The Continuation of ‘Huo Tang’

Design of the Tujia Cultural Market

Project Type

Hust Ancient Architecture Practicum

Individual Academic Work, 2020- 2021 Second Semester

Date: Aug 2021

Location: Enshi, China

Instructor: Shaobo Hao

E-mail: haoshaobo@hust.edu.cn

Author: Chao Dong

Contribution: Work on all design, model and drawings

Statement:

The site is being developed for the tourism industry, but the lack of traditional culture and the lack of self-identity of the local people is causing the ethnic minority people in the area to suffer from the loss of their traditional culture. This project aims to explore the culture of fire space in the local traditional architecture and apply it to the design and layout of the buildings, in this way making the tourism development more compatible with the culture and traditional life of the time.

The formation of the settlement is closely related to the river, and the form of the settlement first follows the river and then gradually divides into street spaces within it, with significant changes to the local built form as a result of the demolition. The original architectural form of the area was the Hanging House but due to the deterioration of the buildings,some of them have been converted into reinforced concrete buildings.