CAVE DWELLING ANALYSIS

Settlement

Rudolfsky's reference of "the underground towns and villages in the Chinese loess belt" is what we call the Underground cave dwelling in China. The Cave dwelling contains the cave dwelling and the settlement of this kind of mode.
A settlement is a place where people establish a community. In western cultures, it contains to two concepts： the city and the village.

This project on the renovation of the cave dwellings focuses on the settlement of fully underground cave dwellings, which is not merely about the architecture itself, but the related environmental, social and cultural context.

Settlement Patterns

Harmony with nature

 

Typical Plans

Spatial arrangement

Spatial progression

Cave dwelling spatial progression diagram

Cave dwelling spatial progression analysis

Communication

Kiln face

There is only one side of the cave dwelling in exposure: the face. It is one of the most important decoration parts in underground dwellings. The owner would do everything they can to decorate the arch, window and door on the "face". All generations of craftsman devote to this only facade.