A Study on the Spatial Characteristics of Jiarong Tibetan Settlements Based on the Theory of Pattern Language

Abstract

This article selects three typical Jiarong Tibetan traditional settlements as the research objects, using the technical means of on-site surveying, mapping and drone photography to conduct field trips to the three settlements, and use this as a research basis to analyze the spatial layout characteristics of traditional Jiarong Tibetan villages in the region, and summarize their pattern language. The study found: 1)Although differences in geographic environment lead to slightly different types of pattern language in the same Tibetan village, but they are also similar to each other. 2)The Jiarong Tibetan traditional settlement has always adhered to the basic concept of "follow nature and adapt to local conditions" to develop in an orderly manner, conform to the terrain, and often present a spatial sequence of "religious space-connecting space-living space". 3)Jiarong Tibetan traditional settlements are characterized by a religious building as the core, and the surrounding buildings are distributed in a centripetal manner. 4)Jiarong Tibetan traditional settlements always follow the grammatical principles of locality and order in their development and expansion, the design and layout of spatial elements are mostly guided by traditional geomantic and religious views.5)The spatial layout schematic language system of Tibetan traditional settlements has a positive effect on the inheritance and protection of the same type of villages. The spatial universality of vocabulary, syntax and grammar is conducive to the effective protection and sustainable development of traditional Tibetan village landscapes.