Abstract: The core of design science cannot be separated from the perception of place and space. The paper takes the basic course of design, Observation and Record, of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts as the research object. The course is carried out in the joint participation of multi-disciplinary teachers of design, among which landscape architecture, an major subject of human settlements, plays an important role in the construction of outdoor space. The paper chooses “the possibility of observation” as the kernel. Through the perspective of landscape architecture, it explores the ways and methods of perceiving space, and cultivating students’ strategic awareness of space observation.