Research On Development Of Modern Architecture In Tianjian Under The Collision Between Chinese And Western Culture

Tianjin had an important position in the history of modern China. The setup ofnine countries’ concession enabled modern Tianjin to possess a special status whichother cities could not compare with and become the focus of attention for all countriesin the world. Setting up concession district introduced western culture and brokeTianjin’s original urban building style of traditional Northern China.This paper probes into the collision and integration after Tianjin’s localarchitectural culture in modern period accessed to western architectural culture,namely, the origin of Tianjin’s modern architecture, and finds out the influentialfactors and context of its development. Based on social history background, theory ofChinese and western culture, and theory of architectural theory as theoretical support,as well as cultural anthropology terminology-the concept of cultural acculturation,the paper unscrambles the exchange between Chinese and western architecturalculture of modern Tianjin. By combining with the analysis of architecture case and theauthor’s personal academic understanding, it demonstrated the development ofarchitecture forming into modern Tianjin’s Chinese and western cultural integration.The research contents include the combination between western architecture style andTianjin’s local culture as well as four aspects of influence of western architectureculture on Tianjin’s modern architecture. By classifying and analyzing the livingarchitecture examples with outstanding features, the paper discusses the clone andvariation phenomena of western architecture culture in the process of dissemination inmodern Tianjin, as well as their reflection in architectonic entities. Besides, it alsoprobes into the collision and exchange between Chinese and western culture revolvingaround aspects such as the style, form, space, and material of architecture noumenon,surrounding architecture-related influential factors including modern landscape, thedevelopment of Chinese and western architects and architecture office, as well as thelaunching of modern architectural educational cause in Tianjin.The formation of Tianjin’s modern architecture is the integration ofmutually-enhancing Chinese-western architectural culture and Tianjin’s local features,which reflects the characteristics of openness and multi-absorption of both Tianjin’sarchitectural culture and Tianjin’s local culture. It can be said that Tianjin’s modernarchitecture is based on carrying traditional cultural factors and added with theintegration with western culture and the advancing of modernization, includingall-embracing diversified culture.Through studying modern Tianjin’s architecture, the paper finally concludes characteristics of architectural culture formed under the integration between Chineseand western culture. After nearly a century, Tianjin’s local urban features combininglocal style with western style have come into being. By taking Tianjin’s localexcellent architectural creation for example, the paper probes into the reflection ofmodern architecture culture in modern architecture culture, to access to thedevelopment of Tianjin’s modern urban image.