Study Of Liang Ssu-ch'eng's Architectural Design Ideology

In order to solve the abuses in the modern Chinese architecture and provide excellent architectural spirits for the modern architecture with Chinese characteristic, some architectural design ideologies, which are featured as the guidance in the architectural heritage, have been explored and scrutinized.The focus of this essay is on scrutinizing Mr. Liang's architectural design ideology through an extensive study of his theory and practice. Mr. Liang Ssu-ch'eng is the founder of the Chinese modern architectural theory. The content of this essay includes the analysis of the historical process of the establishment and development of Mr. Liang's design ideology; the analysis of the reasons inducing the ideology; the argumentation of his "Neo-Chinese Architecture" concept as the core part of his architectural design ideology and the introduction of his unique evaluation standard of architecture. The essay summarizes the characteristics of Mr. Liang's design ideology that the architecture serves the real practice, nation and people and is featured with amalgamation and creation. The essay also shows Mr. Liang's contribution to the Chinese architecture under the particular time background and the meaning of guidance of his ideology to the modern Chinese architecture.