Conflict, fortification, and settlement patterns: A study of the vernacular villages in Guangdong, South China

2020 ◽  
pp. 096834451987114
Author(s):  
Jin Tao ◽  
Xiaolan Zhuo ◽  
Qiaohua Qin ◽  
Dawei Xiao ◽  
Shawei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Guangdong Province ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Social Mechanisms ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
Mechanisms Of Formation ◽  
Full Utilization

This study explores the defensive characteristics of vernacular fortified villages preserved within Guangdong province in South China. Based on field investigations that cover 1,592 townships, the planning layout, architectural design, and relevant special structures of various fortified villages were analysed and illustrated. In this way, the distribution patterns of the villages were exhibited, and their natural and social mechanisms of formation were thus revealed. Results show that the full utilization of the natural environment and organic integration with artificial defence facilities, as well as the adaption to the local culture, were the main concerns surrounding the construction of fortified villages.

Spatiotemporal computing of cold wave characteristic in recent 52 years: a case study in Guangdong Province, South China

2015 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 1257-1274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Si-yu Huang ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
Chong-yang Wang ◽  
Xia Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Guangdong Province ◽  
Cold Wave ◽  
Wave Characteristic

Hedyotis nanlingensis (Rubiaceae), a new species from South China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 206 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruijiang Wang ◽  
Shujun Deng ◽  
Xiangxu Huang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
South China ◽  
Guangdong Province ◽  
Monophyletic Lineage ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Hedyotis nanlingensis from Guangdong province, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to H. nankunshanensis but differs in the smaller and more slender habit, the sessile leaves, the usually two to three secondary veins on each side of the midvein, the inflorescences with monochasial branching and the shorter style in the long-styled flowers. DNA barcoding analysis demonstrates that all accessions from H. nanlingensis form a monophyletic lineage closely related to H. cantoniensis.

Urban-Rural Synergy Between Housing Spatial Patterns and Landscape

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-137
Author(s):  
Ana Nikezić ◽  
Jelena Ristić Trajković ◽  
Aleksandra Milovanović
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Ecology ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Future Perspective ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Housing Typology ◽  
The City ◽  
Morphological System

The morphogenesis of the urban territory and its contact with the non-urbanized, natural environment of the wider metropolitan area distinguish issues of the synergy between landscape and spatial patterns in order to achieve their balance, optimization, and harmony. This chapter highlights the conceptual framework of landscape ecology as linking to place-based design approach for studying the synergy of landscape and housing spatial patterns in order to improve their integration in future perspective. The territory of the city of Belgrade is recognized as a specific spatial-morphological system that is a consequence of the urban-rural synergy between socialist housing settlements and environmental processes. The chapter points at the environmental and functional values of nature with a particular focus on housing typology in the process of urban planning and architectural design.

Brains in bodies in the—social, built, and natural—environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-72
Author(s):  
Michael A. Arbib
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
Neural Circuitry ◽  
Action Perception ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Physical Environment ◽  
Physical Construction

Each brain enlivens a body in interaction with the social and physical environment. Peter Zumthor’s Therme at Vals exemplifies the interplay of interior with surroundings, and ways the actions of users fuse with their multimodal experience. The action–perception cycle includes both practical and contemplative actions. The author analyzes what Louis Sullivan meant by “form ever follows function,” but more often talks of aesthetics and utility. Not only are action, perception, and emotion intertwined, but so are remembering and imagination. Architectural design leads to the physical construction of buildings—but much of what our brains achieve can be seen as a form of mental construction. A first look at neuroscience offers schema theory as a bridge from cognitive processes to neural circuitry. Some architects fear that neuroscience will strip the architect of any creativity. In counterpoint, two-way reduction explores how neuroscience can “dissect” phenomenology by showing how first-person experiences arise from melding diverse subconscious processes. This raises the possibility that neuroscience can extend the effectiveness of architectural design by showing how different aspects of a building may affect human experience in ways that are not apparent to self-reflection.

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