Study On Architectural Features And Rebirth Of The Houses On Stilts On The River's Banks In The Ancient City Of Phoenix

The houses on stilts on the Tuo River's banks in the ancient city of Phoenix in western Hunan are of a special folk house architecture form, which comprises of unique and long-term accumulated social life customs, national characters, aesthetic emotions and cultural ideology of the local national minorities. However, nowadays the protection and development of the local houses on stilts are in an aimless and careless situation in the urbanization process due to the lack of the guideline of a mature and systematic research theory. At the same time, the disorderly change of the local urban texture and the excessive business development have led to the alienation of the houses'architectural appearance and usage functions. They are gradually losing their importance as a cultural carrier and their architectural appeal. According to the status quo of the architecture of the houses on stilts on Tuo River's banks in the ancient city of Phoenix, the study tries to make a systematic analysis of the architecture features of the houses on stilts through field research and proposes the design concept for their rebirth through analyzing the necessity and feasibility of their rebirth.The article contains 5 parts. The introduction part proposes the purpose, content, current research situation of the study. Starting with a macro perspective, the second chapter summarizes the development, style, feature of the traditional stilted houses in the southwest region and their relationship with the regional environment and culture. The third chapter is the emphasis of the study. Based on the status quo of the stilted houses on Tuo River's banks in Phoenix, it analyzes mainly analyzes in depth their construction features from the aspects of formative factor, space form, structural features and characteristics of space environment etc and then draws the conclusion. The fourth chapter makes the comparative study of the architectural features of the houses on stilts in Phoenix and other stilted houses in other regions of the southwest in order to demonstrate the features of the stilted houses in Phoenix. The fifth chapter proposes the purpose of the study and concludes the meaning of the rebirth of stilted houses in Phoenix. Meanwhile it analyzes the necessity and feasibility of their rebirth and puts forward the ways for rebirth based on the theories and studies both at home and abroad. Finally, the article takes two virtual design topics– Rebirth of Stilted Houses in the Form of Folk House and Rebirth of Stilted Houses in the Form of Folk Culture Exhibition Hall and demonstrates the feasibility of their rebirth with design practice from the inhabitation and culture aspectsThe study tries to integrate theory with practice and explores the architectural rebirth based on the cognitive understanding of houses on stilts on Tuo River's banks in Phoenix with the purpose of guiding the protection and usage of the stilted houses in Phoenix.