A Preliminary Investigation on the Relationship Between Building Forms and the Regional Environment in the Rural Areas of West China

Abstract

To understand the relationship between the forms of buildings and their surrounding environment in the rural areas of west China, a series of literature reviews and field investigations were conducted targeting the self-designed and self-constructed rural houses in the Ningqiang county of south Shaanxi province. As a result, some typical forms of building clusters and individual buildings, which directly correspond with their specific environmental conditions, are identified in the researched region.