The first thing to integrate dance architecture into the design may be the ceilings of some large sports venues. Before the opening of the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany, the ceiling was designed as a windbreaker behind the giant's shoulder, showing a dancing posture, lively and strange. This design has gradually become a paradigm, but the new design is constantly being refurbished. The newly-built World Cup Stadium in Korea is the latest variant. This design method of kneading dance elements is also very popular in airport design all over the world. The ceiling of Denver airport in central Colorado is like a large piece of silver satin dancing in the wind. To put it bluntly, dance elements use a lot of irregular curves and surfaces. I.M. Pei, a Chinese-American architect, used irregular curves and surfaces very carefully in architectural design, which can be said to be "like a string". However, the Ruth Church designed by him for Donghai University in Taiwan Province Province is composed of curved walls that rise from all sides and are folded and embraced at the top, but it creates a dignified and light sense of dance, which is very in line with the functional requirements of "Young People's Church".
However, if it is not only a dance element, but a complete "dance", is such a building possible? The answer is yes. American architect O. Gehry made such a design for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The museum he designed is almost entirely composed of "twisted limbs", and no facade is regular. Not only the ceiling, but also all the use spaces, including corridors, are full of dancing surfaces and curves. After the completion of the museum, the whole body seemed to be a few dancers in tights tangled together in a selfless dance. He himself said that without a computer, it is impossible to make such a design with previous design tools. During the construction process, he personally participated in the construction site, deeply feeling that his design could not be realized by traditional techniques and materials. This museum was opened on 1997 and became a new landmark of the city and even Spain. Of course, there are also controversies, one is too strange, and the other is that the cost of being criticized is too high.
The appearance of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao on earth is a new victory of architectural art, but I'm afraid this "dancing building" can only exist as a genre, and it is a small genre. The design of this school, especially for the actual existence on the earth, needs the opportunity of time, place, people and all aspects. But as far as I know, some China architects who pay special attention to the artistic creation connotation of architectural design, especially the younger generation, have been looking for opportunities to show their "dance thinking". In China's traditional art, the most common field of dancing is the weeds in calligraphy, and wielding a sword is no different from wielding a brush. China architects learn from calligraphy as well as dance, which constitutes an innovative advantage and is particularly valuable. Zhao Bo has designed many comprehensive buildings evolved from China's calligraphy. Although this design is only a concept display so far, it has not been adopted by the owner, and as far as the figures I have seen are concerned, it is inevitable that it is a bit stiff, but this innovative design idea should be strongly affirmed. When did "Dancing Architecture" appear in China? Don't worry, it will appear sooner or later.