Visual Impact Analysis and Control Method of Building Height for Landscape Preservation of the Traditional Gardens: A Case Study on the Suizenji Jōjuen in Kumamoto City

Lin, Li; Homma, Riken; Iki, Kazuhisa

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48296-5_8

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“…On the other hand, the buildings which enter the sceneries of these points were not appreciated and even found to be more disturbing comparing to the other points. Thus, this condition may be a sign of the negative impact of the high-rise buildings on Shakkei technique and destruction in the garden's scenery as some authors [10][11][12][13][14][15]32] indicated. Furthermore, this situation may Visitors' Perception of High-rise Building Effect on the Scenery of Traditional Gardens: A Case Study in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo imply that the sceneries which have been filled with high-rise building failed to satisfy the expectations of observers.…”

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“…Since high-rise buildings have filled the air of the city, Daimyo Gardens had to replace their background views with those buildings. Regarding the issue, some studies have been done to analyze the visual impact of the visible surrounding buildings on traditional Japanese gardens, and the results have indicated that the visibility of external buildings have a negative impact on visual quality of the gardens and cause landscape destruction [10][11][12][13][14][15]. Besides, an empirical study has demonstrated that a majority number of the visitors of a traditional Japanese garden (Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu city) judged the visible external buildings as causing a negative impact and they supported conservation actions for reducing the conspicuousness of the building views [12].…”

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“…The previous studies about the visual impact of the high-rise building views on the traditional Japanese gardens dealt with the issue with the objective approach 138 Visitors' Perception of High-rise Building Effect on the Scenery of Traditional Gardens: A Case Study in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo [10,11,[13][14][15], but the studies gauging visitor's preference is limited [12]. In this regard, this research was conducted to understand the garden visitors' perception and convey those indices to the experts to gain a better understanding of visitor preferences.…”

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Visitors' Perception of High-rise Building Effect on the Scenery of Traditional Gardens: A Case Study in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo

Senoglu¹,

Oktay²,

Kinoshita³

2018

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This study was carried out in a traditional Japanese garden namely Hama-rikyu Gardens which is one of the important heritage sites in Tokyo city. Hama-rikyu Gardens is a stroll type garden (kaiyu-shiki teien) which was originally designed to have borrowed sceneries (Shakkei) of nature elements in its surroundings. However, with the urbanization phenomena in the last decades, modern high-rise buildings have surrounded the garden and entered the garden's scenery which became a problem from the viewpoint of heritage garden preservation. Thereby, this study aimed to investigate the visual effect of external high-rise building views on the garden's scenery in visitors' perception. To achieve this aim, an in-situ survey was conducted among the visitors of Hama-rikyu Gardens by using a questionnaire with a range of questions to assess the external building sceneries. The results indicated that evaluation of the garden scenery as a whole was highly positive while the buildings in the garden sceneries were not liked, and they were perceived as disturbing. Furthermore, the negative effect of the buildings increased in the observation points where Shakkei (borrowed scenery) experience could be expected.

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Visitors' Perception of High-rise Building Effect on the Scenery of Traditional Gardens: A Case Study in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo

Senoglu¹,

Oktay²,

Kinoshita³

2018

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“…The previous studies regarding the issue have demonstrated the negative impact of high-rise buildings on Japanese gardens. Moreover, they stated that the surroundings of the gardens need to be controlled urgently since the original spirit is under the threat of devaluation (Lin et al, 2017;Shinji, 2015;Shinobe, 2012;Koizumi and Ishikawa 2007;Arifin and Masuda, 1997;Shinji et al, 1989). However, most these studies were done with objectivist approaches whereas the research addressing the issue by considering the subjective appraisals of users is still limited (Senoglu et al, 2018;Arifin and Masuda, 1998).…”

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“…The effect of high-rise buildings on these traditional gardens has become a scientific research question from the perspective of cultural heritage preservation and environmental aesthetics. Since the vision of the surrounding environment is an essential and inseparable part of the heritage gardens, the scenery in the background needs appropriate protection (Lin et al, 2017;Shinobe, 2012).…”

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Visual Effect of Modern Buildings on a Traditional Japanese Garden

Senoglu

Oktay

Kinoshita

2018

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Even though heritage gardens have been preserved successfully in Japan, these gardens, especially the ones in Tokyo, have been surrounded by modern high-rise buildings that have entered the scenery of the gardens dramatically. This situation has become an issue from the perspective of cultural heritage preservation. This paper aimed to define the effect of modern buildings on a Japanese heritage garden called Hama-rikyu Gardens in the context of user perception by a questionnaire on site. Results indicated that the modern buildings should be eliminated from the scenery of the garden in the future since the participants preferred unspoiled views.

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An empirical research study on prospect–refuge theory and the effect of high-rise buildings in a Japanese garden setting

2018

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This study was carried out to test prospect-refuge theory and the effect of external high-rise buildings on landscape preferences in a traditional Japanese daimyo (feudal lords) garden, namely, the Hama-rikyu Gardens located in Tokyo, Japan. Eight sites in the garden were selected to be tested with respect to their degree of openness, their degree of safety, and the ratio of background buildings present. An in situ survey was conducted with 129 people (15-18 per site) who agreed to take part in the survey. Subjects were asked to assess the view at each site in the direction indicated by a sign and to provide responses about (a) their general preference for the view, (b) their perception of the openness of the view, (c) their perception of the safety of the site, (d) their perception of the pleasantness of/ disturbance from the background buildings. The results indicated that predefined open-protected sites were more preferred than the others; prospect (perceived openness) was an important indicator of the preferences, whereas the refuge-related symbols (perceived safety) of the garden were not perceived differently between the sites; the ratio of background buildings did not have a significant effect on either landscape preferences or perceived prospect-refuge attributes, whereas the perceived pleasantness of/disturbance from background buildings significantly affected the overall landscape preferences. The results indicated that the design techniques of Japanese daimyo gardens, including the usage of the Shakkei (borrowed scenery) technique, might reveal the principles of prospect-refuge theory. Furthermore, the effect of the surrounding buildings is considered to be a subjective aspect that depends on observers' experiences and attitudes, rather than an objective one.

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Visual Impact Analysis and Control Method of Building Height for Landscape Preservation of the Traditional Gardens: A Case Study on the Suizenji Jōjuen in Kumamoto City

Cited by 4 publications

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Visitors' Perception of High-rise Building Effect on the Scenery of Traditional Gardens: A Case Study in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo

Visitors' Perception of High-rise Building Effect on the Scenery of Traditional Gardens: A Case Study in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo

Visual Effect of Modern Buildings on a Traditional Japanese Garden

An empirical research study on prospect–refuge theory and the effect of high-rise buildings in a Japanese garden setting

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