Throughout history, sandstone carvings have been used to decorate the environment, a tradition that continues even in the modern world. Compared to other environmental art, sandstone carvings play an integral role in the residential environment, and their form, location, and number all have an important impact on the atmosphere of the entire residential environment. The residential environment is more focused on creating a vibrant place where people want to communicate, so sandstone carvings should also be in line with this theme.
Sandstone carvings are an embellishment to the residential environment, but they do not exist only as stand-alone ornaments. It should provide an open mind for people to appreciate, use and communicate with others. In this context, sandstone carving becomes a tool that aims to encourage users to discover what they have in common with each other, to communicate and exchange, and not just as a "landscape" independent of people.
People's mutual interaction and rich passion make up a vibrant social life. As long as people exist, whether in buildings, residential quarters, city centers, or other places of entertainment, people and other activities always attract others. When people are attracted, they come together and new activities are generated. Therefore, people are always willing to go to places where there is something to see and things to do. In a residential environment, the focus of sandstone carving design is to create a vibrant "field" environment. The "field" here refers not only to the sandstone carvings themselves, but also to the spaces formed by the sandstone carvings and the surroundings of the sandstone carvings, as well as the invisible spaces formed between the sandstone carvings at different placements.
To enhance the vibrancy of the residential environment, it is important to encourage the majority of people to participate in sandstone carving, see, touch, listen and use it creatively and imaginatively, thus promoting communication. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully consider the choice of sandstone carving themes, because the atmosphere of the residential environment is different from the commercial environment, office environment, ** building, etc. Therefore, the subject matter expressed by sandstone carvings should be familiar, concerned and loved by people, so that people are willing to communicate on this subject. Children are the best example of how to use sandstone carving creatively, and we can often see them using sandstone carving as a "big toy".
It is also important to emphasize that the sandstone carvings in the residential environment are designed in harmony with the environment. This requires that the theme of sandstone carving is consistent with the theme of community architectural culture, and the scale of sandstone carving is in harmony with the surrounding environment, and the key lies in the creation of community aesthetic quality.