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Traditional Chinese house architecture refers to a historical series of architecture styles and design elements that were commonly utilized in the building of civilian homes during the imperial era of ancient China. Throughout this two-thousand-year-long period, significant innovations and variations of homes existed, but house design generally ...
Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on stilts (or piles) over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding; [1] they also keep out vermin. [2] The shady space under the house can be used for work or storage. [3]
Pang uk (Chinese: 棚屋; Jyutping: paang4 uk1; lit. 'shack house') is a kind of stilt house found in Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. [1] Pang uk are built on water or on small beaches. A fire broke out in 2000 destroying some of the houses in Tai O , [ 2 ] and some were later rebuilt.
The first design principle was that the Chinese house was the embodiment of Neo-Confucian values. These collaborative values were loyalty, respect, and service. They were depicted through representations of generations, gender, and age. Unlike western homes, the Chinese home was not a private space or a place separated from the state.
Hongya Cave at night as seen from Qiansimen Bridge. Hongya Cave, also known as Hongya Dong (Chinese: 洪崖洞; pinyin: hóng gyá dòng; lit. ' cave of the flooded cliff ') is an 11-story stilt-building complex in the main commercial district of Jiefangbei in the city of Chongqing, China.
In traditional stilt houses, wood is a prevalent structural material used to manufacture the stilts. This is usually from a local lumber source, with many traditional stilt houses in Asia using bamboo for structural support. [8] In modern homes, concrete and steel are often used as construction material for the structural stilts in houses.
Pages in category "Stilt houses" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aérohabitat;
The main room in the middle is the guest room. The living room is usually divided into two or three rooms for the owner's wife and children. The room of the officer's bamboo house is about 30 square meters and can accommodate about 20 people. Compared with the official bamboo house, the bamboo house of the people is quite narrow.