Inheritance And Development Of Construction In Courtyard Style In Modern Urban Space

With the globalization and economic integration, the world architecture have been influenced by the "international modernist architecture", which chases function, modernization and simplification, but ignores the architectural context and the built environment of natural and historical. These let a lot of original city disappeared in the modern building. There is no difference between urban. As the major component of urban architecture-House is facing an unprecedented crisis of characteristics.Mumford said:"a good living environment for the residents needs to make it seamless with the traditional culture". Thus, the new residential design and development should be linked to the traditional culture and heritage. In Chinese traditional house, courtyard-style residential building is the most widely distributed type of dwelling, which is the wisdom of our ancestors, and most suitable for our daily life, geography and traditional cultural. You can see the excellent Chinese design and aesthetic concepts of architecture, landscape and planning from it, which is a comprehensive reflection of the history, culture, art, the climate of a region and so on. Courtyard-style house can deal with the relationship between man, nature and society very well, which contains a lot of philosophical thoughts. With the globalization nowadays, how can make this excellent form of residential development and inheritance is particularly important. However, the inheritance and development is not opposed, they are complementary and mutually influence. They require us not only to protect the significant value of residential building, but also to explore the traditional cultural elements and meaning in Chinese residential construction.From the relevant regulations and outstanding case analysis, we can summarize the courtyard-style building as "shape" and "meaning" two aspects, and explore its integration and application in modern residential design. "Courtyard" as the important design element, we try to explore its heritage and improvement in modern commercial housing, and make it can better inheritance and development.