Architectural form can be regarded as a configuration of energy.Environmental regulation is the original and essential motivation of architecture.Worldwide building forms,which mean to deal with different climates,can be viewed as stable structures that balance the acquisition,storage and release of energy elements(e.g.wind,light and heat).In this sense,the essence of architectural form is a material presentation of energy flow under the influence of climate and environment.This paper starts from the perspective of energy,and then takes the relationship between form and energy as research scope.In epistemology,it is emphasized that environmental regulation is the core driving force of architectural form generation,which makes the noumenon and core of architectural environmental regulation return to space and construction;In methodology,energy becomes the interface between technology intervention and knowledge expansion,which is conducive to integrate knowledge,methods and tools under interdisciplinary communication,as well as form systematic theory and method of environmental regulation design.Aims of the study is to construct the theoretical model,system model,mathematical model and analysis model of form and energy.Firstly,the theory and history of architecture are rearranged in the perspective of environmental regulation.The historical evolution of architectural form and energy is summarized by depicting a vertical architectural development profile of architectural origin,local development and mechanical intervention.Secondly,the relationship between architecture,bioclimatology and building thermodynamic is deeply built,which points to the mathematic characteristics of form and energy.Thirdly,numerical simulation is used to verify the energy process of residential buildings in typical climate regions,which aims to extract thermodynamic models.Thermodynamic models can reflect the characteristics of architectural form,environmental control strategy and energy operation mechanism,which is supposed to provide reference graphic tools for contemporary green building design. |