China News Service, Beijing, January 1 (Xinhua) -- Responding to the needs of green and humanities New overseas observations of overseas Chinese architects
Written by Liu Yang
"Globalization has accelerated the interconnection of elements and influenced the architectural style of modern cities. This also raises a new question: how can we use the power of science and technology in architecture to improve the comfort of life, and at the same time express unique humanistic attributes?" Wu Shaobai, an architect living in the United Kingdom, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Service a few days ago.
Mutual learning of technology responds to the new trend of design needs
In 2011, he went to Newcastle in the United Kingdom to study architecture. In the field of architecture for more than ten years, Wu Shaobai has worked as a designer for a large architectural firm and as a project manager. In his view, the issue of green environmental protection and sustainable development is an "old friend" in the field of architecture, and it has become a trend to apply technical means to respond to the design needs of sustainable development.
How to reduce the energy consumption of buildings, how to meet the "green" demands and make the shape more interesting? Wu Shaobai often faced such challenges when he worked at Foster Architects.
Foster Architects is known for its "high-tech" approach, and the Lusail Stadium in Qatar is one of the achievements of its technological eco-design concept. "In projects such as the Lusail Stadium, the designers first applied scientific tools to analyze the environment in which the building is located, and then developed a design strategy to see what techniques and materials would be used to meet the needs of daylight and ventilation. Wu Shaobai said.
The combination of technology and ecology has influenced many Chinese designers, and Wu Shaobai has also carried this idea into the design of projects in China. When designing an office building in Shanghai, Wu Shaobai used shading devices of different depths and orientations to meet the daylighting needs of different time periods and provide better views for office workers.
In addition to responding to sustainable development, technological innovations in the field of construction are also intended to address the safety of human habitation.
Wang Guoyi, a designer of Japan's Kengo Kuma Architectural Urban Design Office, told reporters that at the beginning of this year, the earthquake in Japan caused many casualties, which once again brought the disaster prevention and mitigation design of the building back to people's field of vision. China and Japan have many cases and technologies that can be exchanged and learned from in strengthening research on disaster-proof buildings such as resilient buildings.
"In recent years, parametric design has developed rapidly in China, and architects have become more and more mature in the use of BIM in design and construction collaboration. Wang Guoyi said that the construction field in China and Japan has different ways of thinking and technological development focus. Previously, when some domestic architects came to Japan for study and exchange, they expressed their hope to become technical "partners".
Return to the humanism and seek "local" design
Wang Guoyi believes that architectural design is not a "show off", but to integrate design wisdom into the people's housing needs, such as the study of ventilation systems and other building equipment, and then improve people's quality of life, which requires the joint efforts of the upstream, middle and downstream of the construction industry.
"China's concept of yin and yang balance is shared by many Western architects. This concept is reflected in the design to pay attention to the balance between the building and the environment, the balance between development and conservation, and the relationship between density. Wu Shaobai said, for example, in a community, the high-density settlement area has achieved efficiency improvement, and the low-density area has achieved entertainment and leisure functions, and the balance of density relationship has improved the comfort of people's lives.
In addition, the consideration of living comfort also includes the dimension of visual beauty. Wu Shaobai said that more and more designers are aware of the importance of architectural design in place, and homogeneous buildings consume people's aesthetic patience.
"We need to understand the human character of the city to guide the direction of architectural design, rather than letting the cultural character disappear in the tide of globalization. Wu Shaobai said. (ENDS)