| Title |
A Cooperative Textuality Analysis to The Traditional Elements in Contemporary Architecture |
| Authors |
장즈난(Zhang, Zhinan) ; 김인성(Kim, In-sung) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2025.34.6.055 |
| Keywords |
Text linguistics; Cooperative textuality; Cooperative principle;Traditional elements; Wang shu; Kuma Kengo |
| Abstract |
This study tries to reinterpret the relationship between traditional and contemporary architecture from a new perspective by applying the “Cooperative Principle” of text linguistics and the manner in which its maxims have been adapted in the field of literary translation. The aim of the research was not merely to identify architectural similarities, but to explore how architects and users understand and communicate tradition through architecture. To this end, the analysis focused on the efficiency and truthfulness of information, the similarity and appropriateness of architectural methods, and the similarity and suitability of receptive relationships. Through case analyses of the works of Wang Shu and Kengo Kuma, the study found that neither architect simply imitates tradition; rather, both reinterpret it in distinct ways so that tradition may be newly experienced within a contemporary context. Wang Shu’s work proved prominent in terms of the user relationship at the level of architectural surfaces, whereas Kengo Kuma showed strong interest in the architect’s strategies at the spatial level. The former can be understood as an ‘meaning-centered communicative strategy,’ and the latter as an ‘architectural experimentation-centered strategy.’ The suggested framework and results of this study aspires to make a meaningful contribution to the academic discourse on the inheritance of tradition in architecture. |