Abstract
This paper discusses house types and their transformation of Kaifeng city in Henan (China), which is known as the capital city of Bei Son dynasty. Authors selected a she qu(Community) of former walled city in the central district of Kaifeng, which is called Xue yuan men shequ atpresent, as an intensive field study and clarified the types of dwelling units and the transformation process. The spatial formation of Keifeng at Bei Song dynasty is identified on the present map based on the newest archeological findings. However Kaifeng at that time is buried several meters under the present ground level by many floods. The urban tissues we see now, is formed after flood in 1841. The central area of old castle was still occupied by low rise houses and shop houses until the end of 20th century, but was drastically changed by redevelopment program introducing high rise apartment houses. This paper clarified the changes among decade 2000-2010 as for the targeted area. There existed old traditional form of siheyuan (Chinese quadrangle dwellings), siheyuan like Liu family residence which is only one example left in the area. Most of siheyuan had been destroyed or is shared by several families. This paper classified 103 dwelling units we measured into five groups according to number of rooms and discusses the extension process of living space.
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