The Integration of Procedural Information in Traditional Architectural Design on Perspective of Communication Theory

Introduction: Gao-chi is a bamboo pole which utilizes specially appointed symbols to record and integrate procedural information of carpentry work of ancient traditional architecture, as described in Fig. 1.. It plays an important role both in design and construction stage of traditional architecture practice in Southern Fujian of China [6]. However, the Gao-chi craft has gradually disappeared for some reasons including the promotion of design technology and industry collaboration, especially the labor division of design and construction. The gradual disappearance of Gao-chi craft results in the deficiency of procedural information, which leads to some embarrassing situation of low design quality in contemporary practice of traditional design, including disproportion of elevation, the error of tenonandmortise work and unreasonable bay etc.