jailcd2015049: Research on Micro-Climate Improvement of Traditional Guanzhong Dwellings

Abstract

The traditional houses of many historic districts are facing problems such as lack of widespread traditional style protection, poor micro-climate conditions, and low living comfort levels and so on. Therefore how to properly combine protecting the historic district’s traditional style and improving the micro-climate in the process of urban renewal and reconstruction becomes a serious problem to be solved for the development of our city. This paper takes an example of Xi’an Sanxuejie Historic District, and studies the proper measures to integrate traditional style’s protection and improvement of micro-climate. The author explores the historic district roundly, and provides suitable micro-climate improving methods for the traditional courtyard. The purpose is to offer new methods to achieve sustainable development of historic districts.