门——随感一篇

Doorway:A Thought Piece

门一直都是建筑普遍语言中的重要因素。20世纪时,建筑师们为了从功能出发组织建筑空间和创造空间的美学体验探索新的方式,刻意地削弱了门的影响力。其后果却是现在门作为建筑要素的丰富潜质被极大地低估。本文提示了门的要素如何成为我们生活的句读,如何约束我们的行为,又感染我们的情绪。文章主张建筑师应更强烈地意识到门有助于他们通过不动声色、且丰富多彩的方式完成建筑构思。

The doorway has been a powerful element in the universal language of architecture throughout history.In the twentieth century architects reduced its power intentionally to open fresh ways of organising architectural space functionally and experiencing it aesthetically. But the consequence has been that the multifarious architectural potential of the doorway is now largely overlooked. This article is a reminder of the ways in which doorways punctuate our lives, influence our behaviour and elicit emotional responses. It argues that architects should be more aware of the subtle and diverse contributions the doorway can make to their repertoire of architectural ideas.