Study On Modern Commercial Buildings In Old British And French Concession Area In Tianjin(1912-1941)

The mordern commercial buildings in the old British and French concessions were an indispensable part of Tianjin,a city with historic commercial features.The authenticity of the remains of the representative monolithic buildings remained at a high level.As a historical witnesses,they are valuable materials for studying the historical culture and development of commerce buildings in modern Tianjin.In the vast background of the prosperity of commercial and commercial buildings today,this paper will explore the characteristics of that era and the process of development,try to deepen the rich cultural significance and impact of this type of architecture,and also try to propose the suggestion about applicable buildings based on the characteristics of the system.The proposals will lay a theoretical foundation for the specialization and scientization of the follow-up architecture renewal.This article,by means of consulting historical documents and field investigations,systematically analyzes and statistics the basic data,and outlines the historical background of the commercial buildings in the old British and French concessions in the modern period of Tianjin.The summary of the development of modern commercial buildings in the concession area outlines the historical changes of major commercial centers in modern times in Tianjin,and focuses on the distribution and types of commercial buildings in commercial centers in the old British and French concession areas.Based on the narrow connotation of commercial buildings,building stock and commercial nature.Those buildings are divided into three types:department stores,hotels and motion pictures.The article mainly explores the historical context of the origins of various types of commercial buildings in modern areas of the old British and French concession areas in Tianjin,and reviews their overall development and distribution characteristics,and strives to reflect the characteristics of universal building types through the representative characteristics of individual buildings,from the building function.The system(functional composition),space system(planar layout,spatial composition,spatial streamline),structural material(new structure,new material)and artistic style(architectural style,facade composition),etc.Commercial building features.In the process of analysis,it not only compares traditional commercial buildings in modern times in Tianjin with synchronicity,but also traces the historical context of modern commercial buildings in Tianjin in the old British-French concession area and the influence of Western architectural culture on them.Finally,according to the theoretical research on the characteristics of three types of major commercial buildings,the general features of the functions,spaces,structures,materials and artistic styles of modern commercial buildings in the old British and French concession areas in Tianjin were summarized,and various types of existing commercial buildings were investigated and analyzed.Combining the current status of the use of existing commercial buildings,the assessment and analysis of their current status in modern society are made,and proposals for reuse and its prospects for balancing its history and use value are proposed.Finally,this paper hopes to achieve the goal of inheriting and developing the modern architectural culture..