摘要
建築是文化的表徵，不同的文化特質或生活理念，在現實社會中，呈現出不同的建築形式與空間。中國傳統建築雖經五千年之演變，但在形式與空間變化並不大。再往深究，在中國傳統的生活空間中，便有東方哲學隱藏其中，並維繫著生活空間的形態。影響中國生活哲學有許多，如風水觀念、道家學說等。本文以老子哲學中之「無」和「相克相濟」，來說明傳統建築中之住宅單元「四合院」和傳統巷弄的「街道空間」，並以此觀念探討日本建築師黑川紀章（Kisho Kurokawa）的兩件作品。最後，假若設計創造能根植於傳統精神，不論它是東方或西方，相信詹克斯所謂「現代建築之死」將不會發生。
並列摘要
Architecture is the presentation of culture. Different living styles or cultural ideas manifest quite different architectural forms and spaces. Chinese traditional architecture has been developed for thousand of years but it does not have a lot of changes in forms and spaces. Certain life philosophies must have lain behind these living spaces and have dominated the structure of traditional spaces. Fengshui (風水) and Taoism are two examples. Lao Tzu, the philosopher who lived three thousand years ago, has a great influence on Chinese philosophy. In this paper I take Lao Tzu's philosophy ”Wu” (nothingness) and ”opposite-yet-complementary” to expound the Chinese traditional housing structure, ”courtyard” and ”street-space.” And then I use these ideas to explore Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa's works. Finally, if we can base our creation on the genuine spirit derived from tradition, no matter it is eastern or western, I believe ”the death of modern architecture” predicted by Jencks will not happen.