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

Author: Duan Jin et al
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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 divided into 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 studies on traditional Huizhou settlements and a research report on the spatial growth of Xidi Village. The upper part focuses on the dominant factors of spatial growth from top-down, including external influencing factors, dominant factors at the village's overall morphological level, dominant factors at the village's structural order level, dominant factors at the village's residential neighborhood level, and dominant factors at the village's residential unit level. The middle part explores the bottom-up self-organizing process of spatial development, including the development of village space from bottom-up, the transformation from architectural units to street block morphology, the transition from buildings to village spatial interfaces, the shift from buildings to village spatial nodes, and the evolution from buildings to the overall village morphology. The lower part analyzes the external spatial composition and behavior, including the material and morphological characteristics of Xidi's external space, case studies of street spaces, the composition of external spatial behavior activities, the perception of external space, and the aesthetic analysis of external space. 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.