The Study Of Doors And Windows Of Traditional Houses In Menxi Area Of South Nanjing

The premise of this article is to understand the basic unit of the house and its combination.Under this premise,the traditional housese’doors and windows should be distinguished and organized.Further discussion of the doors and windows’significance in the role a of traditional houses sequence space, definition of indoor and outdoor space,processing of technology and style should be made.Therefore,it can provoke thinking on the current and future architectural features diversity.The article is divided into introduction, main text and conclusion. Introduction mainly explained thesis studies the origin, purpose, content, method and significance. Main text is divided into two parts, the first part selected six typical cases, starting from the remains of both doors and windows spatial sequence.The former through field investigation,through which traditional doors an windows being selected.the latter by comparing historical data and site investigation to fully understand the relationship between the selected doors and windows and houses sequence space. The second part summarizes the doors and windows of the last part and Interprets of doors and windows in human scale and behavior mode.The conclusion summarizes the views of traditional houses’doors and windows from three aspects. Firstly, the relationship with building space sequence. Secondly, the relationship with the streets. Thirdly, the relationship with the change of times.