Conversion, Simplification and Differentiation: Three Rural Housing Strategies in China Based on Self-built Housing and Construction Solidarity

Based on the development of Construction Solidarity in the Chinese mainland led by Hsieh Ying-chun, this paper focuses on the comparison between self-built rural housing and cooperative housing through case studies on three villages where the design team carried out this practice, in order to investigate the housing philosophy of the conversion of the prototype, the simplification of technology and the differentiation of occupation when an architect takes part in rural residential construction.