Marc Peter Keane Japanese Garden Design
The creation of a japanese garden combines respect for nature with adherence to simple principles of aesthetics and structure.
Marc peter keane japanese garden design. In japanese garden design landscape architect marc peter keane presents the history and development of the classical metaphors that underlie all japanese gardens. Rhythms and balance drawn from nature. Marc peter keane a licensed landscape architect and garden designer came to japan in 1985 and since then has been creating and building gardens for companies temples and private individuals he teaches a design workshop as an adjunct professor at the kyoto university of art and design and is a staff member of the research center for japanese garden art there.
Having lived in kyoto for nearly twenty years my approach to garden design. Is very much informed by japanese traditions and culture. Keane describes the influences of confucian shinto and buddhist principles that have linked poetry and philosophy to the tangible metaphor of the garden in japanese culture.