TITLE:
A Study of Construction Techniques of Tibetan Villages in Saiergu Town
AUTHORS:
Jiayu Shang, Bin Zhao
KEYWORDS:
Architectural Construction Techniques, Tibetan Villages, Saiergu Tibetan Vil-lages, Construction Techniques of Tibetan Villages
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.7 No.1,
January
8,
2019
ABSTRACT: Traditional residential buildings of Tibetan nationality have been applauded by domestic and international architectural fields for their solid, majestic, dignified and nice features. Raw materials for construction of Tibetan buildings, such as stones, wood and mud, are all taken from nature. Construction method is original and simple hand measurement method. It is impressed by the people all around the world that a strong building that has not been moved for 100 years is built only with simple material and wall building method. At the era of rapid economic development, more and more traditional residential houses are being destroyed. Traditional construction techniques are gradually disappearing and assimilated by modern construction. In this paper, the author takes Tibetan Villages in Saiergu Town of Aba state in Sichuan province as main research object, and explores construction techniques of residential houses of the Tibetan villages. Then, the author analyzes and collects building skills from the perspective of architecture.