Rural Construction Design | Reference Intent Diagram for Rural Residential Building Design

Due to the development of contemporary urbanization, Chinese rural houses are facing complex and repetitive style problems. Moreover, under the current sluggish market conditions of residential real estate, people are increasingly pursuing to return to the countryside to build their own villas, which is not only to obtain a comfortable living environment, but also the best response to their hard work outside. The modern rural house design is not only an exploration of architecture, but also a return to a way of life. Architectural design needs to explore how to integrate the natural environment and humanistic needs into the design? How to interpret the simplicity and poetry of the countryside with architectural language? This article will take you into the case of Chinese rural house design to see how contemporary architects rewrite pastoral poems in modern language.
 

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 Site Design: Let the house grow in the land

A good rural house is never an abrupt "intruder", but a "symbiont" of the site. In the early stage of design, architects can skillfully use the terrain for design.

•  Respect for Terrain and Ecology: Site selection should prioritize the natural environment, and the design should fit the environment and village texture. Through reasonable vertical design, avoid destroying the original landform and design houses according to local conditions.

•  Functional Zoning Design: The design should consider the needs of the householder, be reasonable, conform to the local traditional design scheme, clearly divide the functional areas, and avoid chaotic zoning.

• Village Culture Integration: The site design should consider the village culture, reasonably arrange the surrounding building edges, release public space, and stimulate the vitality in front of the door.

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 Architectural Modeling: Novelty Growing in Tradition

The architectural style of modern Chinese rural houses needs to find a balance between regional culture and modern needs to solve aesthetic problems.
 

• Cultural and Regional Characteristics: The appearance of the house can be integrated into local elements: sloping roofs, blue brick walls, flower window decorations, local style, etc., to respect local cultural characteristics. Interior design emphasizes natural lighting and simple lines, in line with modern design.

• Formal Beauty Law: The architectural modeling can consider formal beauty, use symmetry and balance, highlight the main body, contrast design, etc., and can also increase the layering of the building through volume cutting (such as chamfering, staggered floors), and combine light and shadow changes to enhance the spatial interest.

• Spatial Composition Design: The shape design should not only consider the space but also combine the external beauty, and create a sense of volume and modernity through different space designs.

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 Structural Materials: Natural Temperature That Can Be Touched

The materials of rural buildings should be selected according to the material, which can be touched and seen, and has both modernity and rural "flavor".
 

• Application of Local Materials: Local wood, stone, and bricks can be selected, combined with modern technology, such as bamboo scrimber and recycled concrete, to improve the durability and functionality of the materials.
 

•Application of Energy-Saving Technology: Solar water heaters, passive building technologies, etc. can be used to reduce building energy consumption, provide a comfortable residential experience, and reduce dependence on natural resources.

• Structural Safety: The safety of the structure must be considered during construction, with safety as the main priority, and as far as possible to meet the design space requirements.

Rural houses are not only the accumulation of space, but also a deep reflection on nature, culture and lifestyle, and even more so the spiritual home of the Chinese people. Every detail of the construction is telling the beautiful vision of "poetic dwelling"!