Five Typical Comtemporary Buildings of Jing-chu Style

Translated：Liu Jie

Five Typical Comtemporary Buildings of Jing-chu Style

Translated：Liu Jie

It has always been the unending aim of Hubei architects to recreate the Jing-chu style in modern buildings. Employing traditional skills and extracting historical symbols to enhance the cultural atmosphere of the space and form of the building have been a worthwhile method for modern architecture to explore.

After the systematic combing of the Jingchu cultural connotations and features, and the overall review of the historical buildings in Hubei, it’s not hard to find that the connotations,cultural elements, and cultural traits of Jing-chu culture have had profound effects on the design,construction, and decoration of Jing-chu style architecture, revealing the great impacts of Jingchu culture on Jing-chu style architecture, which is what is called architecture of the Jing-chu style.

On that account, by means of exploring the meaning of Chu culture and seeking the promotion and the application value of Jing-chu culture in modern architectural design, we have sought to subtly integrate modern architectural technology,functional space, natural environment, life style,customs, and historical context together to obtain unique artistic style and cultural taste, thus,infusing cultural genes and cultural memories into the modern buildings of Hubei.

1.Hubei Cultural Town for Publishing

The inspiration for the design of this building originated from the symbol of Chu culture—the Chimes. With the twin towers, the main building on the whole has the shape of chimes; the holelike square windows look like the protuberances on the chimes. The two wings of the heads of the twin towers assume the form of spreading wings,obtaining the meaning from the image of the phoenix in Chu culture, and filling them with force and a sense of romance. While the glass curtain walls of the twin towers look like two flying dragons soaring in the sky, bringing out a strong sense of motion.

現代建筑創作再現“荊楚風格”，是湖北建筑師孜孜以求的目標。運用傳統手法、摘取歷史符號，以增加建筑空間和造型的人文氣息，是當今現代建筑非常值得探討的創作之路。

通過對荊楚文化內涵、特征的系統梳理，和對湖北歷史建筑的全面回顧，我們不難發現，荊楚文化中的文化內涵、文化元素、文化特質，對荊楚建筑的設計、建造、裝飾諸方面，產生了深厚的影響，荊楚文化為荊楚建筑打下深深的烙印，形成所謂荊楚派風格。

有鑒于此，我們通過挖掘楚文化的內涵，探尋荊楚文化在現代建筑設計中的運用價值與推廣，力圖將現代建筑技術、功能空間、自然環境、生活習俗、歷史文脈巧妙地結合一體，獲得獨特的藝術風貌和文化品味，為湖北當代建筑注入文化基因與文化記憶。

1.湖北出版文化城

湖北出版文化城設計靈感來源于楚文化符號——編鐘 。主體建筑利用原有雙塔形成具有編鐘意象的整體造型，孔洞狀的方窗形似編鐘上的突起。雙塔頭部之兩翼呈翅狀展開，取意于楚文化中鳳的意象，充滿力量與浪漫之感。而雙塔的玻璃幕墻，宛如兩條飛龍沖天而起，動感十足。

2.東湖磨山楚城城門望樓

東湖楚城城門上的雙闕望樓，造型取自楚國虎座鳳架鼓的造型，由此演變出雙鳳脊飾傲踞望樓的屋頂之上，以展示楚人尊鳳崇鳳的習俗。

3.武漢琴臺大劇院

武漢琴臺大劇院的設計，巧妙地取古琴神韻，將其抽象，提取其基本線型和元素，并按照理性的原則，重塑獨特的建筑語言，外伸的構架如同鋼琴敲擊的簧片，極具雕塑感和陽剛之氣。

4.湖北省博物館

湖北省博物館高臺基、寬屋檐、大坡面屋頂的仿古建筑三足鼎立，整個建筑風格突出了楚國多層寬屋檐、大坡式屋頂等楚式建筑特點。

5.武昌火車站

武昌火車站新站正是運用了楚地建筑中的中軸對稱、高臺、寬屋檐、大坡式屋頂等獨特的建筑形式，來傳承楚地歷史文化精髓。◆

（圖文來源：荊楚網）

2. The Watch Tower on the Gate of Ancient Chu City at the East Lake

The watch tower with twin Que(i.e. lookout stations) on the gate has got the shape from that of a drum in the Chu State, which had a pedestal with the shape of a tiger and a framework of twin phoenixes holding a drum in between, from which developed the idea of a ridge decorated with twin phoenixes nestling on the roof of the watch tower, showing Chu people’s custom of admiring phoenixes.

3. Wuhan Qintai Grand Theatre

The design of the Theatre has subtly extracted the essence of guqin, a seven-stringed plucked instrument similar to the zither, and abstracted it with the extraction of its basic line types and elements. Then they are arranged in accordance with rationalism to recreate a unique architectural language.The obtrusive structure of the Theater looks like the reed of a piano, with a great sculptural and masculine sense.

4. Hubei Provincial Museum

The Museum is pseudo-classic architecture with high stylobate,wide reaves, and a steep sloping roof, which assumes a tripartite layout, highlighting the distinctive features of wide reaves of multilayers and steep sloping roof characteristic of Chu architecture.

5. Wuchang Railway Station

It is by applying the architectural forms of midline symmetry, high stylobate, wide reaves, and steep sloping roof of Chu buildings that the new Wuchang Railway Station inherits the essence of the history and culture of Chu area. ◆

(Source: cnhubei.com)

荊楚風格現代建筑案例

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