Research For YaoDong Type Museum Design

The Loess Plateau zone in China is a booming area with large population, Where it is " warm-winter and cool-summer " in the unique cave dwelling building, which is the traditional building with " ecological meaning ". It is self-evident that the development of the natural and humanity adaptability of vernacular buildings in modern architecture design is of great importance.The paper regards architectural design of the Yellow-River Loess geological museum on Mang mountain of Zhengzhou as the opportunity, and focus on the transformation from traditional YaoDong into modern museum. The limitations of the internal space and physical environment in traditional YaoDong is demonstrated—a conclusion drawn from on-site experiments and relative theoretical analysis. Based on the climate features of this area and the requirements of modern museum building, multiple strategies for the transformation of YaoDong are offered according to the corresponding architectural design criterion. This work of the YaoDong type museum is the precedent in China.Original aspect of the paper, however, lies in the fact that the conclusion of investigation and theoretical research are applied to the design of the Yellow-River loess geological museum on Mang mountain, support the climate adaptability of the YaoDong type building and its development. With the help of Phoenics—a software specialized in fluid simulation, a series of parameters of the passive solar energy system such as ventilation, heat insulation ,etc are verified. All these may readily be taken as reference for the architectural design.The paper finds its origin in a responsible attention on the ecological and vernacular issues in China. The architectural design and technology are closely relative, and the evidence-based design ensures a reasonable conclusion with eco-significance and contributes, by all means, endless resources to the architectural design and its creation.