| The paper introduces the development of domestic and foreign residential districts and the planning and design characteristics in the Sunan district. also analyzes the impact on China's housing construction including economic development, land resources, settlement patterns, economic and cultural openness, new technologies and new materials. In the meantime, it demonstrates the different demands of the different people, the present situation of China's energy-saving residence, a new residential form of steel structure and various types of residential style, etc by examples. On the basis of the above analysis, it studies a series of aspects, from planning ideas. functional structure, transport systems, green landscape to the architecture of the Xincheng Mansion in Changzhou, also points out the possible shortcomings and measures to improve on the Xincheng Mansion in Changzhou .The paper's main results are as follows:(1) Along with economical development, people's way of life is being changed, so we must design a residence which has more flexibility and variability, and is suitable for different groups of people. At the same time, as environment protection and sustainable development, the humanity and ecological trend for the construction is inevitable, and it will be a key factor of high-quality housing.(2) Constructional techniques and materials as well as constructional saving energy occupy an increasingly important position in residential design, because only update the technology can we fundamentally change the existing residential system and make progress. The advancement of technology, also affects people's lives and their ideas. The mode of living is gradually changing.(3) Residential architectural style is a trend to pluralism, localism and cultural implication. Personality and multi-cultural character are the pluralistic embodiment on the construction. Because the housing, as the general public's product, has a large proportion in city building, residential architectural style plays an important role in improving the quality and adding cultural implication of a city. On the overall planning, we should focus on human environment, so that it can integrate into the host city of the larger environment organically. |