Dong is one of Chinese minorities. Dong ancestors can be traced back to the Baiyue, dry Vietnam of Qin and Han Dynasties with a long history, unique customs and culture. Whether architecture, handicrafts, or folk arts...Dong is one of Chinese minorities. Dong ancestors can be traced back to the Baiyue, dry Vietnam of Qin and Han Dynasties with a long history, unique customs and culture. Whether architecture, handicrafts, or folk arts community, they all have been highly recognized by experts and scholars. But in recent years with China＇ s rapid economic development, the quality of people＇ s lives have constantly improved, the use of new materials was widespread, as well as foreign cultures and various trends continued to penetrate in the Dong region, Dong architectural heritage is facing unprecedented impact, while Dong also exposed some of the drawbacks of traditional residential architecture. So far there have been intensified phenomena of abandoning traditional residential construction, demolition, reconstruction, and many buildings destroying cultural heritage. It is a major issue existing in the development of the Dong residential transformation to strike a balance between retaining the traditional architectural features of houses and improving the Dong people ＇ living conditions. Ideas for Dong village houses architectural conservation should not just blindly maintain the status quo, but rather find a positive solution to meet the appearing new demands from social development and improvement of the living environment of people, only meet the housing needs of this new issue is the key of resolution, is development direction of the scientific and sustainable conservation of national construction.展开更多
Traditional Turkish house which characterized with its original shape of the room, plan layout, construction and roof forms has two main spaces as ＂sofa＂ （common space） and the ＂room＂ differentiate it from the h...Traditional Turkish house which characterized with its original shape of the room, plan layout, construction and roof forms has two main spaces as ＂sofa＂ （common space） and the ＂room＂ differentiate it from the houses in different geographies. The flexibility of the room in traditional Turkish house is characterized with its fixed-in-furniture, which supplies all necessities of a person in a house. This paper will discuss the similarities and differences in use of space between traditional Turkish houses and today＇s flats in apartments. The comprehensions will be made through the field works on traditional houses and with the projects of architecture students in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanhul. The concept of the students＇ projects is redesigning their own houses. Since the students come from different regions of Turkey, their houses have both similar and different spatial characteristics. Whether the cultural identity of the user plays a role in use of living space will be discussed. The aim of this study is to put the relation between the past and today＇s use of interior spaces of Turkish houses.展开更多
文摘Dong is one of Chinese minorities. Dong ancestors can be traced back to the Baiyue, dry Vietnam of Qin and Han Dynasties with a long history, unique customs and culture. Whether architecture, handicrafts, or folk arts community, they all have been highly recognized by experts and scholars. But in recent years with China＇ s rapid economic development, the quality of people＇ s lives have constantly improved, the use of new materials was widespread, as well as foreign cultures and various trends continued to penetrate in the Dong region, Dong architectural heritage is facing unprecedented impact, while Dong also exposed some of the drawbacks of traditional residential architecture. So far there have been intensified phenomena of abandoning traditional residential construction, demolition, reconstruction, and many buildings destroying cultural heritage. It is a major issue existing in the development of the Dong residential transformation to strike a balance between retaining the traditional architectural features of houses and improving the Dong people ＇ living conditions. Ideas for Dong village houses architectural conservation should not just blindly maintain the status quo, but rather find a positive solution to meet the appearing new demands from social development and improvement of the living environment of people, only meet the housing needs of this new issue is the key of resolution, is development direction of the scientific and sustainable conservation of national construction.
文摘Traditional Turkish house which characterized with its original shape of the room, plan layout, construction and roof forms has two main spaces as ＂sofa＂ （common space） and the ＂room＂ differentiate it from the houses in different geographies. The flexibility of the room in traditional Turkish house is characterized with its fixed-in-furniture, which supplies all necessities of a person in a house. This paper will discuss the similarities and differences in use of space between traditional Turkish houses and today＇s flats in apartments. The comprehensions will be made through the field works on traditional houses and with the projects of architecture students in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanhul. The concept of the students＇ projects is redesigning their own houses. Since the students come from different regions of Turkey, their houses have both similar and different spatial characteristics. Whether the cultural identity of the user plays a role in use of living space will be discussed. The aim of this study is to put the relation between the past and today＇s use of interior spaces of Turkish houses.
