The Research of Folk House Development in Lhasa Area

Lhasa region's special natural environment makes a unique form of regional folk house. Because of the external culture influence, the form of traditional folk house is continuous improvement. The traditional independence Tibetan folk house is reducing in the Lhasa city. In this situation, the author and his research team had surveyed and tested different types folk houses in the Lhasa city and surrounding areas. Through comparing the spatial characteristics among the traditional Tibetan folk house, contemporary Tibetan folk house and contemporary unit resident building, and this paper analysis the problems faced by each folk house in the development process and extracts the successful experiences from them. That can be used to guide future local residential architectural design.