The Beginning Of The Research Of Contemporary Architecture Narrative Space

The research of Architecture Narrative Space, as one of the most essential trends in architecture, explores the relationship between architecture and cultural meaning, and focuses on the construction of buildings and human civilization through abstract relations and embodied experiences.In the first chapter, social and academic backgrounds, and present situation of Narrative Space Research are demonstrated. In chapter two, through researches respectively about building, narrative, space as the foundation, the ontological framework " processes of Architecture Narrative Space " and research elements "space, time and people" are derived. Chapter three can be an essential part of the paper, in which research methods are classified according to departments of disciplines, and categorized again by the ontological framework to respectively conclude different research methods with case studies. In the end of the paper, the concept of Architecture Narrative Space comes out, as well as the trend and problems of the research in the future.As the beginning of the contemporary research of Architecture Narrative Space, the study in this paper lays the foundation for researches in the future and offers a guideline to choose appropriate methods to solve problems. The main innovative points as follows:1. Ontological framework, key elements and concepts of Architecture Narrative Space have been deduced in this paper.2. The paper aims to discuss the methodology and applications of various methods according to the ontological framework of Narrative Space, which is different from works before. In this study, analyses of notions which extract the research elements to define how to make choices of methods, and listing and comparing research methods which support and expand concepts as crucial evidences, are two trails in the paper and affect each other from the beginning to the end.