建筑环境视觉语言的解读

The interpretation of visual symbols of building environment

建筑不仅是用来为人的需要服务的专门组织起来的空间,不仅是结构、材料和技术,也是符号系统。建筑是语言,作为语言,是不能没有符号而存在的。建筑文化具有符号性及相关的许多符号特征。首先它具有视觉因素,能够被人感知,通过视觉信息传达给人以语言意义,还包括:物质性、复杂性、象征性、历史性、地方性以及心理的、情感的、社会的等方面意义。

Buildings are not only the space specially arranged for people involving structure,material and technique,but belong to semiotic system.Buildings are language which cannot exist without signs.Architectural culture possesses many semiotic characteristics.The first one is its visual factor which can be perceived and convey meaning as language to people.The other characteristics include materiality,complexity,symbolization,historicalness,locality and psychological,emotional and social meanings.