As the speed of urbanisation, which is driven by power and capital, has slowed down in the Chinese mainland, the connection between human emotion and urban space, has been gradually gaining attention. Moreover, with increasing numbers of people moving to cities, nostalgia for the former rural life is apparent; meanwhile, traditional Chinese culture, which is closely related to local identity, is also receiving more attention. This study attempts to understand how the traditional Chinese concept of space is integrated into contemporary architecture at the level of perception to bring meaningful urban space for people. The methodology of this study is to collect the characteristics of the Chinese concept of space through the interpretation of traditional Chinese culture to answer some of the problems in contemporary Chinese urban space; furthermore, this research investigates how to translate the traditional concept of space into contemporary concrete spatial forms. Traditional Chinese thinking is correlative thinking, which focuses on the relationships between things rather than rational or logical thinking of things themselves, based on this, space and time in ancient Chinese culture are human-centred. In traditional Chinese courtyard buildings, this subjectivity is expressed in the division of space based on subjective perceptions rather than objective architectural constructions. More specifically, this subjective spatial experience arises from the rhythm and ambiguity, which is brought by the interplay between the void and the solid in traditional courtyard architecture. This spatial perspective, which integrates subjective and objective, may offer some suggestions for the absence of the connection between urban space and human emotions.
2005-2010 China Central Academy of Fine Arts (Degree: Bachelor of Architecture); 2010-2013 China Central Academy of Fine Arts (Degree: Master of Engineering); 2013-2017 working on Strategy Architectural Design Co., Ltd and Beijing Wisher Design Consultancy; 2018-2023 The University of Auckland (I have submitted the thesis for Doctoral degree, and I am still waiting for the final examination).