Symbiotic and Sustainable Design Research for the Indicator System of Icon and Environment In Ancient Village

KEYWORD: Sustainable Development ;Icon ; Symbol Design ;Symbiotic Design ABSTRACT: The existence mode of ancient villages is different from urban environment where the commercialization continues to strengthen. The constancy of life produced change with sociological significance from visual expression to evaluation of value since the intervene of new elements.It has been through the reconstruction of historical language from the natural order of villages to compulsory intervention of icon, whereas the reconstruction does not mean put in stiffly. The realistic question is that through set up icon and indicator system having a negative effect on ancient village environment. It is difficult to fusion between modernization of symbols and obsolete architecture. Village unit is a unified symbol from the vision system to daily life. It is the symbiotic design that is contributed to guide the environment and icon design system. Symbiosis represents effective stacking and crossover influences between multi-elements and which reasonably demonstrate on the hierarchy of visual order. On the basis of understanding and analyzing the using status of icon and indicator system in ancient villages, probing the relationship between ancient village environment and icon design and design problems that spring from it. Ancient villages in paper mainly refer to two ancient villages around the Taihu Lake named Dongcun and Mingyuewan village. The designation of geographical scope is the precondition for research. Natural conditions and architecture style is very important for icon design. The local environment of traditional village is facing constant change of morerniazation, which becoming a sustainable problem for the development of ancient villages and cultural continuity problems.