Preservation and Regeneration of Beijing's Courtyard Houses Based on Typology Methods

• 出 处: China City Planning Review
• 发表日期: 2011年03期
• 关键词: preservation houses Regeneration regeneration texture seriously neighborhood Nei

Courtyard house is one of the symbols of Beijing’s traditional culture.However,illegal self-constructions,over population and the phenomenon of multiple families crowding in one courtyard house have seriously damaged the traditional courtyard houses and urban texture of Beijing.This article insists that due attention should be paid to the traditional cultures of the original residents and their actual requirements in the preservation and regeneration of the courtyard houses.It proposes a new prototype of multi-family courtyard house which might be a feasible mode for the preservation and regeneration of Beijing’s traditional courtyard houses.In addition,based on the typology methods,the article analyzes the evolution of multi-family courtyard houses through investigating the layout of courtyards,and brings forward an idea for its preservation and regeneration.Finally,taking some specific areas of Hutongs and courtyard houses as examples,it also presents a simulation model to validate the feasibility of this mode.

Courtyard house is one of the symbols of Beijing’s traditional culture. However, illegal self-constructions, over population and the phenomenon of multiple families crowding in one courtyard house have seriously damaged the traditional courtyard houses and urban texture of Beijing. This article insists that due attention should be paid to the traditional cultures of the original residents and their actual requirements in the preservation and regeneration of the courtyard houses.It proposes a new prototype of multi-family courtyard house which might be a feasible mode for the preservation and regeneration of Beijing’s traditional courtyard houses.In addition, based on the typology methods, the article analyzes the evolution of multi-family courtyard houses through investigating the layout of courtyards, and brings forward an idea for its preservation and regeneration .Finally, taking some specific areas of Hutongs and courtyard houses as examples, it also presents a simulation model to validate t he feasibility of this mode.