From Temples to Garden Estates and Academies

How did the temple-scape of Suzhou transform into garden-scape during the 13th to 16th centuries? This book investigates the landscape evolution of China during the Yuan-Ming socio-political transformation and provides a previously unrepresented Buddhist and hydraulic history of Chinese gardens.

Utilising historical GIS mapping and 3D architectural modelling, the research uncovers spatial strategie...