序列(sequence)乃環境空間組織之重要方法，它意味著把一系列空間和諧的關連起來，使每個空間好像項鍊的每一環節那樣富於意義，超越了個別的突現性，編織成一個集合體。其程序可以遣創造意象，提高情緒品質，並增加感覺的多樣性，依此，整體和其中部份的價值得以清晰的、主要的、活力的表現出來。本文籍建築、都市和庭園實例闡釋並比較西方在使用序列空間組織時其觀念上的相似性和差異性。

　　　　　Sequencing is an ordering device. It entails relating successive spaces harmoniously so that each space becomes meaningful as a link in a chain, beyond its own architectural significance. Using historic examples from China and Italy, this essay delves into the past and explores the validity and efficancy of sequencing as an important tool in the making and shaping of environments-of gardens, buildings, and urban spaces.