Research on Architectural Design Based on Abstract Artistic Thinking:Design Practice of Westlake Cultural and Sports Center
CUI Guangya
LI shutian
PU Xincheng
Abstract：This study explores how architectural art can reclaim its intrinsic value within complex societal contexts amid technological innovation in the big data era and the shift of consumer culture in the 21st century.Key attention is paid to the theoretical links and practical pathways between abstract artistic thinking and modern architectural design.In this study,abstract art's profound impact on architectural form and its contemporary significance is disclosed through historical tracing,theoretical analysis,and case studies.An empirical study based on the West Lake District Cultural and Sports Center in Hangzhou was carried out using phenomenology and structuralism as philosophical foundations,combined with the abstract art theory of Wassily Kandinsky,and the constructivist principles of the Bauhaus School.Multidimensional research methodologies were applied in the empirical study.A topological analysis of the four-curved-surface geometric system of the building was carried out through morphological analysis to disclose its combinatorial logic.The dual psychological mechanism of"cocooning-extending"in the immersive experiences was quantified by spatial phenomenological documentation through user trajectory tracking and interviews of their feeling.The study demonstrates that architectural abstraction encompasses two interdependent dimensions:geometric simplicity in formal composition and polysemic ambiguity in experiential perception.Such contradiction constitutes the dynamic source of tension in modern architectural aesthetics.
Regarding practical implementation,the West Lake Cultural and Sports Center realized architectural transformation from concrete symbols to spiritual media through recombining geometric elements(e.g.,an arch ceiling with a span of 87.3 m and the glass arc surface form a magnetic field),authentic material expression of(exposed steel structures and glass refraction effect),and creation of the spatial paradox(coexistence of physical barriers and visual permeability).
In this study,a"three-stage abstraction design pathway"was proposed.The three stages are geometric abstraction of concrete elements,topological abstraction of functional spaces,and phenomenological abstraction of place spirit,forming a reusable operational framework.Faced with coexisting digitalization and regional anxieties,this study provides strategies for architectural creation to return to the ontological language.The assistance of metaphysical speculation and technical transformation of abstract thinking helps resist the alienation of commercial symbols and maintain dialogues with the public's intuitive perceptions.This study has proved that abstraction does not weaken buildings'social functions;it creates urban public spaces with greater spiritual resonance by reinterpreting geometric prototypes and spatial poetics.
Keywords：abstract artessence of architectureabstractnessarchitectural designmodernity
Publication Date：2025-03-31
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 94-101 )