What are the characteristics of Lanzhou's residential houses

The modern residential houses in Lanzhou are a splendid and colorful flower in the hundred gardens of China's architecture, and are part of China's architectural heritage. They have similarities with other local residences, but also have their unique development and creation, with the characteristics and styles of Lanzhou area. The formation of these styles is inextricably linked to the geographic location, meteorological conditions, history, ethnic religion, customs and habits of Lanzhou.

However, as the cornerstone of urban development, buildings with a hundred years of history, no matter how much splendor you have, no matter how much cultural deposits you carry, history is always development. Today's large-scale construction activity signals a new urban development trajectory, an unstoppable footprint of urbanization. As the 70-year-old Wu Mingyi said: "the old (house) demolition of good ah, now young people are in pursuit of living on the building, we also hope to live in a new house in his lifetime, like children in the New Year to wear new clothes, resignation of the old to welcome the new!" Yes, in addition to retain some of the memorable, and those can prove that the development of the city's "symbols", what can stop the development of the city?

"Eight Office" into the city of modern residential "out of print"

In the Chengguan District, Gannan Road, there is still a complete preservation of the "courtyard", that is now "Lanzhou Eight Office", the "Lanzhou Eight Office" is now the "Lanzhou Eight Office", that is the "Lanzhou Eight Office". is now "Lanzhou Eighth Route Army Office Memorial Hall" --- the original Mutual Aid Lane No. 2 House. Mutual Aid Lane was called Nantan Street at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and was named Mutual Aid Lane by the government in 1954. Because of the "eight office" and retained this compound is a typical Lanzhou flavor of the residence. April 7, the reporter went into the Lanzhou city only "out of print" residential, the first collar of the courtyard style. This is a three quadrangle, four sides of the houses are built with brick and gray tile construction, but it can be seen is to "repair the old as the old" ideas for repair, the backyard has a two-story structure of the wooden building. It is understood that the wooden building is the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the ancient architecture, is moved from Jinchengguan.

The reporter noted that the yard is one of the biggest features of the brick carving, the courtyard housing buildings are wooden checkerboard core antique windows in the three yards, green brick ridge, with a typical Lanzhou residential style.

"In fact, the biggest feature of Lanzhou residential is the courtyard with building." Professor He Ru Park, senior architect and secretary-general of the Provincial Construction Science and Technology Expert Committee, introduced the development of Lanzhou's modern residential houses to the reporter. He said that the roofs of Lanzhou residences are mostly single-slope roofs, with three kinds of tile roofs, brick roofs and earth roofs. The emergence of the ring-floor type courtyard is also a modern affair. Because of the adoption of the building, the area of use is increased and the land use is relatively reduced, which is also in line with the characteristics of the topography of Lanzhou. Prof. He said, unfortunately, before 1990, representative of Lanzhou residential buildings have been replaced by high-rise buildings, several typical can be used as historical relics of the "courtyard" did not leave a trace. Now can only become a little regret in the social progress.

Five elements of the development of Lanzhou residence

He Ru Park is Lanzhou modern residential research experts, talking about the history of the courtyard in Lanzhou, he did not have too much blame for the disappearance of the courtyard. He said to the reporter, the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the civil war, with the development of society, the vegetation was destroyed step by step, the forest area has been sharply reduced, coupled with the migration of the population, the introduction of new things, people began to draw on the architectural concepts from the West, to the courtyard, "building", the use of large glass, coupled with the recent development of commerce, the large family residence The custom of living in a large family was also broken by the young people's "small space" days, the courtyard has since begun to decline, which is a kind of inevitable result after she has completed her mission. Now, the emergence and massive use of new building materials, construction technology, architectural trends, the reduction of forest area and the protection of forest vegetation, so that people's concept of living has a fundamental change.

Why are the modern houses in Lanzhou dominated by courtyard houses? Professor He Ru Park said, the courtyard is closed around the inward-looking building, cold insulation, improve the yard climate is very conducive to this is the human building from the cave, kiln development of civilization products. Lanzhou courtyard one of the biggest characteristics of the two-storey type, the selection of land, which is in Gannan, Linxia and other places on the basis of ethnic minority housing absorbed the characteristics, so it is the embodiment of multi-ethnic characteristics. The courtyard has two, three into the upper room, compartment, ear room, accompanied by room, hall, wall, doorway, generally for the brick adobe structure, winter heating is mostly hot kang.

How many residential images remain in the city streets and alleys

"The original flavor of the ancient homes are now one are gone. Left behind are only fleeting memories and rising skyscrapers. This is the inevitable development of history and there are also mistakes in our city management." Qi Jianjun, an old Lanzhou resident living on Jingning Road, told reporters this. Located in the Qingyang Road Peng Ze ancient residence is a typical courtyard, is the Ming Prince Shaobao, the Ministry of War Secretary Peng Ze with Lanzhou South Mountain forests built, known as "Ben Shan Lin". During the war for Deng Baoshan apartments, but now can not find a little sign. Yan Shou Lane Houfu House has now become a kindergarten. Lanzhou more than 60 years old people still have a clear memory of most of the Ma Hongkui Garden, Lu Dachang Garden, water Zi Gongguan, Yang Si Gongguan and other representative of Lanzhou residential buildings, have now disappeared in the "concrete forest".

Of course, in addition to people's memories of the most representative courtyard, there are many old "houses" continue to play a role. Such as the 5,000 to 6,000-year-old Beishan kiln, is the use of thick soil, low water table, soil wall of the favorable conditions for the construction of ordinary homes; Nanshan, Yongdeng area of the Zhuangxue; Gaolan raw soil residential buildings and so on.