01 Low Housing In Northern China.ppt

Low-housing In Northern China SiHeYuan——Beijing A siheyuan is a historical type of residence that was commonly found throughout China, most famously in Beijing. The name literally means a courtyard surrounded by four buildings. Such a residence offers space, comfort and quiet privacy. It is also good for security as well as protection against dust and storms. Grown with plants and flowers, the court is also a sort of garden. Wangjiang County——shanxi province YaoDong——Shaanxi province Kashgar old housing——XinJiang province * Central Academy of Fine Art content 1. SiHeYuan——Beijing 2. Wangjiang County——shanxi province 3. YaoDong——Shaanxi province 4. Kashgar old housing——XinJiang province Throughout Chinese history, the siheyuan composition was the basic pattern used for residences, palaces, temples, family, businesses and government offices. In ancient times, a spacious siheyuan would be occupied by a single, usually large and extended family, signifying wealth and prosperity. living room and bedroom of the owner or head of the family the gate reception room and the servants dwelling unmarried daughters and female servants the eldest son of the family and his wife’s dwelling the younger son and his wife’s dwelling main yard Function 1.The traditional concepts of the five elements 2.Four buildings in a single courtyard receive different amounts of sunlight 3.A more detailed and further stratified Confucian order was followed in ancient China The gate was made at the southeast corner which was the wind corner, and the main house was built on the north side which was believed to belong to water -- an element to prevent fire As the government published some new policy in 1958 and the Cultural Revolution started in 1966, most of Siheyuan had been separated into several parts for different families. Before 1966 After Today, however, there are two different kinds of states of siheyuan. There are over 3,000 well-preserved courtyards remaining in Beijing,and