Spatial Research 1---Spatial Analysis of the World Cultural Heritage Ancient Village of Xidi

Author: Duan Jin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is a specialized monograph that studies the World Heritage ancient village of Xidi from a spatial perspective. Through the discussion of 17 chapters across five major parts, it provides a comprehensive deconstruction and analysis of the formation reasons, structural composition, and spatial effects of Xidi. This book serves as a reference for researchers, designers, and managers engaged in architecture, urban planning, and the protection of historical and cultural heritage, as well as for students and faculty in related fields. The book is divided into five major parts. The introduction includes traditional Huizhou settlements and their research, as well as a research report on the spatial growth of Xidi Village. The first part focuses on the dominant factors of spatial growth from top-down, including external influencing factors from above, dominant factors at the level of the village's overall morphology, dominant factors at the level of the village's structural order, dominant factors at the level of village residential neighborhoods, and dominant factors at the level of residential units. The second part explores the self-organizing process of spatial development from bottom-up, including village spatial development from bottom-up, from building units to street block morphology, from buildings to village spatial interfaces, from buildings to village spatial nodes, and from buildings to the overall village morphology. The third part analyzes the formation and behavior of external spaces, including the material and morphological characteristics of Xidi's external spaces, case studies of street spaces, the composition of external space behavior activities, the perception of external spaces, and the aesthetic analysis of external spaces.
This book is a specialized monograph that studies the World Heritage ancient village of Xidi from a spatial perspective. The book is divided into five major parts. The introduction includes traditional Huizhou settlements and their research, as well as a research report on the spatial growth of Xidi Village. The first part focuses on the dominant factors of spatial growth from top-down, including external influencing factors from above, dominant factors at the level of the village's overall morphology, dominant factors at the level of the village's structural order, dominant factors at the level of village residential neighborhoods, and dominant factors at the level of residential units. The second part explores the self-organizing process of spatial development from bottom-up, including village spatial development from bottom-up, from building units to street block morphology, from buildings to village spatial interfaces, from buildings to village spatial nodes, and from buildings to the overall village morphology. The third part analyzes the formation and behavior of external spaces, including the material and morphological characteristics of Xidi's external spaces, case studies of street spaces, the composition of external space behavior activities, the perception of external spaces, and the aesthetic analysis of external spaces. Through the discussion of 17 chapters, the book provides a comprehensive deconstruction and analysis of the formation reasons, structural composition, and spatial effects of Xidi. This book serves as a reference for researchers, designers, and managers engaged in architecture, urban planning, and the protection of historical and cultural heritage, as well as for students and faculty in related fields.