Architecture Discourses and Thermal Environment of Initial Urban Residence in Northeast China: A Case Study of the 156 Projects Residences

Rui Han and Daping Liu
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Rui Han: School of Architecture; Key Laboratory of Cold Region Urban and Rural Human Settlement Environment Science and Technology of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, Heilongjiang, China
Daping Liu: School of Architecture; Key Laboratory of Cold Region Urban and Rural Human Settlement Environment Science and Technology of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, Heilongjiang, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-20

Abstract: The objective of this study was to understand the development of Chinese contemporary architectural discourses and analyze the comfort of the 156 projects residences to help improve the sustainable planning and design of today’s urban residential buildings. With a literature review, we described the formation and evolution process of the Soviet Union socialist realism architectural discourses that initially and deeply influenced urban residence in Northeast China and revealed the input channel and localization process of Chinese socialist realism in residential projects. Through field measurement and investigation into the building design and construction from four aspects—building group planning, unit schema standardization design, facade aesthetics, and structural design—we comparatively analyzed results that indicated the design and construction in that era. The thermal environment was also simulated using analytical software to comprehensively evaluate heat loss and heat accumulation in the cases. Finally, three passive design strategies were discussed to improve the sustainability of residence in Northeast China.

Keywords: urban residence; 156 projects; architectural discourses; socialist realism; thermal environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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