I STILL REMEMBER, I HAD CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE IN SCHOOL’S MAGAZINES WHEN I WAS SMALL. A SHORT STORY ABOUT THE LEGEND OF ‘LU BAN’ IN ZHOU DYNASTY. HE WAS A FAMOUS ARCHITECT OF ANCIENT CHINA. HE ACTUALLY WAS A CARPENTER BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST WHO INVENTED THINGS LIKE CHINESE SAW.

BUT WHAT INSPIRED HIM TO INVENT THE SAW?

THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE NEED TO CUT DOWN THE TREE TRUNK IN SHORT PERIOD AND SAVED MAN POWER. HE WAS THEN INSPIRED BY A TYPE OF FLORA WITH TOOTHED LEAFS WHICH CUT HIS FINGERS ACCIDENTALLY. BESIDES HE ALSO INVENTED THE ARCH BRIDGE AND SO ON. LATER ON, HE WAS THEN INVENTED THE ARCH BRIDGE AND TAUGHT PEOPLE TO DESIGN AND BUILD HOUSES IN CHINA IN THE BEGINNING.

FROM THE STORY OF LU BAN, IT TELLS US THAT THE ARCHITECT WAS BEGAN UNEXPECTEDLY SINCE THE ANCIENT DAYS SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD….. STARTED MAYBE BY A CARPENTER….. BUT ALL THESE WERE CAUSED BY THE IMAGINATIONS…

FOR EXAMPLE: THE CHINESE WORDS WERE DEVELOPED FROM GRAPHIC AND SLOWLY SIMPLIFIED INTO TODAY’S WORDS. WHILE ARCHITECTURE ALSO SLOWLY DEVELOPED FROM CENTURY TO CENTURY THROUGH DIFFERENT CHANGES IN CULTURES AND LIFESTYLES, THEN FINALLY INTO TODAY’S ARCHITECTURE THAT SUITE TO TODAY’ LIFESTYLES.

BESIDES THE NEEDS AND WILLS, THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS WHICH INFLUENCE THE ARCHITECTURE OF THOSE DAYS. THE RELIGION, MYTHOLOGY, ART, POWER AND SCIENCE OF THOSE PERIODS ALSO PLAYED THE IMPORTANT ROLE IN ARCHITECTURE.