Individual in life cycle - What do the phases mean? -What marks the transitions? House and village: individual and family in architectural expression -House as text -Location -Design and construction -Living in the house

Culture as Over-determined

The interface of architecture and kinship Tang ( ) – the main chamber in the centre rear of the house, hence Tang- brother ( ), which means…. Fang ( ) – the side chambers, hence To go across to the other Fang ( ), which means…. Shi ( ) – bed-chamber; hence main shi; successor shi; side shi ( )), which mean….

Houses are the direct and unself- conscious translation into physical form of a culture, its needs and values – as well as the desires, dreams and passions of a people Amos Rappaport A house is a cultural template, living in it inculcates fundamental knowledge and skills specific to that culture. It is a learning device, a mechanism that converts ritual, political and cosmological relationships into spatial terms experienced daily and assimilated as natural Francesca Bray

The Chinese house as text -Location -Design and construction -Living in the house

Basic Layout of Jinhua house

The Inner Chambers (Neifang)

Men farm; women weave