Design strategies for the street spaces of fishing village based on traditional architectural typology: the case of Limin Village in Ningbo of coastal China

Village street spaces are the core area of villagers’ life and production, which have the important functions of cultural inheritance and historical memories. Taking Ningbo Limin Village in East Zhejiang of coastal China as an example, this study analyses 60 streets and 80 node spaces screened by the methods of combining morphological typology, field survey, Public Space Public Life (PSPL) and quantitative qualitative. It identifies the morphological types including three plot forms, four node forms and three interface forms. The result shows that the spatial morphological typology of traditional villages has a universal internal logic and a unique adaptability to different regional cultural contexts. Compared to other countries, Asian traditional villages emphasize the balance between public and private, and the cultural continuity of the spatial texture is stronger. The study provides an exemplary and universal application for the conservation and regeneration of traditional villages in Asia, as well as a theoretical methodological framework and practical references for the sustainable development of traditional village street spaces around the world. Therefore, this research has an important contribution on the scientific cognition of the morphological characteristics and historical evolution of traditional village, and relevant research methods and practical exploration such as traditional continuation and the integration tradition to modernity about villages.