Characteristics of arcade architecture

The arcade (which can also be extended to terrace in Cantonese), which is called five-legged masonry in chaozhou people and pavilion foot in Minnan, is a kind of China architectural design with strong South China characteristics. Some streets on the first floor of the building are built into pedestrian corridors, and the second floor is above the corridor, just like the second floor riding on the first floor, so it is called arcade. Nowadays, arcades are generally open underground (on the first floor), and people live above the second floor. The arcade can not only prevent rain and sun, but also facilitate window display and attract business.

Arcade has come from abroad for a long time.

1. The part of a building that protrudes outward and covers the sidewalk. Preface to Ba Jin's Autumn: A few friends and I are squatting under the riding floor of a four-story building.

2. The building or hutong across the street can pass under. Jeff's Me and Yan Lu: The building near the road was repaired, changed into a arcade and rented out as a temporary dormitory. Xinhua Monthly, No.6, 1979: After crossing the alley, the head is not too high, and there is an arcade hanging across the street.

1840 After the Opium War, the development of modern architecture in Guangzhou experienced several stages, such as the migration of western architecture, the revival of traditional architecture and the introduction of modernist architecture. Western architecture in Guangzhou has the following types: religious architecture such as Catholic Sacred Heart Hall (stone room); Such as Guangzhou Postal Administration Building, Guangdong Customs Building, City Hall Building, Provincial Finance Department Building, Provincial Federation of Trade Unions Building and other public buildings; Such as xiguan big house, Zhulou, Dongshan Garden House and Xiaoyanglou; Memorial buildings such as Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and Seamen's Hall; There are also Aiqun Building, South Building, City Bank Building, Provincial Bank Building, Xinya Hotel and major commercial streets all over Guangzhou.

In fact, commercial arcade buildings existed in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago, and later became popular in Europe, and only in modern times did they spread to various places. Because the arcade in the commercial building is built across the sidewalk in the first half of the building, it is connected with each other along the road, forming a long corridor that can walk freely, and the length can reach hundreds of meters or even more than one or two kilometers. There is a May Day in Guangzhou, and children's faces are always changing. Therefore, the arcade is adapted to this climate feature, which is popular all over Guangzhou for a while and gradually forms the main pattern of Guangzhou street view. Arcade buildings are concentrated in commercial streets such as Shifu Road, Shangxiajiu Road, Zhongshan Road, Jiefang Road, Renmin South Road and Yide Road. The arcades around Xihaokou are full of verve: Xinya Hotel, Nanfang Building and Aiqun Building are all outstanding in Guangzhou's early arcade buildings. After the 1960s, this form was rarely adopted in newly-built business districts in Guangzhou.

Arcade: refers to the corridor between buildings, which is built across the sidewalk and connected with each other along the road to form a free walk. This is a typical modern commercial building. Arcades are generally divided into three parts: top, main body and bottom.

What are the characteristics of arcade?

The arcade is a building along the street in town, with corridors upstairs and downstairs. Riding the porch downstairs, that is, the sidewalk, is called five bases. This name is related to the appellation of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and other places). Riding on the porch downstairs is not only a shade but also a rain-proof. It is not only a veranda in the living room (or storefront), but also a transitional space inside and outside. There are many such buildings in Zhangzhou city and county, especially Xiamen Road, Qingnian Road and Beijing Road, all of which are arcades along the street and have been well preserved so far.

The functions of arcades can be summarized as follows:

1. Protect against wind, rain and sun to create a cool environment;

2. The arcade originated from improving the living environment, and then became a place for business to make a living. It mainly focuses on business activities, showing the open consciousness and creative thinking of making foreign things serve China;

3. The uniqueness of the colonnade, the unity, continuity and integrity of the facade, the combination of Chinese and Western, and the diversity;

4. Breaking through the shackles of single-family houses, it has become a * * * space for customers, reflecting the modern consciousness of mutual respect. Walking under the arcade, I am comfortable, warm and close, with no dust on my feet, clean and tidy, showing good interpersonal relationships of concern and interaction;

It has a strong flavor of life and becomes a place for drinking tea, chatting, enjoying the cool, interacting with people, exchanging information and sleeping at night. It is also a space for children to do homework and jump rubber bands, which embodies the regional characteristics of Xiamen's commercial culture and social culture.