A pragmatic approach to church construction in Northern China at the time of Christian inculturation： The handbook ＂Le missionnaire constructeur＂, 1926  

作　　者：Thomas Coomans 

机构地区：[1]Faculty Of Engineering, Deportment of Architecture, University of Leuven, Belgium [2]School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, She Tin, Hong Kong SAR, Chino

出　　处：《Frontiers of Architectural Research》2014年第2期89-107,共19页建筑学研究前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：In 1926, French Jesuit missionaries from Darning published at Xianxian （Hebei province） a little handbook for church construction in Northern China： “Le missionnaire constructeur, conseils-plans” （“The missionary builder： advice-plans”）, containing 67 pages of text and 54 plates. After a short introduction about handbooks and pattern books of churches, this paper describes and analyses the handbooks content and its different practical aspects about building materials, masonry, roofs, etc. The book, however, is more than a compilation of technical hints and reveals a lot about the missionaries＇ perception of Chinese building traditions as well as the transmission of Western techniques to Chinese workers. The paper also contextuatizes the handbook and tnes to identify both the authors and the addressees. In the mid-1920s, the Vatican launched the Christian inculturution process in China, which concerned architecture too. Nevertheless, many missionaries resisted, preferring Gothic or Italianate architecture to a new Sino-Christian style. The handbook participated in this debate.In 1926, French Jesuit missionaries from Darning published at Xianxian （Hebei province） a little handbook for church construction in Northern China： “Le missionnaire constructeur, conseils-plans” （“The missionary builder： advice-plans”）, containing 67 pages of text and 54 plates. After a short introduction about handbooks and pattern books of churches, this paper describes and analyses the handbooks content and its different practical aspects about building materials, masonry, roofs, etc. The book, however, is more than a compilation of technical hints and reveals a lot about the missionaries＇ perception of Chinese building traditions as well as the transmission of Western techniques to Chinese workers. The paper also contextuatizes the handbook and tnes to identify both the authors and the addressees. In the mid-1920s, the Vatican launched the Christian inculturution process in China, which concerned architecture too. Nevertheless, many missionaries resisted, preferring Gothic or Italianate architecture to a new Sino-Christian style. The handbook participated in this debate.

关 键 词：Architecturaltransfers Christian missionchurches Construction history Gothic style inculturation/indigenization China 

分 类 号：TU252[建筑科学—建筑设计及理论] P425.55[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]