Cave Door Window Screen Ecological Experience Research

Cave-houses, as the most representative and potential folk houses for dwellers in the area of loess plateau, are the living fossils of residential buildings for people in the ancient times. They carry the customs of the people in the North of China. For thousands of years, human beings have gradually changed their dwelling places from caves to cave-houses, and then developed them into cave-houses with courtyards. Therefore, the investigation and research into the development of traditional Chinese architecture would be water without a source, if the research of cave-houses is not taken into serious consideration. Cave-houses showing Chinese philosophy of harmonious co-existence between human beings and nature, have been widely used in the North-west of China, which reflects the view of environment:harmony of man with nature; view of existence: complying with the nature; view of shape-designing:hemispherical dome. The idea of energy-saving has been carefully taken into consideration by many experts and scholars. Cave-houses have been regarded as a representative of energy-saving ecotecture. They are cool in summer and warm in winter, land-saving and material saving, which best reflects their characteristic of energy-saving. Human beings can enjoy the advantage of the type of architecture for ever. The decorative art of the lattices of the windows and doors can best reflect the aesthetic qualities that suit the characteristics of the loess plateau. The decoration lattices help improve the appreciation grade of people greatly, having the effect that makes the finishing point. The linear decorations, with beautiful paper-cut for window decoration, indicate a warm aspect of the conflicts between man and nature. The article is divided into six parts. It examines the relationship between man and environment, man and natural recourses on the basis of ecology and technology. And it focuses on the theory of ecological building and the experience of technology the cave-houses indicate. It proves that it is necessary to conclude and extract the ecological building experiences, and then combine them with modern technologies to make them new by going back to tradition.