Space Utilization and Readjustment of Traditional Shop-house in Morden Life--A Case Study of Shop House in Peimen Old Street,Hsinchu

• Main Authors: Hou, Shun-Yao, 侯順耀
• Other Authors: Mi, Fu-Kuo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1998
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38159913672097653178

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 建築學系研究所 === 86 === This paper aims at exploring the uti lization and readjustment of space of traditional stores in fac e of the modern life. Traditional stores are common in rural Taiwan in earlier times, and many of them are still there being occupied and used. As they are usually traditional in style, this paper attempts to explore t he ways of utilization and readjustment of space in these stores t o meet the demands and habits of modern life. In the selection of targets, it has been focused on the buildings located in Pei men Street, Hsinchu, as it is one of the oldest streets in town and was t he CBD during the Manchurian occupation in the Ching Dynasty when many rural stores stood on both sides of street selling or transiting goods from Hong Kong; therefore people built many stores on both sides of the street. To date many old stores in various styles are still there being occupied and used, so they are selected as targets of the present resea rch on the utilization and readjustment of space in traditional stores. Since the space of traditional stores is unable to satisfy the modern needs, users may utilize the spa ce in different units in a manner different from the past. In this paper, the space of a traditional store will be classified in the following five units: kiosk, store,center court, housing and backyard. The uses and specific phenome na of these units are analyzed and recorded. Through onsi te inspection and record of buildings and interviews with users, a p reliminary understanding of space utilization of different units has been main tained, and we have then focused on the readjustment of space of these buildings to satisfy modern needs. As the utilization of space of tr aditional stores is unable to satisfy the modern demand for living qualit y, different degrees of readjustment of space is necessary as an improvement when these traditional stores are used. According to the onsite observation and afterward analyses, the present research has classifie d the readjustments of the targets into four categories: reconstruc tion, partial expansion, partial renovation, and deduction and additio n of the original structure to enable the use of modern home appliances and facilities. From the viewpoint of the modern use of traditional stores, different users may readjust the space in a different manner to satisfy individ ual needs and status, which subsequently will cause different impacts o n traditional stores, including the original form and style, as well as the structure and user. From the viewpoint of traditional stores, the significance of space readjustment means to satisfy the needs of modern users, whether desperate or not, so that the readjustment is achieved at the most possible choices and the least impacts; while other impro vements of less desperate needs will be postponed or replaced with simpler management.