Exploration And Analysis Of The Way For The "Rebirth" Of Local Dwellings At Dai People’s Habitations Of Meng Ben Commune At Village Of Jingmai In Yunnan

The main research object in this thesis is the vernacular houses of the Dai ethnic group in Mengben Commune of Jingmai Village of Lancang County, Puer City, Yunnan Province. Based on the local unique natural, historical and cultural environment, the author conducted intensive researches and analysis on the Dai vernacular houses in Mengben Commune from aspects including building space, building construction and architectural aesthetics. The unique charm of Dai vernacular houses in Mengben Commune in the form has been demonstrated.The research results in this thesis aim to serve the transformation, renovation and protection of local dwellings in the end. After a large amount of meticulous research work in the cooperation, the author has acquired much precious first-hand information. A series of scientific analysis and researches on vernacular houses conforming to the local and modern situations have been adopted on the basis of the acquired information to discuss the main formative factors of the Dai vernacular houses in Mengben Commune. The factors cover influences in different aspects such as terrian condition, climatic environment, building materials, economic pattern and social life. After close communication with the villagers and surveys conducted on their housing conditions, an analysis has been carried out on current residential conditions and main existing problems in Mengben Commune, such as excessively huge building volumes, discordance between living condition and modern life style, environmental destruction to the whole village and construction caused by solar water heaters and Water storage barrels, discordance between the traditional wooden houses with balustrades and modern life style, and the influences caused by high potential risks in the structure and the deficiencies of partial functional space on the modern life. To better improve the harmony between local Dai vernacular houses and the local production and living and simultaneously maintain the unique local housing features, a categorization has been processed by the author on all the dwellings in the village, which contains traditional dwellings, modified dwellings and modern dwellings. A series of reconstructive measures have been carried out on the selected representative dwellings based on their respective features, such as the deliberation and selection of the structure, the updating and technical processing of building materials, the rational use, redistribution and rearranging of local space as well as the combined utilization of new and old modes. A general transformation method suitable for the three types of dwellings has been summarized on the basis of typical case studies and researches, and is adopted and supplemented in practice to Improve the deficiencies of local vernacular houses transformation.Focusing on the soaring modern dwellings constructed with new materials and technologies in the cooperation, a new standard for newly-built dwellings has been formulated to maintain the overall style of the village while integrating with the traditional traits. Then disorderly construction and renovation will be restrained. A series of updated designs has also been conducted by the author to strive for the harmony between modern dwellings constructed with new materials as well as technologies and the village’s environment and style, and simultaneously maintain the traditional local customs.Due to limited time and ability, mistakes and biases may be inevitable in this thesis. Further researches on the transformation and renovation plans will be carried out in future to study on the feasibility. Architectural peers are welcomed to join the researches on the vernacular houses, especially the traditional housing of China’s ethnic minorities, to make every effort to the renaissance and development of regions with unique architectural culture and lagging economies.