Study on spatial distribution and network connectivity characteristics of buildings in Qingyan Ancient Town in Guiyang

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The results show that the architectural spaces of the six districts of Qingyan Ancient Town have good self-similarity and complexity, the architectural space forms of the six districts are mainly influenced by the natural geomorphology, all of them are agglomerated and distributed, and their architectural space layout form structure and function are consistent. Besides, the functional variability of the building space will have an impact on the connectivity characteristics of the building network, the greater the density of the building space network, the greater the network degree centrality potential, the more uneven the distribution of nodes, the more obvious the centripetal tendency, the better the network connectivity. The architectural network of Qingyan Ancient Town is characterised by low vulnerability, good stability and strong connectivity, reflecting the wisdom of the architectural layout within Qingyan Ancient Town, which is based on the military connectivity function of efficient and close cooperation of the inhabitants, taking into account the economic trade and cultural life, thus forming a complete military Tunpu small society. Second, the functional difference of subjectivity leads to the connectivity of architectural spatial network with hierarchical and graded characteristics, and the natural factors, human factors and social system factors of traditional villages, ancient towns and ancient settlement sites in southwest China affect the connectivity of architectural spatial network, the connectivity of the architectural spatial network of traditional settlements signifies the intrinsic laws of nature and society, and connectivity can characterise the laws of the natural and social environment in which traditional settlements were created. Finally, this study can provide a scientific reference for the conservation planning, design and construction management of military Tunpu ancient towns. Architectural network Architectural spatial distribution Military Tunpu Connectivity Qingyan Ancient Town Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 18 Nov, 2024 Read the published version in npj Heritage Science → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 07 Feb, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 18 Jan, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 18 Jan, 2024 First submitted to journal 17 Jan, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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