Project 5_Courtyard Interface
来源：筑梦思
| 更新时间：2018/5/19 13:49:00
Courtyard housing can be categorized as a building complex with structures on four sides and an open court in the middle.
Many forces have shaped the hierarchical arrangement of these houses (described later), including cultural convention, clansmanship, social status, and the art of placement (feng shui). After centuries of mixed influences by these forces, sets of rich symbolic icons have become associated with the form.
What Forces that Shape and Retain the Beijing Courtyard Houses? Chiu-Shui Chan，Ying Xiong
四合院是中国北方区域民宅最典型的类型之一。北京的四合院更是这座城市历史和人民生活的见证。四合院由于其空间组织模式，天然形成了内外两个界面，而这两个界面的特质也会随之影响到整座院子的最终的空间和功能表达。
