The Study on Application of Natural Materials in Landscape Architecture Design Based on the Experimental Simulation

Landscape is supposed to be natural things that composed of natural material. As the urban building swallowed by the natural landscape over time, Man-made landscape and the surrounding environment have been turned into a major place of entertainment. Living in the concrete jungle, what should be done is to seek the real look of landscape architecture. Nowadays, inundated with eco-friendly materials, new materials, recycled materials, low-carbon green materials, people seem to have forgotten the advantages of natural materials, and I would say, the stones, trees as a kind of natural materials is the most environmental, green and the most compatible Landscape Architecture materials with the nature. Based on the method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the author draws the conclusion that the use of natural materials in landscape architecture is more energy saving and emission reducing than that of steel or concrete materials in the full life cycle of the buildings, which follows the analysis and research on the life cycle of the wood structure, stone structure or the other structure buildings. This article combines theory with the reality to analyze the examples of landscape design, and finally summarizes three natural materials application principals in landscape design for more direct theoretical reference to the future designs.