Bamboo, Wood, Brick, Tile:Vernacular Materials In Contemporary Architecture

In the contemporary architectural activities, a large number of new technology and new materials have been widely used, meanwhile the vernacular materials, traditional structures and building technique have a great impact. How to reflect the local architectural culture in the background of the new era, how to inherit and carry forward the value of local materials and traditional, is an important research topic on the vernacular materials in contemporary architecture.Bamboo, wood, brick, and tile are four kinds of the most widespread vernacular materials in Chinese traditional architecture.After thousands of years usage of Chinese people, in addition to the choice of natural geographical conditions, is also thousands of years in Chinese’s of cultural accumulation results. These vernacular materials, not only full with accumulation and inheritance of Chinese culture art, but also the expression of Chinese regional characteristics the important means.Therefore, this paper discussed these four kinds of vernacular materials in modern architecture.In the cases, Mr. Wang Shu is the most one with the knowledge of native building tradition and vernacular materials in Chinese architects.His works and theory has wide influence and recognition. Therefore the author took Wang Shu’s design work as a starting point, through the analysis to Wang Shu’s works, the specific methods of contemporary architectural creation in using vernacular materials to summarized, finally summed up his to bamboo, wood, brick, tile, these four kinds of local materials of the specific application methods and strategies and reflecting the design thought and traditional culture inheritance.