Studies On The Fujian Earth Fort As A Case Of Chinese Traditional Rammed Earth Construction System

A certain number of Earth Forts which were built during Ming and Qing Dynasties could be found in the central region of Fujian province. They are almost built by nature soil with the traditional rammed earth construction process. They have been harmoniously intergrowth with their environment and hamlet of mountain and form the particular landscape of habitat culture in mountainous area, by its delicate structure and elegant form.There are multiple values for the study of Earth Forts. First, in the backdrop of today’s environmental crisis, the soil as an ecological building material is rediscovered. We can learn from Fujian Earth Forts in the use of materials, construction methods and relationship with the environment. China has a long earth building history, Earth Forts as a typical example of one of the Southern earth-wood construction system, contributing itself as the example for the study of the traditional rammed earth construction system.This paper is divided into four parts. The first part introduces the basic situation of Fujian Earth Forts. The second part introduces the knowledge of earth buildings and Chinese traditional rammed earth construction system. In the third part, through the construction characteristics of earth at Fort the author summed up the basic unit of fort wall and put this unit into the rammed earth construction system to make a comparative study. In the fourth part, the author began to discuss the spatial dimension and construction of the basic unit of Earth Forts, and take this model into the human geographical environment, with analysis of examples.The whole thesis contains about38000words,86pictures and charts.