The Applied Analysis Of Glass Material In Architecture Renewal

Transparence is one of the outstanding characters in today's architecture. Glass serves for this character and no other materials can change our life so deeply. Glass that contains firm inside and gentle outside has a large space in architecture renewal field. Glass creates the space not only with modern style but also developed from traditional culture and local feature. Glass brings about the dream from ancient time to the present age.Under such background in this paper the writer bases the building materials on glass, looking for the methods and thinking of glass's application in architecture renewal. That is to say, how to continue and change the life of architecture history, how to build architecture which are full of energy by using glass to provide new ideas in the following architecture rebuilding and cities' improving.The three parts will give the exposition. In part 1, the paper begins from the development of glass materials in architecture. Then the discussion of the reason for applying to glass materials in architecture renewal draws the conclusion in technique and humanism. Glass becomes the best choice to improve the function of architecture and express the emotion of materials because of glass's variety and flexibility.In part 2, the paper starts with from the related theory of glass application (architectural psychology, place spirit, architecture Aesthetics, etc.) concludes some general rules of glass application in architecture renewal and classifies the type of application in both concept and nature. Based on the analysis of some examples home and abroad with analytical and exampled ways, the paper concludes some ways of glass application from following aspects: space, surface, context, light & shadow, etc. Furthermore, it makes a further research combining glass with bamboo, wood, stone and concrete.In part 3, analyzing the current situation of glass application in China architecture renewal and combing the shortcomings of glass and Chinese national conditions, the paper concludes the existing problems and the methods of solving them. At the same time, the paper introduces glass's latest development and application in future, hoping to help China Architecture renewal.