符号学家迪南·索绪尔认为,符号是社会动作的文化性暗示及其背后所承载的概念。格列马斯(Greimas)也认为,符号化的意识形态先于都市空间中的指意而存在。就都市符号学而言,建筑物是承载与传播社会意识形态系统的媒体,因此,地标性建筑具备高度精神的象征和文化标志性意义,其代 Symbolist Dinan Saussure believes that symbols are the cultural cues of social action and the concepts behind it. Greimas also argues that the symbolic ideology precedes the intent in urban space. In terms of urban semiotics, buildings are the media that carry and disseminate social ideology, and therefore, landmark buildings possess a highly spiritual symbol and cultural landmark meaning,