Dramatizing Architectural Space

Chinese timber-frame architectural tradition underwent a drastic change in its spatial conception during the Song-Yuan period, or China’s Middle Period. This is best exemplified in religious architecture such as the early 14th-century main hall of the Water God’s Temple in Hongdong, Shanxi. Using this example, Prof. Wei-Cheng Lin (University of Chicago) will demonstrate that architectural modifications orchestrated a multisensorial experience of the building's interior.