A Test Analysis into Summertime Human Settlement of Traditional Villages in South Hunan

Abstract

In order to understand the status quo of traditional villages human settlement in the district of South China, this thesis, with typical Banliang Village as a research subject, in combination with case investigation and on-site test, analyzes the factors influencing the human settlement of traditional villages from three perspectives as the space of street-lane, the layout of functional space, and the construction of enclosure structure. After arranging and analyzing results, it was found that: there is the "cold lane” phenomenon in traditional villages, where the narrower the lane way is, the faster the wind speed, and the more obvious the valley effect; the open-type climate buffer zone like the central room of peopleple‘s residence can weaken the influence of natural climate on the main space; the thermal environment of traditional villages is superior than that of common modern residence.