The Research On The Relationship Between Character And Architecture

As society advances, the times develops and civilization continues to improve, the problem which is the external form of modern architecture about traditional and modern, Eastern and Western culture, integration and development become a landmark issue, but the character as a component element of the building, with its strong design, culture and the times, reflects this problem properly. The image what the character reflects have embodied in the modern architectural design of all levels, for example, commercial building, education building...Whether it is from the society or from the cultural, the character and the building has been the existence of complex relationships.Many of the building elements, such as material, color, scale, etc... the character as one of elements of building, has the unique cultural and spiritual values. This phenomenon which the character is used in architectures exists in ancient times, whether function or form. From primitive times text representation of the function to the signs in the buildings, the character is to the development of the building has a great effect. The paper researches on the relationship between character and architecture with the character as one component of the building. First of all, the paper makes a further discussion and research to the origin of the character, and reveals the reasons why the character is an important element of the buildings; Secondly, the paper summarizes the function of character in buildings, such as text function, the symbolic meaning and symbol significance function and decorate, lists the excellent architectural works at home and abroad in order to better define the relationship between character and architecture; Thirdly, This paper summarizes the technique of character in buildings; The last, this paper describes the excellent works about the applications of the character in buildings.This paper researches the relationship between character and architecture and points out that the aesthetic characteristics and realistic significance about the character of application in buildings, it provides reference for us better understanding of the architectural design methods and practice.