Exploration of Architectural Context from Aesthetics View

Abstract

With the change of the material environment on which architect depends and inter-infiltration of environmental sciences, ecological science, and humane studies, architectural theories and practices have been developed and completed continuously toward a more scientific, ethnic, and local direction. This paper gets the historical basis and judgment standards of Chinese modern architecture creation by providing detailed illustration of the current situation of Chinese and other countries’ architecture fields, development of Western architectural theories and Chinese traditional architectural culture, and influences process of regional culture on Chinese modern architectural creation. This paper also gives out some advantageous methods and research conclusions by summing up Contextualism related theories and systematic research on typical cases in the architecture history.

Key words: Contextualism; City; Architecture