Spatial Research (1): Spatial Analysis of the Ancient Village of Xidi, a World Cultural Heritage Site

Author: Duan Jin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is a specialized study on the World Heritage ancient village, Xidi, from a spatial perspective. Through the discussion of 17 chapters across five major parts, it comprehensively deconstructs and analyzes the formation reasons, constituent methods, and spatial effects of Xidi. This book serves as a reference for researchers, designers, and managers in the fields of architecture, urban planning, and the protection of historical and cultural heritage, as well as for students and faculty in related disciplines. 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 top-down 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 second part explores the self-organizing process of spatial development from bottom-up, including bottom-up village spatial development, 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 external spatial constituent form and behavioral aspects, including the material and morphological characteristics of Xidi Village's external spaces, case studies of street spaces, the composition of external space behaviors, external space perception, and aesthetic analysis of external spaces. This book is a specialized study on the World Heritage ancient village, Xidi, from a spatial perspective. It includes: Introduction; Dominant Factors of Spatial Growth from Top-Down; Self-Organizing Process of Spatial Development from Bottom-Up; Analysis of External Spatial Constituent Form and Behavior.