Reflection on Spatial Morphology Evolution of Traditional Jiangnan Water Towns

Abstract:

With reflection on the spatial morphology continuity of water towns nurtured in the environment of Jiangnan (south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River), the writer analyses, on the basis of analysis of the prototype elements which constitutes the spatial morphology of the water towns, the characteristics and reasons of the spatial morphology evolution of modern towns and finds that it is an operational method to restore the fragmented morphology starting from the archetype elements, thus putting forward the idea of restoring the ecological corridor of water network, integrating folk house architecture and returning the street to a humanity space.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 174-177)
• Pages: 2329-2334
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.174-177.2329
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Yao Zhi Huang
• Keywords: Continuity, Fragment, Restore, Spatial Morphology, Water Towns

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