在湖北省境内现存大量的源于传统建造体系的民间居住建筑,不仅反映了湖北省内各地域、各民族的社会历史、传承文化、经济形态、宗教信仰和建筑风格,同时体现了先民顺应自然、改造自然、保护环境,融于环境的生态建筑理念。本文希望通过对湖北传统民居分布特点、生态特征、建造经验等方面的分析和思考从中寻找湖北传统民居的生态理念以及这些理念对于当今提倡的“绿色建筑”、“生态建筑”、“低碳建筑”在实际建筑设计中的启示,并将这些经验和理念运用于现代建筑实践中去。一、湖北传统民居的分布及特点:湖北省处于中国地势第二级阶梯向第三级阶梯过渡地带,地貌类型多样,山地、丘陵、岗地和平原兼备,气候条 The large number of existing residential buildings in Hubei province originating from the traditional construction system not only reflect the social, historical, cultural heritage, economic forms, religious beliefs and architectural styles of various ethnic groups in Hubei Province, but also reflect the ancestors' Nature, nature, environmental protection, ecological environment into the concept of architecture. This article hopes to find out the ecological concept of Hubei traditional houses through the analysis and thinking of the distribution characteristics, ecological characteristics, construction experience and other aspects of the traditional residential areas in Hubei Province, and these ideas for the current “green building ”, “eco-building ”Low Carbon Architecture " in the actual architectural design inspiration, and apply these experiences and concepts in modern architectural practice. First, the distribution and characteristics of Hubei traditional houses: Hubei Province is located in China's transitional ladder from the second stage to the third stage ladder, the diversity of landscape types, mountain, hills, hillock and plains, climatic