Traditional folk dwellings contain rich cultural connotations and plain architectural techniques.In architecture,material is the most fundamental thing,different materials can demonstrate different architectural forms...
This study proposes a concept for the development of a fireproof design code for the verification of dwellings susceptible to wildfire action.There are currently structural codes for the design of buildings when subje...
Wa people are mainly concentrated on the southwestern border of Yunnan province in China.They live in the Awa mountain area of the southern part of the Nujiang River Mountains,east of the Nujiang River and west of the...
As a typical building with ethnic and regional characteristics in southwest Chi-na, its construction skills contain rich local ecological wisdom. The detailed analysis of the climatic and geomorphological features of ...
funded by Fund projects:The National Social Science Foundation of the Arts Key Project“Research on the Architecture Art and Folk Culture of Chinese Traditional Houses on the Land“Silk Road”(Number:18AH008)”;Project entrusted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism:“Yellow River Culture and Chinese Civilization:Rescue Research on Shaanxi Traditional Residential Buildings and Residential Folk Culture”(No.21HH02);Shaanxi Province High-level Talents Special Support Program.
Due to the special geographical location and environment of Yuzhou and the convenient transportation conditions,the progress of political,economic,and cultural exchanges,has led to a wide variety of residential buildi...
This work was supported by the United States Agency for International Development(Grant Agreement AID-OFDAG-16-00115);by Santam Insurance,South Africa.The authors would like to acknowledge Santam Insurance,South Africa,for their support and for funding the cost of the fre alarms and the research.
This article presents the findings of a pilot project to test the large-scale rollout of smoke alarms in an informal community in Cape Town, South Africa. The work provides novel insight into the effectiveness and cha...
With the evolution of the renewal concept and protection mode of dwellings in ancient city in the new era,the guidelines for the renovation of dwellings compiled in the past have shown obvious limitations of the times...
Traditional buildings, particularly residential dwellings, are spatio-temporal reflections of the society and culture in which they were originally sited. Understanding the nature of this built heritage thus fosters i...
National Social Science Foundation of the Arts Key Project“Research on the Architecture Art and Folk Culture of Chinese Traditional Houses on the Land‘Silk Road’(Number:18AH008)”;One of the Periodic Achievements of the Project Entrusted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism:“Yellow River Culture and Chinese Civilization:Rescue Research on Shaanxi Traditional Residential Buildings and Residential Folk Culture”(Project Approval No.21HH02).
The unique topography and historical and cultural background have determined the diversity and uniqueness of kiln architecture in the Tongchuan area.In addition to the double-slope residential architecture,traditional...
I wish to thank the China Scholarship Council Scholarship(No:201706990047);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities at Southwest University(No:SWU1609304)for their support that allowed me to contribute this research.
Paradise Lost tells the stories of men,God and Devil in three geographical spaces:the Heaven,the Hell and the garden of Eden.By sorting out the traces of“things”in the epic,this study holds that Milton presents the ...