1、A comparative study on Western and Chinese architecture1. Different materials2. Different building styles3.Other differences China usually chooses wood material Western countries usually choose stone materialWoodstoneWestern countries building styleChinas building style哥特式建筑哥特式建筑巴洛克式建筑巴洛克式建筑飞檐斗拱飞檐斗拱
2、四合院式四合院式哥特式建筑 巴洛克式建筑巴洛克式建筑 Architectural “Art language”uThe bracket set（斗拱） is the basic vocabulary of Chinese traditional wooden architecture. uCornice（檐口，飞檐） has many styles. Different styles make out different art effects. Some are spry and some are strict or depressive. uCornice can be used to e
3、xpress status and emotion in pavilions, terraces and towers.四合院四合院Differences The layout of construction The development process of architecture The worth of architecture Draw a conclusion the layout of the constructionThe Chinese construction closed layout The Western construction open layout close
4、d layoutChina whatever building, from housing to the palace, almost is a pattern, similar to a closed structure.open layoutOppositely, western architecture is the spatial pattern of open monomer to high altitude development.Ancient ArchitectureModern ArchitectureThe process from architecture develop
5、ment, China building is conservative. According to document material knowable, Chinese architecture form and used materials 3000 years unchanged.The development of ArchitectureUnlike China, the West Building often changes their structure and materials rapidly, and The West architecture form is diver
6、siform. The worth of ArchitecturalChinese architecture :focus on information the Western: focus on the physical material body In China explaining in words, or showing the experience. there is no quantitative analysis methods and the ideas of formal logic. Ancient Chinese architecture, not by calcula
7、tion, the structure without quantitative analysis method of formal logic.The West architecture deeply under the influence of the geometric aesthetic and mathematical logic (几何美学和数学逻辑几何美学和数学逻辑)Westerners 西方建筑在造型方面具有雕刻化的特征，其着西方建筑在造型方面具有雕刻化的特征，其着力处在于两度的立面与三度的形体。力处在于两度的立面与三度的形体。 中国建筑则具有绘画的特点，其着眼点在中国建筑则具有绘画的特点，其着眼点在于富于意境的画面。于富于意境的画面。Draw a conclusionWestern architecture Chinese architectureStone woodopen monomer layout closed layoutchange their structure and materials rapidlyconservativefocus on the physical material bodyfocus on information
