Deatil Study
With development of globalization, interculture communication is becoming very common. There are more and more western culture and elements appear in my daily life. Interior design is a part of culture, traditional Chinese interior design has also suffered a strong impact by western interior design, it is gradually being replaced by western interior design. So in this page , I am going to campare the difference between these two differnet styles .
The deatil study will include ...
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Roof style
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Space Form
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Windows& Doors
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Patterns
In ancient china , people used “Timber Jointing Systems” . Joints were favored over metal fixings. The interlocking and overlapping columns and crossbeams made the roofs not just strong, but also interesting to look at.
Ancient Chinese roofs had wide eaves, which could shield the walls below from all but the fiercest wind-driven rain. This characteristic kept the internal pillars and brackets, which were usually made of stone or wood, protected from erosion caused by rainwater.
Besides , roof is also used for drainage . The combination of lines, curves, and upturned eaves increased the roofs' surface area. This design not only improved the drainage of rainwater and reduced snow load but also added a special aesthetic to the architecture. Roofs in southern China were normally steeper than those in the north for extra drainage, while roofs in northern China put more emphasis on lighting and warmth.
In ancient china, both doors and windows should faced south . Because in Chinese culture , south means light and royalty , so Chinese people likes to sit on the northside in the room and face the south side , we called : “ zuo bei chao nan”.
Meng Kong , one of the door style , it’s used to connect courtyard and living area .This kind of door has been recorded in Ming Dynasty litterateur Ji Cheng’s“Yuan Ye” .
Heng po Window
It’s like screen window , the window has a rotating shaft and can be opened or closed
In Qing Dynasty , litterateur Li Yu has summarized the artistic form of windows and doors in Ming and Qing Dynasties in his article “xian qing ou ji “ , he said ：“For window , solidity is the most important thing , and then designers should focus on sculpture , modelling and moral ” .
At the center of traditional Chinese architecture are wooden structures. In China, which is made up of a massive stretch of land and many different ethnic groups, architecture does not fit into a single system of thought.
There are relatively numerous examples of windows in Chinese architecture that share the same characteristics as western architecture, which centers on stone and brick structures.
Kouji Ichikawa (Research Associate, Department of Architecture, Tokyo University of the Arts) Windows in Chinese Architecture Part 1: The Window in Classical Architecture [The Hole] January 9, 2018
Windows with these patterns are called “leaking windows” or “flower windows.”
Windows with various shapes (Lion Grove Garden, Suzhou)
In the whitened walls are carved variously shaped windows, from simple circular shapes and hexagonal shapes to more complex ones that bring to mind animals and plants.
It was the Suzhou born architect, Ieoh Ming Pei who said, “In western culture the window serves no more purpose than to allow light and fresh air into the structure, but to the Chinese, it is a picture frame of sorts, with the garden always positioned outside the window.”
