| This paper attempts to analyze Menxi Nanjing traditional courtyard house space type and construction characteristics through "graphic " as the main way, and to analyze the traditional courtyard house type and related technical logic, seeking traditional courtyard houses in a relatively stable basic types under the conditions that the streets network pattern of Nanjing ancient city is basically stable and the existing traditional courtyard house is limited.Through physical identification, analysis of the traditional courtyard house type and modeling portrayal, induction and deduction obtain basic types of traditional courtyard house and common combinations. In general, the traditional courtyard house texture composition and the relationship between the streamline and the entrance change s leading to changing the traditional courtyard house in the distribution and composition of the ancient city. The objective factors such as the external environment, the boundary dividing and the texture trend form the corresponding restriction on traditional courtyard house scale, interface processing and entry position.The article is divided into three parts, introduction, body, conclusion.The first part of the Introduction means from the study the origin, purpose and procedures, the basic definition of the scope of this study, methods and concepts, and to developing the frame structure of the paper. The second part of the text is divided into four chapters, first briefly discusses the history of Menxi, mainly analyzes the characteristics of a traditional courtyard house on the location of streets in a relatively stable network. Secondly, from the abstract level to expand the traditional courtyard house five basic types; followed by analysis of the space types, construction characteristics of the two traditional aspects of Menxi traditional courtyard house to be discussed, four chapters complement each other, where the spatial characteristics of the type of part to pave the way for the construction, construction characteristics analysis support the space type analysis. The third part of the article to summarize the conclusion and summary; and try to explore ideas of research traditional houses of historic towns that save more traditional architecture. |