Research on the Design Expression of Genius Loci in Memorial Landscape Spaces

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10.2991/icadce-17.2017.122How to use a DOI?

Keywords

memorial landscape space; place; genius loci

Abstract

genius loci is a sense of identity and belonging that people hold to a place, this feeling will potentially influence what the people think and do. Memorial landscape spaces are public spaces that carry human history, culture, memory and emotion, whose spiritual functions are far beyond the material functions. The design of memorial landscape spaces shall show more than whom to commemorate, more importantly, it shall be focused on the psychological needs memorial subjects so that the people get a sense of place and better create a space atmosphere. This article analyzes the characteristics of the genius loci and the related design-related factors on the basis of memorial landscape space, hoping to find the genius loci that the memorial spaces should have and express it better in the design language.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaomin Chen
AU  - Bei Wang
AU  - Jun Chen
AU  - Miao Xiong
AU  - Panpan Cao
AU  - Xiaofang Yu
PY  - 2017/05
DA  - 2017/05
TI  - Research on the Design Expression of Genius Loci in Memorial Landscape Spaces
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 511
EP  - 516
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icadce-17.2017.122
DO  - 10.2991/icadce-17.2017.122
ID  - Chen2017/05
ER  -