Introduction

The aim for this research is to analyse the vernacular architecture of two different cities, and how the climate and another factors influenced the design of the building. The sustainability of vernacular architecture can help us now to contribute the green strategies for contemporary architecture. This kind of architecture is important because it shows us the various, distinctive and often beautiful ways in which people, throughout the world and over time, have imagined, designed, used and maintained their built environments.

Harbin, China