The Search For Exploration And Enlightment Of Modern Architectural Theory By REM Koolhaas

With the acceleration of urbanization, more and more international architectural firm landing in China, have put up their testing ground in major cities in China. In these firms, the Rem Koolhaas-led OMA/AMO influential in China, especially the new CCTV headquarter project, attracted great controversy. Koolhaas is the top-class architect in the world, and which actually unique in his theories and methods? What contribution did he made for the modern architectural theory? Why would he come to China to show not acclimatized? Contact the actual situation of urban construction in China, what insights did he give us? With the above problems, the paper started trying to find a satisfactory answer.First of all, the paper began to find Koolhaas's ideological roots. Combined with the age and background of him, the early years as a journalist and director and the architect's career switch, referencing to the concept which is affected by artists and architects, comment on his architectural concept of modern architectural theory of succession.Second, from Koolhaas's position and his several major works, analysis of the shortcomings of the existing architectural theory, finding innovative ideas of its construction, summarizing and drawing conclusions, comment on his architectural concept critical of modern architectural theory.Then, introducing David Smith Capon's architectural theory, in the high standing of modern architectural theory, from the six basic elements of architecture, that is form, function, meaning, structure, context, and will, analysis of Koolhaas on the development of modern architectural theory.Finally, analyze Koolhaas's inspiration on the development of urban construction in China. Combined with the actual situation of China's urban construction, using the updated modem architectural theory, taking Beijing as an example, explore the correct way to urban development in China.Hope that this study is useful for China's urban construction and development of a theoretical reference. In addition, modernist architectural concept has been ups and downs, while Rem Koolhaas switched into the field of architecture is in 20th century 70s, at that time, the architecture of the strong influence among is in. the post-modernist architectural concept. Moreover, the paper tried to illustrate:how Rem Koolhaas learnt from Mies, Le Corbusier and others, and inherited their cognitive style modernism and critical thinking, led the way modern architecture into the process of modernism.