Building is to meet people's production and living needs, the use of the material and technical means to create the artificial environment, in addition to the actual functional utility, but also carries people to the living environment of thinking and survival and development of the pursuit of the concept. In recent years, some modern Chinese architecture exists to seek foreign, strange and other phenomena, by people criticized. Through reflection and correction, the current Chinese architectural design is the overall return to reason, return to normal aesthetics and values.
Not long ago, many photographers gathered in the Summer Palace to capture the seventeen hole bridge, "golden piercing," the magnificent scene. The winter solstice sunset illuminates seventeen holes, magnificent shock. The summer of 2016, storms struck, Beijing and more water, hundreds of years ago the completion of the Forbidden City, it is "Qianlong water", the rain from 1142 drainage holes quickly discharged.
In 2016, these two events, people appreciate the wisdom of Chinese architecture, but also a long time thinking about how modern architecture from China's outstanding traditional culture to draw inspiration and nutrients.
Modern architectural design presents a return to the traditional trend
At the World Internet Conference last year, the "Wuzhen Internet International Convention and Exhibition Center", the permanent venue for the design of the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, led by Prof. Wang Shu, the winner of the Pritzker Prize, the highest honor in architecture, attracted media attention. The whole building with water as the media, built around the central pool, white walls and gray tiles, bridges can be seen everywhere, wood structure, bluestone bricks and other traditional elements are frequently used.
Wuzhen Internet International Convention and Exhibition Center Guangming Photo / Vision China
Wang Shu has multiple identities: architects, literati, scholars and teachers, he said, "first of all, a literati", I hope people appreciate his architecture, more like an appreciation of the scene in poetry, hope through their own Of the building allows the traditional dignity, to live alive.
"Like Wang Shu's design, in recent years, China's modern architectural design has returned to the traditional trend." Beijing International Design Week Organizing Committee Office of the Deputy Director Zeng Hui believes that this is a welcome change, a few years ago the existence of modern Chinese architecture Seeking foreign, seeking strange and so on. Through the reflection of these diseases, Chinese architectural design is the overall return to reason, return to normal aesthetics and values, there have been a number of representatives of "Chinese style" of the building. Zeng Hui cited many examples: G20 summit venue, the Shanghai World Expo venues, Beijing APEC conference venues, the Milan World Expo China Pavilion and other design, have used traditional cultural elements, there is a strong Chinese flavor.
The traditional sense of the building is not the surface of the concave and convex brackets
From the "foreign wind" to "Han Feng", from "Worship" to "consolidate", modern architecture can not go back to the traditional return, Zeng Hui stressed that the return of traditional hard surface can not move a certain gallery, pavilion or symbol, Otherwise it will create some strange buildings, the formation of new visual pollution, and the traditional Chinese architecture thinking runs counter to.
From the Shenyang Tianyuan local "coin building" to the Guangzhou Golden Guangcan "big gold ring" to the Hebei Yanjiao Sanlao old "Fu Lu Shou" hotel, although the appearance of traditional Chinese symbols, but the performance practices too " Brutal "" straight exposed ", known as the" wonderful work "and" ugly building ", so that" landmark "as a" laughing stock. "
Blind pursuit of the external "traditional sense" and ignore the cultural connotation, it will create a bunch of bizarre, and the city does not match the style of "fake antiques." Zeng Hui criticism, some local antique building, actually layer upon layer accumulation of three or four layers of the roof, "This is not only overweight, contrary to the building science, not harmonious frugal, anti-Chinese architectural culture building."
In the eyes of many people, plus a large eave, embossed brackets or covered with glazed tiles is the traditional Chinese architecture, Zeng Hui pointed out that this is only the surface, but also should understand the meaning of these special buildings and humanistic spirit.
Depth excavation of the traditional cultural connotations
Architects Liu Jiakun's work "always concerned about social reality, respect for regional context, into the environment, refining the traditional skills, reflects the contemporary architecture of the traditional spirit of succession, marking the contemporary Chinese architectural significance of human exploration", which was 2016 China Architecture Media Awards Practical Achievement Award Finalist Award, the industry that he benefited from the continuous understanding and absorption of the essence of traditional architecture.
Chinese traditional architecture precipitates aesthetics, science, philosophy, pay attention to "harmony between man and nature", and strive to establish a human, building, city, natural and harmonious relationship. Liu Jia-kun realized that all these years he has been sticking to the idea of "here and now" and "adapting to local conditions". If the "land" has changed, "shi" has changed and is not suitable for change or abandonment, that is, The perfect integration of the environment.
"Only truly know themselves, to establish cultural self-confidence, to retain the traditional architectural culture foundation." Zeng Hui that pay attention to "Heaven", is to adapt to local cultural, environmental and climatic conditions.
In this respect, the design of the Tiananmen Observatory made a good demonstration, its design minimalist, low-key, retain their "supporting role" position, not with the Tiananmen "Commander", fully absorb the traditional architectural culture in the overall thinking and systems Concept.
"Heaven" is also reflected in the practicality of Chinese architecture, the local materials, with the spirit of artisans to ensure quality, can not fall after a thousand years. For example, seventeen hole bridge "golden hole" is the use of astronomical and geographical knowledge, actuarial of the sun's rays, the winter solstice sunset sunset just filled with each hole bridge seventeen holes.
The architect should strengthen the humanistic accomplishment
Architecture is both material and conscious; it is both technology and art. The building should be incorporated into the cultural field of vision, to strengthen the traditional culture of architects. "The design team should adjust the train of thought, change the knowledge system, change the Chinese architects ignore the unusual phenomenon of the national architecture, should pay attention to the education of traditional Chinese architectural culture," Ma Bingjian, director of Beijing Ancient Architecture Design Institute, has repeatedly called for.
With the connotation of traditional architectural culture as the basis, with the advanced construction technology as a means, the classical Chinese architectural art "language", harmoniously and perfectly applied to the new architectural form, this is a new era of aesthetic building, neither Equal to "fake antiques", but also different from the "exotic", and gives a fresh, bright, warm impression, there are new national flavor.
"Building the French" is a monograph written by Li Jie of the Northern Song Dynasty on ancient architectural codes, exploring how historic buildings can be integrated with the Song Dynasty architecture to prevent eerie buildings. More than 70 years ago, the Architects Liang Sicheng's construction society is also exploring how traditional architecture and contemporary architecture integration, technology and art how perfect unity. Today, these issues still have to keep pace with the times, more designers should combine their own practice, from the traditional architectural forms and excellent traditional culture to draw inspiration and nutrients, to design not only reflect the local cultural characteristics and spiritual temperament , But also to carry people's life needs and emotional sustenance of good architecture.
Guangming Daily reporter Zhang Yuling
