The Evolution of Dwellings Spatial Pattern and its Influence Factors in Guanzhong Region

ABSTRACT

Traditional dwelling in Guanzhong region is one specific kind of architecture whose spatial pattern is character of distinctive local features. With the development of society, the spatial pattern of dwellings in the Guanzhong region changed. This paper taking the dwellings of Zhiyang village that lies in the city of Hancheng in the Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Province for example, the evolution and development of spatial pattern of dwellings under the influence of natural environment, culture, economy, production and life way is studied with the methods that involves the architecture and environmentology based on the field measurement and interview, which can provides some reference for architects to understand and design such houses when involved in.

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