Discussion on the Design Practice for Culture of Central China in Urban Architecture

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10.2991/icadce-15.2015.105How to use a DOI?

Keywords

culture of Central China; residential buildings; Kang Baiwan Manor; rural concept; urbanization

Abstract

As an important founder of Chinese culture, Central Plain Culture is legitimate, compatible, radiate and innovative. It is based on agricultural society and natural economy, takes blood clan relationship as a link and forms an unique architectural type and regional culture. While this kind of source root culture with Mother nature deeply influenced living environment of the inhabitants of the Central Plains Area. The paper takes Kang Baiwan Manor for example, analyzing the characteristics of site selection, material, technology and skills from spatial arrangement, architectural structure and decorative patterns to conclude scientific outlook of adjusting measures to differing conditions and the Nationalism focusing on “Fu”. Widely accepted vernacular cultures with a rich background ingeniously applying to Contemporary urban architecture, it is bound to be strongly identifiable and unique.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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