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文献出处： 作者：Marian Moffett, Michael W. Fazio 期刊或书名：A world history of architecture 出版社：New York: Harper Row, Publishers, Inc. 出版时间：2009 页码：17-24 庭院设计 Courtyard Design 1 Layout of Courtyard Design The creation of courtyard atmosphere is up to the layout plan of courtyard design. A reasonable layout can make a small graden rich and full of fun, while a big garden filled with a good gratation. When designing a courtyard, we should obey the following principles. 1.1 Unified Diversity Many aespects in courtyard design should follow the principle of unity, such as form and style, gardening materials, color and lines etc. We preferred the garden to be regarded as a whole from main theme to details, but we do not like rigid atmosphere because of over unification. That is why we often describe it as unified diversity, which means to seek unity in changes. Nowadays, there are three popular courtyard styles in the world: (1) Natural-style Garden designs were influenced by the pursuit of natural basic daily necessities after the 20* century with the slogan of back to nature. Chinese-style garden should be regarded as the originator of natural-style garden, for it pursues elegant and secluded nature with vibrant and vigorous plants. (2) Western-style Known as regular courtyard, western-style garden is a symmetrical and graceful landscape layout with an axis and grand scale, whose plants are pruned to be geometric-shaped. It is more and more popular at current times with significant development, resulting in a large area of unnatural man-made artificial landscapes. (3) Mixed Style Originally, natural and regular styles are mutually contradictory, but it has been very common to see both these styles in one garden, as the improved lady Cheongsam in the fashion industry. It is a new trend to combine Chinese and western style in one design, so we still need a long time to prove its advantages and disadvantages, similar to the other styles. 1.2 Balance The sense of balance is an overall