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Study on ecological adaptability construction characteristics of residential buildings in Kangba area, Tibet, China

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Located in the southwest of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tibet is characterized by high cold, high radiation, and large differences in temperature between day and night. Tibetan residential buildings are famous for adapting to the harsh ecological environment and maintaining durability. Based on the residential buildings in Tibet, this paper extracts the technical process and color decoration culture in the construction process in order to adapt to the harsh natural environment. This paper first analyzed the four ecological construction modes of Tibetan residential buildings, analyzed the interior layout characteristics and cultural customs connotation, and introduced the architectural decoration characteristics and decorative color painting. The results show that the ramming type of adobe mainly includes the selection of building foundation, wall laying, floor and roof construction and so on, and its insulation effect is better. The rubble masonry type mainly adopts irregular gneiss, supplemented by clay, which has strong compressive capacity. Logs dry type using log masonry, heat preservation. and shock resistance is better. Concrete-infilled wall frame is composed of horizontal and vertical load-bearing system, which has stronger seismic performance. Tibetan residential buildings generally have two or three floors. The first floor is the enclosure and sundry room, the second floor is the rest place, and the third floor is the Sutra hall and sun terrace. The overall outdoor color of Kangba Tibetan buildings is mainly red and black, while the indoor color is mainly blue and red, with wood carvings and furniture. The layout of Tibetan villages can be divided into centripetal layout and scattered layout. Tibetan residential buildings provide a new sustainable development direction for the current global urbanization process at the expense of the ecological environment. It can alleviate the crisis of global resource shortage, climate warming, and biodiversity degradation.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71603142) and Shandong Province Social Science Planning Research Project (19CXSXJ05).

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  1. College of Enviromental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China

    Yufeng Wang & Hongjun Cao

  2. College of Management, Research Center for Management Innovation and Environmental Strategy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China

    Hongjun Cao

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Yufeng Wang: Conceptualization, methodology, software, investigation, writing original draft, validation, formal analysis, and visualization

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Wang, Y., Cao, H. Study on ecological adaptability construction characteristics of residential buildings in Kangba area, Tibet, China. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 573–583 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15670-z

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