daisies, bluebells and so on. And the road can also be arbitrary, arbitrary and changeable. Just make the garden full of green, strewn at random, decorated with seasonal flowers, and decorated with interesting sketches scattered in every corner.
White wrought iron tables and chairs are a necessity in English gardens. It is difficult to drink tea and read magazines under roses. In gardens, a large or dominant decorative object is often needed, while English gardens do not emphasize sculpture, so they can be placed on flower stands, arches and benches. And planted a variety of climbing plants, such as rose, radix aucklandiae, wisteria, clematis, etc., all of which are dense and flowery climbing plants. Let them climb freely on scaffolding or arches, and put benches and swings under these scaffolding. As for the ground treatment, the ground of English gardens is generally simple, and it is a good planning choice to spread irregular large slabs or simply plant large areas of grass.
4. French villa courtyard
Features: regular, symmetrical and luxurious.
Design concept: French gardens are influenced by Italian conventional platform gardening art, and also have platform garden layout, cutting down trees and planting altars, and building fruit bowl fountains. France, on the other hand, has a flat terrain and is more magnificent in the scale of garden layout.
French Garden (3 pieces) The main method of French garden design is that in the garden, the central main shaft controls the whole, supplemented by several auxiliary shafts and several horizontal shafts. All these axes and paths, large and small, form a strict qualified network with clear priorities. At the intersection of the axis and the path, fountains, statues and garden sketches are arranged as decorations. Doing so can not only highlight the geometric shape of the layout, but also produce a rich sense of rhythm, thus creating a changeable landscape effect. In Lishui, ponds or ditches with regular shapes are mainly built with stones, and a large number of exquisite fountains are set up.
Essential elements: pool, fountain, flower bed, statue.
5. Japanese villa courtyard
Features: concise and meticulous, Zen artistic conception.
Design concept: Japanese courtyard can be said to be an exquisite miniature Chinese courtyard, and the treatment of details is the most wonderful place of Japanese courtyard. Japanese garden culture embodies the strong control of space and the fantasy of natural elements. This technique can often achieve good results in a small space, and can also be well combined with modern architecture or minimalist architecture. Japanese courtyard design
In modern Japanese courtyard design, most of them fully absorb the dry mountains and rivers of meditation (designed to be ornamental rather than practical). One of the basic ideas contained in this design is to symbolize nature-pile a few big stones on the mound to symbolize a mountain; Several small trees represent a forest; In the empty rubble, a winding and irregular stone road is opened, which indicates the difficult road of life.
The overall design of Japanese courtyard follows the principle of asymmetry, and the overall style is quiet, simple and even frugal. Use perspective to increase the sense of space in the courtyard, create a semi-bright and semi-dark landscape to enhance the effect of beauty and mystery, and use quiet waterscape to set off the reflection of trees.
Design elements: gravel, wood residue, moss, stone lantern, washing bowl.
6. Courtyard of Southeast Asia Villa
Southeast Asian style courtyard features: simple and mysterious, tropical scenery.
Concept of courtyard design in Southeast Asia: The thick lines of materials used in Southeast Asian style design outline the simple, multi-level and multi-variety tropical plants that are lush, warm and saturated in color.
Southeast Asia amorous feelings garden is to restore the most natural amorous feelings, give people a sense of casualness and passion, let people sit and lie down casually without burden, relieve their nervous mood, put aside the disturbing secularity and forget the complicated trivial matters around them. It also saves energy, and pays attention to shading, ventilation and lighting. And pay attention to the reuse of sunshine and rain, so the appearance is generally transparent and refreshing. Symbolic sculptures, large swimming pools, colorful tropical plants and other details bring infinite passion to people.
Above the color, the color of natural logs is better, mostly dark colors such as brown. In the visual experience, earthy simplicity and fabric embellishment will not appear monotonous, but will make the atmosphere quite active. In the choice of fabric tone, the colorful series of Southeast Asian customs are mainly dark, with a little extravagance in calmness. The material is suitable for rattan, hemp and other original texture materials, and the colors are warm yellow and dark brown.
The choice of green plants is also the key to highlight tropical customs, especially large tropical palm trees and climbing vines.