Nam Van Square,Macau

A peninsula, lying 60 kilometres (37 miles) to the southwest of Hong Kong, Macau is the Las Vegas of the new China. As Manuel Vicente explains, when he was asked to create an important new public space for the city it provided the opportunity to create a plaza that was able to assimilate the past forms of the historic city without absorbing the symbolism of its colonial history. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

公众空间的本体表达--四川大学新校区第一教学楼

通过对四川大学新校区第一教学楼设计与建筑的剖析，讨论了以公众空间为导向的新建筑生成，以及建筑本体语言的表达。     

Space is an Ecology for Living In

Current space exploration can be viewed as an augmentation of the activities of the 20th century, albeit with a greater emphasis on new technologies and privatisation. With the continuation of this trend, could outer space be in danger of becoming a vast territory exposed to the voracity of would-be prospectors, manned by robots? Rachel Armstrong , Professor of Experimental Architecture at Newcastle University and guest-editor of the April 2000 AD Space Architecture issue, advocates a much more far-reaching biological definition of Space, driven by a concern for the natural environment, that emphasises its potential as an ecology for living in.     

The Localization of “Imported” Urban Form in Northeast China: The Case Study on Circular–Radial Space in Dalian City

After the “imported” urban forms, which originated from foreign cultures, were transplanted into Chinese cities, they generate brand-new urbanscape but suffer from a lack of cultural roots and a disconnection with the mainstream of contemporary urban planning. Thus, their current value and potential in urban renewal are questioned. The study takes the circular–radial space from the Baroque cities as an example to clarify the motivation of its import from the west to northeast China. It further clarifies their adaptive changes in form and function in the local urban context, through a case study on Dalian City. The study finds that different geometric patterns of existing circular–radial space were influenced by European, American, and Japanese urban planning theories to varying degrees, but with equal emphasis on symbolism and functionality. Their implementation in Dalian has a continuity in time and space. But due to the changes in topography, traffic, and planning concepts, their forms and functions tend to be independent, their connection weakens, and their importance recedes after the street network. The circular–radial space in Dalian led to distinctive urbanscape. But during their inheritance and transformation, the rationality of new forms and functions, as well as the necessity of continuing the initial ones need to be dialectically considered, so as to avoid dogmatic revival and antique reproduction. Finally, the study reconsiders the concept of “localization” of “imported” urban form, and constructs a general research pattern to provide a new perspective for understanding the transformation of similar types of urban forms.     

让动物自由自在地通行--加拿大班夫国家公园的生物通道设计

人类在扩大自己活动空间的同时,也压缩了动物的生存空间,班夫国家公园则采用生物通道的方式较好地解决了这一矛盾.生物通道的布局要遵循一定规律,其选型也有一定要求,通道内外的环境处理应符合动物的行为特点;另外还需要用道路两旁的栅栏保护并规范动物的行径.     

浅析古典园林的美学思想（一）

中国古典园林无疑是人类文明的珍贵遗产，不仅体现在其艺术形式和完整成熟的技巧，更体现在其本身所蕴涵着的丰富美学思想。这些思想不但给中国古典园林注入了强劲的生命力，同时也为它的发展和完善提供了坚实的基础和充沛的源泉。因此，探寻这些美学思想与园林形式、造园技巧的关系，就成为了古典园林研究的一个重点。     

天安门城楼及天安门广场

天安门城楼始建于明代，后经历大火以及明清两代的多次重建与扩建，天安门已呈现尊贵豪华、庄严雄伟的建筑形象。今天的天安门广场在元代已形成基本雏形，明初随着北京城垣的改建，广场南移并加以扩大。天安门和广场见证了中国从元朝到新中国成立几百年的历史。新中国成立后，为了适应新的功能需要，天安门城楼和广场进行了多次修缮和改建，逐渐恢复了昔日的庄严雄伟面貌。     

浅析古典园林的美学思想（二）

中国古典园林无疑是人类文明的珍贵遗产，不仅体现在其艺术形式和完整成熟的技巧，更体现在其本身所蕴涵着的丰富美学思想。这些思想不但给中国古典园林注入了强劲的生命力，同时也为它的发展和完善提供了坚实的基础和充沛的源泉。因此，探寻这些美学思想与园林形式、造园技巧的关系，就成为了古典园林研究的一个重点。     

“景观优先”的百年坚守——韦尔斯利文理学院校园规划探究

位于美国马萨诸塞州的韦尔斯利文理学院(Wellesley College)以"培养影响世界的女性"而全球闻名,但作为北美校园设计的杰作之一,韦尔斯利文理学院在校园规划方面的参考价值却鲜有人挖掘。本文从校园规划的视角,对韦尔斯利文理学院从"为女性提供美的教育环境"到"可持续发展的二次规划"的百年发展历程中,针对"校园选址""建筑布局""活动空间营造""交通组织"等方面,对建设者及设计师在不同社会发展背景下如何贯彻"景观优先"的规划理念进行了解读。理念明确、体系化及规模化的校园规划建设在高等院校发展历史上屈指可数,对于韦尔斯利文理学院"景观优先"校园规划理念的研究不但能填补校园规划历史中这类案例的欠缺,同时能为现代大学依托于社会及时代发展需求的校园规划建设提供一定的借鉴与参考。     

NINE QUESTIONS TOWARD INFLUENCES OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON URBAN ENVIRONMENT PLANNING AND DESIGN

There is no doubt that science and technology have progressed rapidly in the past decade and it is constantly challenging and refreshing people’s understanding of urban environment, human life, and even human nature itself. Meanwhile, its impact on urban environment planning and design should not be ignored and needs to be addressed promptly. The concept of science and technology is self-renewing and has no universal or authoritative definition. In a narrow sense, new science and technology may cover any new materials, technologies, and data invented or discovered by a human; in a broader sense, it might also study new behaviors, emotions, concepts, and philosophy arisen by new materials, technologies, and data. This article explores both positive and negative impacts of science and technology development on urban environment planning and design from nine aspects: image technology, image-tamed design, designers’ dilemma, virtual reality, personal mobile electronic devices, big data, human physical limits, public spaces, and nature. Instead of trying to provide definite answers to these questions, this article seeks to encourage readers’ to understand and think of these topics through a brief discussion.     

Relentless Patterns: The Immersive Interior

What happens when patterns become all pervasive? When pattern contagiously corrupts and saturates adjacent objects, artefacts and surfaces; blurring internal and external environment and dissolving any single point of perspective or static conception of space. Mark Taylor ruminates on the possibilities of relentless patterning in interior space in both a historic and a contemporary context. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Sense of Purpose: Mathematics and Performance in Environmental Design

Mathematics in design is most often associated with its visual manifestation in geometrical surfaces and elements. The finely tuned ambient qualities of a space, necessary for environmental performance, may not be so apparent, but can involve the application of many branches of mathematics. Martha Tsigkari, Adam Davis and Francis Aish of Foster + Partners' Specialist Modelling Group bring this to the fore by describing how at Al Raha Beach development in Abu Dhabi and the City of Justice in Madrid environmental considerations were interpreted through analytical numerical data. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

旋子金琢墨石碾玉彩画 （本期中心插页）说明

“金琢墨石碾玉”是旋子彩画等级最高的一种表现形式。其具有图案造型和做法特点突出，整组效果华丽等特点。它的所有线条均需进行沥粉贴金工艺，每一笔均需要按金、白、浅、深几个层次进行退晕，显得非常精致。     

A Deeper Structural Theory

The architectural critic and author Nina Rappaport celebrates a new structural synthesis that takes a holistic approach to tectonics, uniting the bones or structure of a building with its skin. She calls for a new structurally based theory that effectively fuses culture and technology, embracing ‘deep decoration’ and ‘subtle innovation’ and reviving a design tradition that can be traced back to AWN Pugin and John Ruskin. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Urban American Landscape

Landscape architecture has emerged from the deep sleep it entered during the Modernist period and remained in for most of the 20th century. Now, valued because of the environmental movement, stimulated by collaborations with architects and artists, and presented with opportunities to transform abandoned industrial sites, landscape architects are enthusiastically producing new kinds of parks on brownfields, along waterfronts, even on rooftops and in garbage dumps. Jayne Merkel here looks at ways the designed landscape is creating outdoor public space in a country where it has not always been valued. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

建筑外延

文章将建筑师从事建筑学领域以外的活动分类梳理为四个方向——生活体验、艺术创作、空间运营、媒体传播,发现外延活动的共性所在,并期待其对建筑学本身的影响可以成为值得研究的课题。     

The Living: Surface Tensions

‘Our work begins with the premise of a dynamic world. Political and cultural conditions change: what if the walls and windows morphed in response?’ New York-based team The Living, led by David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang, have developed a practice of deep, open-source interfaces of participation. Jordan Geiger describes how for The Living their home city and its environs is a site of evolving forms of public space whether on land, air or water. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

吴文化的传统内涵与时代特征：苏州地方特色的空间与文化的双重建构

空间是文化的载体。所谓城市地方特色，就其本质而言，是地方文化的一种映射，体现为空间与文化的双重建构。     

Beyond the code: Energy, carbon, and cost savings using conventional technologies

As states in the U.S. adopt new energy codes, it is important to understand the benefits for each state and its building owners. This paper estimates life-cycle energy savings, carbon emission reduction, and cost-effectiveness of conventional energy efficiency measures in new commercial buildings using an integrated design approach. Results are based on 8208 energy simulations for 12 prototypical buildings in 228 cities, with 3 building designs evaluated for each building-location combination. Results are represented by easy-to-understand mappings that allow for regional and state comparisons. The results show that the use of conventional energy efficiency technologies in an integrated design framework can decrease energy use by 15-20% on average in new commercial buildings, and over 35% for some building types and locations. These energy reductions can often be accomplished at negative incremental life-cycle costs and reduce a building's energy-related carbon footprint by 9-33%. However, generalizing these results on energy use, life-cycle costs, and carbon emissions misses exceptions in the results that show the importance of location-specific characteristics. Also, states do not appear to base energy code adoption decisions on either potential energy savings or life-cycle cost savings.     

Cortical Plasticity

Could the near future for architects all be in the mind? With further neurological metamorphosis, Dan Farmer suggests that spatial awareness and experience could be stipulated by cortical plasticity, stimulated by electrical impulses. With this shift to internalised space perception, the disciplines of architecture and cognitive science become blurred as the relationship between the object and its environment dissolves. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.