A Comparison of the Architectural Design Ideas from a Critical Regionalist Perspective:A Case of Saynatsalo City Hall and Xiangshan Campus of China Academy of Art
Saynatsalo City Hall is the representative works of Finnish architect Alva Alto.He is rooted in Finnish national culture,integrates nature into modern architecture,and creates humanistic regional architecture.Xiangshan Campus of China Academy of Art is the design works of Chinese Architect Wang Shu,who realizes the integration of architecture and natural culture through the translation of Chinese traditional landscape.This paper elaborates from four aspects:the expression of architectural plane form,the spatial order,the relationship between architecture and climate and other natural elements,and the use of local materials.It compares and analyzes the different expressions of Chinese and western architects on critical regional architecture.
critical regionalismSaynatsalo City HallXiangshan Campus of China Academy of ArtAlva AltoWang Shu