Four Seasons Garden: Two Axes Divide the Land into Four Parts

A top-down view of a garden. Two intersecting paths or water channels divide the square courtyard into four equal parts, with a pond or pavilion at their intersection; the planting in the four sections is lower than the paths, forming sunken flower beds. The overall design is strictly symmetrical, and dimensions can be measured relative to each other. Avoid: making the layout a free-flowing English garden; having unequal sizes for the four sections; leaving the intersection empty without a focal point; letting the planting rise above the paths, disrupting the geometric readability.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張庭園的俯視。兩條十字交叉的步道或水渠把方形的院子等分成四塊,交會處是一座水池或涼亭;四塊的植栽低於步道形成下沉的花床。整體嚴格對稱,尺寸可以互相量出來。避免:把配置做成自由曲線的英式花園、四塊的大小不相等、交會處空著沒有重心、讓植栽高過步道破壞幾何的可讀性。