| Title |
Representation of the Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Garden in Wang Shu’s ShiliHongzhuang Cultural Center |
| Authors |
장명월(Zhang, Ming-Yue) ; 백진(Baek, Jin) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2022.38.6.139 |
| Keywords |
Wang Shu; Traditional Chinese Garden; Traditional Gardening Elements; Figure; Layout; Material; Representation |
| Abstract |
In coping with the increasingly dominant process of Westernization, an essential task an architect faces in contemporary China is to create
architecture that is culturally sensical and valid. For this reason, uncovering and interpreting the tradition of spatial art such as gardening has
been a major subject of study by many leading Chinese architects. This study analyzes ShiliHongzhuang Cultural Center, a masterpiece by
Wang Shu, the 2012 laureate of the Pritzker Prize and explores the specific ways by which the project represented and reproduced the
characteristics of the traditional Chinese garden. This study first examines the theory of the traditional garden in terms of its layout, figures
and materials. Second, the study investigates Wang's philosophy of gardening by reviewing his three articles and analyzes Wang's early work
entitled Five Scattered Houses, a work regarded as the originator of his garden-style architecture, in order to draw out its characteristics in
reference to traditional gardening. This study identifies six prototypical elements of commonality between the garden and the architecture such
as aisle, courtyard, mountain house, water house, taihu house, and wapan wall under the categories of layout, figure and material. Lastly, this
study analyzes how these architectural prototypes are represented in ShiliHongzhuang Cultural Center. The results illuminate how the Center
evolves further from his early work to implement the prototypical elements in a more mature and advanced fashion. Wang's approach to
design thus marks a significant point of reference for contemporary architecture that seeks to reconcile the tradition of gardening, the cultural
identity, and the value of architectural creation. |