Ambient Chinese architecture
The atmosphere of traditional architecture can be felt everywhere at the Beijing Library. For example, the solemn base of the Sumeru throne style beside a staircase, the roof with gable walls, the big loggia near the entrance, the spatial layout of the building, the courtyard form, all manifest traditional features. The whole building seeks proper balance between the modern exterior and the traditional components.
Inheritance of national forms can also be called a kind of neotraditionalism. It is proper to use this form of expression in certain architectural types or certain specific environments. Zhang Jinqiu is a representative of this trend.
As the capital of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Xi'an has profound architectural traditions of the dynasty, but there are few historical remains.
On the basis of recovery research, Zhang designed pioneering Tang-style buildings. The Shaanxi History Museum at the center of Xi'an City was designed by her by borrowing, reforming and simplifying the image of Tang architecture.
The main part of the building consists of the basic display hall in the middle and two theme-display halls and temporary-display halls in the east and west.
Each of the three parts has a small courtyard, manifesting the traditional layout of "axial symmetry, principal-subordinate relationship, one central hall and four lofty corner towers" with a simple spatial picture.
The modernity of the museum is first of all reflected in that it breaks with the model of traditional museums and has complex modern functions - cultural heritage protection and display, academic exchange, scientific research, popular science, cultural recreation and other functions.
About the book
Chinese Architecture Written by Cai Yanxin Published by China Intercontinental Press, Beijing, 2018
The atmosphere of traditional architecture can be felt everywhere at the Beijing Library. For example, the solemn base of the Sumeru throne style beside a staircase, the roof with gable walls, the big loggia near the entrance, the spatial layout of the building, the courtyard form, all manifest traditional features. The whole building seeks proper balance between the modern exterior and the traditional components.
Inheritance of national forms can also be called a kind of neotraditionalism. It is proper to use this form of expression in certain architectural types or certain specific environments. Zhang Jinqiu is a representative of this trend.
As the capital of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Xi'an has profound architectural traditions of the dynasty, but there are few historical remains.
On the basis of recovery research, Zhang designed pioneering Tang-style buildings. The Shaanxi History Museum at the center of Xi'an City was designed by her by borrowing, reforming and simplifying the image of Tang architecture.
The main part of the building consists of the basic display hall in the middle and two theme-display halls and temporary-display halls in the east and west.
Each of the three parts has a small courtyard, manifesting the traditional layout of "axial symmetry, principal-subordinate relationship, one central hall and four lofty corner towers" with a simple spatial picture.
The modernity of the museum is first of all reflected in that it breaks with the model of traditional museums and has complex modern functions - cultural heritage protection and display, academic exchange, scientific research, popular science, cultural recreation and other functions.
About the book
Chinese Architecture Written by Cai Yanxin Published by China Intercontinental Press, Beijing, 2018
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