From Home to Inn: The Evolution of Rural Dwellings in the Taihang Area of Northern Henan

Wei Duan (), Xinyu Yang, Ting Zhang and Haoxian Cai
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Wei Duan: Division of Architecture Design, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Xinyu Yang: Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Ting Zhang: Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Haoxian Cai: Department of Architecture, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-22

Abstract: With the rapid development of China’s economy, rural tourism is developing in full swing throughout the country, attracting significant capital inflow with its unique historical features and natural landscapes. In recent years, vernacular architectures are experiencing a spontaneous transformation. The evolution of vernacular architecture presents a development trend of “self-organization”. In order to study the evolution of vernacular architecture in the context of tourism development, the authors consider tourism villages in the southern Taihang area. Samples of rural vernacular architecture were selected, analysing spatial typologies and the theory of self-organization in the development process. Finally, the article finds that the evolving development mechanisms are considered as vernacular architecture of the region shifts from disorder to order.

Keywords: vernacular architecture; self-organization; evolution mechanism; South Taihang area; rural tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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