With the fast economy rapid of China in these decades, China has a huge
amount need of new buildings. The building not only for traditional use, but
also showing the power of government. The more cost the better, the more
strange the best. That attracts lots of international architecture film come to
China to make their crazy architecture idea dream come true. The consequence
follow by is the China have become the test filed of the world.
As an architecture student from
China, when I intern in an international firm which have some cooperated work
with Germany and U.S. film. The two company got lots of culture crash. Western
film knowing China from the traditional symbol or philosophy. And only use them
to the surface. Or the style of building is good, but may in a wrong place.
National center for the performing arts located in Beijing is good
example. This building is design by Paul Andreu, architect from France. This is
an ellipsoid dome of titanium and
glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and
is almost 12,000 m² in size. The exterior of the theater is
a titanium accented glass dome that is completely surrounded by a
man-made lake. It is said to look like an egg floating on water, or a water
drop. It was designed as an iconic feature, something that would be immediately
recognizable. The dome measures 212 meters in east–west direction, 144 meters
in north–south direction, and is 46 meters high. The main entrance is at the
north side. Guests arrive in the building after walking through a hallway that
goes underneath the lake. The titanium shell is broken by a glass curtain in
north–south direction that gradually widens from top to bottom. Construction
started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
The building itself is great try
both on structure and style. Combine with the reflection from water it will
become an “egg”. The curve which separate the “egg” from by the philosophy of
Yin Yang. All of these ideas are great. But only reason is its location. It too
near with the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. All the image of this part
of area is serious and formal. This building breaks the whole image, and also
the memory of old generation. It looks strange with the environment.
It cannot to say the new things
shouldn’t continue alive. Because it will open people’s mind. But region is
more important for architecture. Think about the context, make the environment
also a part of your design.
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