Architectural Language and
Architectural Language and
Spatial Story
Spatial Story
----Introduction
K1B SPS Lecture 1
K1B SPS Lecture 1
Dr. Wang Qi
Departm
ent of the Built Environment
Do you believe built environment is a language?
Do you believe built environment is a language?
�Can we use it for communication?
�Can everyone understand / read it?
WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE?
WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE?
HOW
CAN ARCHITECTURE BE A M
EANS OF COMMUNICATIO
N?
HOW
CAN ARCHITECTURE BE A M
EANS OF COMMUNICATIO
N?
�Ferdinand de Saussure –
structural linguistics
�Roland Barthes –
Semiology
�Jacques D
errida –Deconstruction
THE O
RIGIN
OF ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE
THE O
RIGIN
OF ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE ––
PROPORTIO
N
PROPORTIO
N
AND PERSO
NALIZATIO
NAND PERSO
NALIZATIO
N
�Victor Hugo’s Architectural Language
�The classical Orders as a dominant language
�The proportion in Renaissance Architecture
�The philosophy of architectural language in Eastern
World
THE M
ODERN TRENDS (1)
THE M
ODERN TRENDS (1)
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----MODERNISM REVOLUTIO
N
MODERNISM REVOLUTIO
N ––
LATE
LATE--M
ODERNISM M
ODIFICATIO
N
MODERNISM M
ODIFICATIO
N ––
POST
MODERNISM D
IVERSITY
POST
MODERNISM D
IVERSITY
�Le Corbusier
�Louis Kahn
�Charles Jencks
�Mies van der Rohe
�Minoru Yam
asaki
�Minoru Yam
asaki
�Michael Grave
�Mario Botta
�…
…
THE M
ODERN TRENDS (2)
THE M
ODERN TRENDS (2)
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----THE CHARM O
F DETAILS AND TRIFLES IN
LIFE
THE CHARM O
F DETAILS AND TRIFLES IN
LIFE ––THE PATTERN
THE PATTERN
LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE
�Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language
�Contemporary Japanese designs (play with the building,
sitting on the roof, hiding around the corner)
TakaharuTezuka’sarchitecture
CITY’S SPEECH
CITY’S SPEECH
�Kevin Lynch’s five elem
ents
�Gordon Cullen’s “Faculty of Sight”
MAGIC O
F THE N
ATURE
MAGIC O
F THE N
ATURE
�The art of structure from Ernst H
aeckel’s Panels
�Sketching practice
The power of the language of the built environment in virtual world
The power of the language of the built environment in virtual world
�Architecture is a kind of silent, but strong language in m
ovies.
IS ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE?
IS ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE?
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----SEEIN
G, TALKIN
G AND D
RAW
ING EXPERIM
ENT
SEEIN
G, TALKIN
G AND D
RAW
ING EXPERIM
ENT
�Groups tests and discussion
Questions?
(*_*) (‘^^ )
See you next week!
See you next week!
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