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來源：筑夢思
| 更新時間：2018/5/19 13:49:00
Courtyard housing can be categorized as a building complex with structures on four sides and an open court in the middle.
Many forces have shaped the hierarchical arrangement of these houses (described later), including cultural convention, clansmanship, social status, and the art of placement (feng shui). After centuries of mixed influences by these forces, sets of rich symbolic icons have become associated with the form.
What Forces that Shape and Retain the Beijing Courtyard Houses? Chiu-Shui Chan，Ying Xiong
四合院是中國北方區域民宅最典型的類型之一。北京的四合院更是這座城市歷史和人民生活的見證。四合院由于其空間組織模式，天然形成了內外兩個界面，而這兩個界面的特質也會隨之影響到整座院子的最終的空間和功能表達。
