【劉克峰專欄－建築的象徵交換與死亡】Cosmo Liu Column – Symbolic Exchange and Death in Architecture

An Exhibition Machine After the End of Symbolic Exchange: Dong Gong’s Suzhou Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage

This essay explores how intangible cultural heritage and historical culture are represented in contemporary architecture. Drawing on Jean Baudrillard’s theories of “symbolic exchange” and “simulacra,” it examines how culture, once detached from its original context of everyday life, is transformed into symbols for display and consumption. It also considers how architecture can serve as a space for cultural preservation and management when culture can no longer be sustained through its natural continuity.
/ By Liu, Ke-Feng

前言：布希亞的象徵交換概念
本專欄討論作品有八個中國當代公共建築，王澍（四件）的富春山館(2016)、臨安博物館(2019)、吳越文化博物館(2024)、杭州國家版本館(2022)；張永和的良渚中國美院校區(2023)；董功（直向建築）的蘇州非物質文化遺產館(2016)；劉家琨（兩件）的御窯遺址園暨御窯金磚博物館(2016)、大運河杭鋼公園(2024)，也會補充一些與這些建築師及其作品相關的案例，例如第一篇討論中有帶入王澍的寧波博物館(2008)。這次補充之前沒有討論的理論部分，是尚·布希亞(Jean Baudrillard)的象徵交換概念。布希亞在他的書《象徵交換與死亡》(Symbolic Exchange and Death)中指出在當代資本主義社會中，意義與文化經歷了深刻的異化與轉變，當文化實踐被抽離其活的交換關係，轉化為可被再現與保存的符號時，象徵交換便逐步瓦解。

（附圖：建築模型，圖源：直向建築 | Vector Architects）

文／劉克峰（東海大學退休教授）