Preliminary Study Of The Urbanization And Modern Architecture In Amoy

Amoy City, which is located in the southeast part of china, was founded more than six hundred years ago. It was after this very critical point of being opened for free commerce that Amoy took great changes from an isolated fortress to a conspicuous modem trading harbor throughout every aspects from macroscopic (urban) . mesosphere (street) to microcosmic (building) levels and gave an vivid example involving both regional character and common feature of that time to the history of modem Chinese urban construction.1 .Based on great deal of investigations, it is demonstrated in the thesis that modern urban reconstruction of Amoy was among those sporadic cases which was planned, invested and performed independently by Chinese themselves.2.Through research on arcade in Amoy, it is showed that a new kind of architecture pattern which was introduced from southeast Asia, served as a substitution for the traditional commercial building based on the Family Economy. As a main production of the Real Estate Heat in modern Amoy, it had the characteristic of Commercial Economy based on contract. Following street construction, it established the foundation for the city to convert itself from close to open.3.Through plenty of surveys on the spot and data analyses, it is disclosed here the Veranda Style, the microcosmic element constituted the new urban feature of modem Amoy. Experiencing introduction, amalgamation with local architecture, the mature Veranda Style architectures turned into a peculiar building clusters with distinguished regional character.