A STUDY ON DESIGNING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOPOGRAPHIC STRATEGY AND SPACE OF CONGREGATE HOUSING IN SLOPING FIELDS

Abstract

The article studies the relationship between a topographic strategy and space design of congregate housing in sloping fields based on the analysis of original site and the residential space. Through a diachronic study, the topographic strategy of congregate housing in sloping fields can be classified as several types, and this classification can be proved by a plenty of cases, while the author’s aim is to explore the relationship between the tactic of site and the organization of space which reveal the topographic and social forces behind it, rather than study one-way object. After a digital analysis of a plenty of typical cases around the world, the author has revealed three key factors of a sloping site which have great influence on congregate housing organization and how it can be utilized in urban planning. The objectivity factors are a slope, section form and orientation, which have decisive impact on space organization and the structure of congregate housing in the city. This paper reveals the typological relationship of one of those element ‘slope’ in details. It intends to inspire future architectural practice in sloping fields, and also to make a supplement to the current study of urban residential area planning.