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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Development protection of ethnic villages

the mountains in spring, the melodic strains of folk music bearing structures. Due to the mechanical structure, the walls
echoing through the valley in summer, the tantalizing taste are typically thick, ranging from 0.8 m to 1.2 m, providing
of autumn harvest feasts, and the heartwarming ambiance of excellent thermal insulation and defense capabilities. The
winter singing and dancing around bonfires. walls exhibit a trapezoidal façade outline, with approximately
3% to 5% bottom-up contraction depending on the height of
5.1.3. Improving infrastructure via multiple sharing the wall and the size of the slope of the hill (Song, 2011). The
The coordinated allocation of public service facilities in natural color of the wall stone is often intuitively displayed or
villages and towns is an important measure to promote coated with white paint, with pattern decorations commonly
the overall planning of urban and rural areas, as well as an featuring Tibetan Buddhism elements, such as conch shells
in-depth expansion of the connotation of equality. We chose (Zhang et al., 2014). A prominent feature of façade decoration
key areas as examples to create key projects (Figure 21 and is the incorporation of the dark red Bianma wall, which
Table 2). Our approach involves two main aspects: improving evolved from the roof structure. This wall contrasts with the
public infrastructure such as rural road traffic, water supply color of the main wall, forming a visually striking effect and
and drainage, power and telecommunications, and disaster
prevention, and optimizing tourist service facilities such as Table 2. The detailed list of land use adjustments for key
accommodation, catering, leisure amenities, and tour sign projects
systems. Our aim is to realize the expectations of villagers
for a better quality of life, implement convenience in daily Present Situation Adjustment
life and tourism activities, and promote the coordination and 1. Standardized Change the 0.76-ha original orchard to a
sustainable development of various elements of village life. breeding center standardized breeding center
2. Logistics base Change the 1.29-ha original
5.2. Traditional residence regeneration strategy orchard to a logistics base

5.2.1. Façade renovation 3. Homestead Change the 0.83 ha original orchard to homestead
4. Parking Change the 0.08 ha original grassland
The Jiarong Tibetan area adopts the architectural technique and 0.16 ha. orchard to parking
known as “stone as room,” which involves constructing 5. Homestay Change the 0.08-ha original orchard
buildings using stone and wood structures, resulting in a and 0.08 ha. farmland to homestay
rectangular and compact layout (Zhang & Wang, 2008). 6. Parking Change the 0.04-ha original orchard to parking
Based on the different load-bearing structures, this technique 7. Homestead Change the 4.09-ha original orchard to a homestead
can be divided into two types: blockhouses with pure wall
load-bearing structures and wall-column mixed loading- 8. Hotel Change the 0.76-ha original orchard to a hotel
Total 7.85 ha

Figure 21. Detailed land use adjustments for key projects. Adjustments of
the current land to: (1) Standardized breeding center. (2) Logistics base.
(3) Homestead. (4) Parking. (5) Homestay. (6) Parking. (7) Homestead.
Figure 20. Traffic planning map. Source: Drawing by the authors (8) Hotel. Source: Drawing by the authors

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