| Title |
A Study on the Characteristics of Pedestrian Movements in Wangs hu's 'Suan Shanger' Architecture |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2021.37.2.123 |
| Keywords |
Wang Shu; Suan Shanger; path; architectural device; material; program |
| Abstract |
The characteristics of Wang shu architecture are the composition of the external space in consideration of the natural environment, the
abstract beauty of the blank space according to the planning principle of the classical Chinese garden according to the movement line, the
personality and originality in consideration of the surrounding context and scale. This study analyzed viewpoints, architectural devices,
materials, programs, etc. through examples and literature from the perspective of the movement line taking into account the planning
principles of the classical Chinese garden appearing in ‘Suan Shanger’ architecture. It also studied the main architectural language of Wang
Shu, and analyzed the characteristics of internal and external spaces connected to the paths by identifying the site, entrance, section, and
structure of ‘Suan Shanger’ architecture. Suan Shanger is a soil compaction-style building that includes programs such as hotels, tea houses,
and seminar rooms for foreign professors and visitors at the University of Fine Arts in Hangzhou, China, and is a work that best expresses
Wang Shu's architectural concept. Suan Shanger architecture was formed with various flow lines like a labyrinth constructed in a complex
city, and there are various flow lines depending on the surrounding environment such as a waterfront road in front of the site, a road
between buildings, a courtyard, stairs, and a road installed on the roof. As a result of the analysis, the paths formed in Suan Shanger's
architecture can be largely divided into south-north path, zigzag path, horizontal path, and roof path according to level. This kind of the
paths was classified in consideration of the viewpoint, surrounding context, and visitors' senses. Three changes in the viewpoint of the paths
(Look-up perspective, Deep perspective) were considered from the planning stage. As architectural devices, there are frame scenery and
borrowed scenery devices that draw the scenery of the surrounding environment into the interior space, a courtyard space formed between
buildings and buildings, stairs and ramps connecting the courtyard, and a space to stay. Materials such as soil, bamboo, concrete, metal, and
natural materials linked to various paths are harmoniously composed, showing traditional and modern beauty. Each of the configured paths
causes the presentation of the direction of entry, visual changes according to usage, various experiences, etc. As such, the various paths of
Suan Shanger's architecture influenced the changes in viewpoint, architectural devices, materials, and programs, and stimulated users' curiosity
to form an interesting space. Above all, the characteristics of Suan Shanger's architecture include the perspective of the planning principles of
the classical Chinese garden, harmony of materials that combine modern and traditional, ambiguous boundaries of programs, order and chaos
by users' choice of paths, and these architectural characteristics of Wang Shu show the guidelines for the succession of traditional
architectural culture applied to modern architecture. |