Research on Ecological Experience of Traditional Dwellings in Zhejiang Province

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At present, China is facing with the dilemma that energy consumption for rural dwellings is excessive. Therefore it is the responsibility of every architect to improve the situation. The traditional dwellings in Zhejiang province are the products of labor formed in the long-term construction practice in which the ancients were dealing with natural and social factors as it consists of a lot of simple ecological construction experience. On the basis of on-the-spot investigation and comprehensive literature research, the ecological construction characteristics and adaptive design are analyzed in detail in this paper on site selection, general layout, ingenious organization for virtual space of buildings, material selection and water resources utilization etc.. It is, thus, expected to provide valuable experience and basis for contemporary ecological and energy-saving rural dwellings.

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