Humble Administrator’s Garden
Courtyard and water-garden divisions; the total garden area changes across historical plans.
Liu, 40–41, 263–67, figs. 520, 522, 525–26.
02 · Architectural research
Suzhou gardens · surveyed plans and spatial relations
A working index of Suzhou gardens discussed in Liu Dunzhen’s survey and in this research. The locator uses UNESCO coordinates for the seven gardens listed there; it marks garden locations, not the extent of Liu’s measured drawings. Select a point or a name to read the corresponding research focus and source pages.
Garden studies
Courtyard and water-garden divisions; the total garden area changes across historical plans.
Liu, 40–41, 263–67, figs. 520, 522, 525–26.
Hall bay widths; the relation between the hall, rockery and water; eighteenth-century garden plans.
Liu, 44–45, 126, 270–71, figs. 166, 529, 593, 595.
Room proportions and the position of the hall behind the rockery and pond.
Liu, 9, 331–34, figs. 687, 690.
Mingdao Hall, its interior depth, and the pavilion’s later relocation.
Liu, 48, 323–26, figs. 664, 668.
Hall depth and the relation between the hall and rockwork, read in plan and section.
Liu, 8, 315–17, figs. 644–45.
Pool-side platform and waterside pavilion; the northern edge changed over time.
Liu, 53, 360, 363, figs. 745, 752.
Rockwork valley, wall and cave dimensions; present survey compared with historical reconstruction.
Liu, 54–55, 365–67, figs. 754–58.