Research on the Evolution Mechanism of Rural Houses and the Adaptation Strategy of"Building Industrialization"in Zhejiang Province
LOU Yinghao
CHEN Siyu
QIU Zhi
SHI Wangyi
Abstract：As one of China's most developed regions and the birthplace of Green Rural Revival Program,Zhejiang possesses a solid foundation for rural construction with relatively abundant farmhouse resources.Against the backdrop of national carbon strategy and building industrialization policies,it is urgent to explore implementation pathways and adaptive strategies for modernized construction technologies in Zhejiang's rural housing.This is crucial for addressing prevalent issues such as inefficient traditional construction modes,a disconnect between industrialized construction systems and rural characteristics,and ambiguous farmer needs.
This study focused on transforming and upgrading industrialized construction technology for self-built rural housing in Zhejiang.External evolutionary laws were analyzed through field surveys from the perspectives of housing-site relationship,form,and community.The evolution of housing-site interaction was traced from natural-organic to geometric-regular patterns and from dispersed to vertically concentrated layouts.Architectural form and style evolution were characterized by shifts from diverse coexistence to homogenization and from blind worship of Western styles to Sino-Western fusion.Community changes were examined from user and builder perspectives,summarizing the technology-institution-society synergistic mechanism.Furthermore,typical production-living space types and demand patterns in Zhejiang were reviewed by analyzing changes in rural households' production-living patterns.This identified three intrinsic demand types based on functional space demands:storage-dwelling mixed-type,production-below-dwelling-above type,and vertically-separated-dwelling type.
Based on these insights,the study analyzed the conflict between the standardized production of building industrialization and the differentiated needs of traditional construction modes.While the former emphasizes standardization,modularity,and systematic integration,the latter highlights locality and self-consistency within low-tech approaches.This analysis established an adaptive balancing mechanism for' building industrialization"in rural houses,integrating the external"technology-institution-society' factors with internal production-living patterns.Finally,a"prototype+adaptation"strategy for rural house' building construction"was proposed,comprising common prototype modules(developed from functional and structural prototypes)and differentiated adaptation modules(extracting farmer-specific adaptive element demands across external envelope,interior units,and auxiliary spaces).This framework was empirically validated through a rural housing design project for hollowed village revitalization in Jianqiao Village,Zhangzhen Town.Application barriers were critically examined from technological intervention modes,craftsmen's cognitive frameworks,and policy steering mechanisms,aiming to provide references and insights for the technological transformation of self-built rural housing.
The intervention of building industrialization in rural areas demonstrates positive applicability,both from the perspectives of green,low-carbon,and sustainable development and the differentiated,personalized construction needs of farmhouses.An adaptive pathway for"building industrialization"in farmhouses was proposed,moving beyond the traditional logic of mere technological substitution.The synergistic design of common prototype modules and differentiated adaptation modules provides a framework for rural low-carbon transition that can be promoted.In the future,samples should be further expanded for verification,and integration pathways between low-tech craftsmanship and industrialized construction technology shall be strengthened.Key attention should be paid to the policy incentive mechanisms to foster the deep integration of enhanced quality of rural living environment and sustainable development.
Keywords：self-built rural housesbuilding industrializationproduction and living spaceadaptation mechanism"prototype+adaptation"strategy
Publication Date：2025-07-30
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：11( 32-42 )