Preliminary Research on Design Method of Sustainable & Open Residence
The residential building is a critical factor to reflect the relations between human and natural environment, and it is required that the residential design is more flexible, healthier and more environmentally friendly and is capable of fully responding to the demands and changes in family life and harmonizing with the environment, as the time goes on and progresses, the concept of “Sustainable & Open Residence” (SOR) has been promoted and applied by many countries, also attracted considerable attentions in the process of the China's Housing Industrialization. The paper discusses how to achieve such the “Sustainability” and “Open” in residential design based on the author’s understanding on SOR under the current conditions in China, a architect should take the initiative to adopt a number of architectural design method to achieve the sustainability and open in residential building design.