This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International License. THE ECOLOGICAL AESTHETIC CONNOTATIONS IN CHINESE TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION SKILLS Changliang Tan Room B355, Academy of Arts, Design, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing, China. Tsinghua University (TU) Design for Sustainability (DfS)
[email protected] ABSTRACT This paper tries to explore the ecological aesthetic connotation of Chinese traditional environment construction skills (CTECS) from ecological benefits, ecological aesthetic experience ways, ecological aesthetic taste. (1) CTECS formed a pluralistic and complete system. Some of them are less damage to nature and consume less resources in the course of their creation, which are beneficial to the sustainable development of human and nature. (2) As two com- mon aesthetic experience ways, far view and static view, which set at the beginning of the construction of CTECS, keep a certain distance between human and nature, which have some ecological significances. (3) The creations of some of CTECS with good ecological benefits have unique aesthetic tastes which are ecological aesthetic affordanc- es. The study mentioned CTECS research working hypothesis highlight new research frontiers potentially extending the aesthetic role of it under a sustainable design approach. keywords: Environment construction skills, Ecological aesthetic, Ecological benefit, Sustainable development CHANGLIANG TAN THE ECOLOGICAL AESTHETIC CONNOTATIONS IN CHINESE TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION SKILLS 1. INTRODUCTION As an intangible cultural heritages, CTECS are all the skills that used in the construction of human settlement by Chinese and inherited by generations from ancient times to the present. They have been formed a pluralistic and complete system and reflect the ability to transform the natural environment, the unique spiritual value and the mode of thinking, which incarnate the vitality and creativity of China.