Chinese Architecture Theory

Author: Zhang Jiaji / Country:
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: On Chinese Architecture: The spatiotemporal unity of Chinese architecture refers to the integration of space and time, where space integrated with time becomes a flowing space. From a spatial perspective, a significant difference between Chinese and Western architecture lies in the fact that Western architecture's space is relatively static, a "frozen music" enclosed within natural space, while Chinese architecture's space is dynamic, possessing spatiotemporal unity, extensiveness, and infinitude within the spatial sequence, hierarchy, and temporal continuity of its collective architectural organization. It is a "flowing scroll" integrated into natural space. This book conducts a comprehensive, holistic, and systematic study on the formation, development, and decline of China's timber-structured architectural system, summarizes the design principles and rules of traditional Chinese architecture, and establishes a systematic theoretical framework for Chinese architectural thought.