Research on Material Language in the Renovation of Existing Industrial Buildings

Since the 1990s, China has implemented policy of “suppress second industry and develop third industry” in order to promote adjustment social economic structure, thus begun face industrial transformation. As time goes by, material language existing buildings gradually conveys a broken, desolate expressiveness, which makes people have certain “sense fright caused by fracture time”, it also brought negative impacts shaping image beautiful city. Therefore, we need re-understand expression methods materials according needs new era.
 Louis Kahn once said, “It is easier for reveal existence meaning than space, are decode illustrate. The rich texture color make perceive grasp human senses more direct space.” this paper explains types (material vocabulary) renovation China, then through analysis related cases, derives strategy (materials pragmatics).