Research Of The Adaptive Reuse Of Kinmen Traditional Architectural Space

Based on historical records, there were human existence in Kinmen area since Ging Dynasty Yuan Emperor Jianwu years (around A.D. 317). It has been over 1,600 years until now. During Song Dynasty when Zhu Xi was in control of Fujian Province Tongan County where Kinmen area belonged (Suide Village), there were lots of talents with outstanding literal performances on the island by that time. Because of the long-term martial laws, historical humanities, traditional architectures, historical battle traces and natural landscapes all became the main local cultural characteristics. But after the dismiss of military administration in year 1992, many traditional architectures had been torn down for reconstructions due to residents' requirements or been abandoned and destroyed with time due to complicated property rights. Styles of traditional communities faded gradually with time.Along with the development of the tourism industry in recent years, in addition to the establishment of the Kinmen National Park in year 1995, communities' preservation and adaptive reuse have been taken great attentions gradually. In order to preserve these valuable traditional architecture styles and humanities, and to have generated offspring share ancestors' wisdom, local competent authorities aggressively activate the repair and reuse engineering programs for these assets. Therefore, based on the scope and subject of Shuitou Communities, and the through the method of spatial changes and the discussions of the current topics of the preservation of traditional architectures and communities, this research will emphasize the concept of adaptive reuse combining the communities' preservation and development so as to discuss the derived topics of promoting the effects of communities' preservation and adaptive reuse after reformations. Main research topics are as below:I. Discussions of the communities' historical background and the changes of thespatial structures with the background of the historical development of Kinmen and its historical evolutionary stages, and the discussion of the spatial and structural characteristics of traditional residences, so as to understand the orientations of the preservation value of Shuitou Communities.II. Discussions for the repair of the conversional reuse for old and traditionalShuitou Communities architectural space. III. Discussions of the possible derived follow-up questions for communities' preservation usage and re-use; basic and practical discussions for further clarifications of communities' preservation usage, so as to understand where the problem lies and the effects of the strategies.