Environment Design: Exterior & Landscape Design

20/04/2026 - 27/07/2026 (Week 1 - Week 15)

WANG JINYI / 0374697

GCD61904 / Environment Design / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Environment Design: Exterior & Landscape Design

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Instruction

2. Progress

3. Outcome

4. Feedback

5. Reflection

INSTRUCTION

PROGRESS

Week 1-2

Pre-Production

For this project, I decided to explore a fountain environment located within an ancient temple ruin.

My main inspiration comes from Sky: Children of the Light, especially its peaceful atmosphere, soft lighting, and spiritual environmental storytelling.

Instead of focusing on highly detailed architecture, I want the environment to feel natural, quiet, and emotionally immersive.

I collected references focusing on:

• Natural ruins
• Minimal architectural forms
• Organic integration between nature and structures
• Soft atmospheric lighting

I noticed that many successful environment designs use simple shapes combined with strong mood and lighting rather than excessive detail. 

I wanted the environment to feel ancient yet closely connected to nature. Instead of using overly decorative fantasy architecture, I explored simpler stone structures combined with plants, roots and natural elements. I focused on circular layouts to create a calm and sacred feeling.

After determining the general stylistic direction, I began exploring several exterior and interior environment concepts.

My initial interior layout felt relatively open and desolate. However, during the design process, I realized that the space lacked a clear distinction between interior and exterior areas, as the architecture itself was largely open-air.

Because of this, I started considering ways to create a stronger sense of enclosure and spatial definition, such as placing the fountain within a cave-like environment or partially enclosed ruin structure. At this stage, I am still experimenting with different spatial layouts and atmospheric directions.

Week 3-4