a survey of chinese architectural styles & structures with commentary on the religious, economic...

A Survey of Chinese Architectural Styles & Structures

with commentary on the religious, economic and political institutions that built them.

Fulbright-Hays Curriculum ProjectChina-2011

Mr. Paul BrissetteArchitecture instructor

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School

Chinese architectural elements

Family hutong Imperial palace

Enclosure Hierachical

Bilateral Symmetry

Horizontal Emphasis

Chinese roofs and dougong brackets

Ornamentation

Chinese gardens

Historic Chinese Architectural Structures

Early Dynasties

Waring states / Walled Cities

Beijing city wallWarring states

Xi’an city wall and moat today

Qin Dynasty

Qin Shi Huaing The Great Wall of China

The Grand Canal

A very Chinese looking Muslum Mosque, Xian

Daxingshan Buddhist Temple Xian

Chinese Christian Church

Eight sided Taoist Temple Xian

Religious influences

This is the earliest style of Chinese Pagoda

Wild Goose Pagoda X’ian

Pagodas

Liaodi Pagoda Lingxiao Pagoda

Forbbiden City

Temple of Heaven

20th Century Influences

British /French

The French Consession

The Bund

Russian /Communist influence

Shikumen house

Modern Chinese architecture

Shanghai tower Jin Mao TowerWorld Financial Center

Modern Shanghai

Modern Beijing

National Grand TheaterBeijing Airport

CC-TVThe Bird Cage

Three Gorges Dam

South-North water transfer project

Modern Residential China

The Linked Hybrid community housing development

Green China

Moon Island

Urban Forrest

World’s largest solar building

Shanghai Tower

Lu Pu bridge

Lhasa expressShanghai maglev train

Donghai Bridge Yangpu Bridge

Trains & Bridges

Future Architecture

REN Building Shanghai

Songjaing Hotel ShanghaiWuhan Greenland Center

World’s tallest green building

Model of the future Shanghai

The Superstar Concept