Discusses On The Return Of The Spirit Of Traditional Culture In Contemporary Chinese Architecture

Chinese traditional architectural culture has enjoyed a long history and obtains splendid achievements.However, the architectural design philosophy and aesthetic appreciation have experienced a hugetransformation with the quick economical development. As a result, there is a surge of exploration ofcompromising the tradion and modernity in the architectural field.The old generation of the architect madea lot of attempt to integrate the traditional and modern architectural style and had accumulated richexperiences. In this background, Wang Shu, a native-born Chinese architect won the Pritzker Prize. Hissuccess caused quite a stir in the circle. Wang Shu’s works overcome the difficulties of urbanization whichkeep the essence of local culture and embody the international feature simultaneously.This thesis interprets Wang Shu’s works and analyzes the existed problems in today’s Chinesearchitecture, beginning with discussion of the importance of contemporary architectural design in thepresentation of traditional culture. His prizewinning causes a sensation which influences in various aspectsand inspire the appreciation and exploration of traditional culture in the whole trade. Howbeit, a lotarchitectural design is too superficial and neither fish nor fowl.Through deeply review Wang Shu’ works, this article study his creative techniques and ideas integratetradion and modern style. It revels significance of digging out the essence of traditional culture in currentdesign work. Wang Shu has made a lot of efforts in compromising architectural and local environment andculture. It is useful and valuable that he try to throw architecture back to its root of nature and culture.