ABSTRACT: The historical value and cultural value of traditional villages are the most precious treasures in our country. However, under the background of modernization and urbanization, traditional villages are gradually losing their historical and cultural characteristics and being eroded by cities and small towns. How to improve the living environment of traditional villages to make them suitable for modern life and retain the historical context and local genes of traditional villages has become a difficult problem in the development of traditional villages. Based on the concept of sustainable design, this paper discusses how to protect and improve the ecological environment, living space and native culture of traditional villages from the perspective of ‘Production-living-ecological’. Different from the traditional sustainable design, this paper presents a sustainable design method of up-down linkage, encouraging people and decision-makers designing together to create energy-saving, efficient and historically sustainable village space. Taking Zhoutie village as an example, this paper analyzes the overall pattern, spatial form, history and culture of the village by means of GIS, spatial syntax and field investigation, and puts forward practical sustainable development strategies, which are verified by Ecotect and other software. It is hoped that this study can inspire the sustainable design of traditional villages.

KEYWORDS: ‘Production-living-ecological’ Perspective, Sustainable Design, Traditional Villages, Up-down Linkage.