本文旨在於初步調查屏東內埔劉友才宅邸的建築情況,全文分背景資料、建築物類型及營造、空間組織等方面加以分析。最後的結論中,認爲劉宅係本省傳統之市屋類型在晚期過流與轉型的傑作。形式上,傳統與「番邊」的語彙並存,嚴謹的秩序裏又充滿了生活之變化所造成的力量,且尚未定型化。劉宅之後,番邊影響的表現日重,接着下去就是現代式樣的介入。就建築物類型而言,類似劉宅之市屋,可以說是日後泛濫於台灣各地,住商混合使用,連幢式之「透天厝」、「店舖住宅」-「販厝」典型-引人注意的前身。
The contents of the present study focused on an analysis of building type and construction in addition to a general understanding of the spatial organization and the building context of the house In the final conclusion, the House of Liu was established as a masterpiece of the townhouse building type produced in the last transforming phase of vernacular tradition of Taiwan Both traditional and western architectural vocabularies co-existed in its architectural form, within a strictly controlled architectural order, there emerged a vitality resulted from the many changes of daily life which had not yet been stereotyped Henceforth, the western influence continued to increase right up to the introduction of modern building type by the Japanese in the early twentieth century As far as the architectural building type is concerned, the House of Liu in the style of a townhouse represented a fascinating prototype of the typical shop-house in a continuous row which is flooding the streetscape of our cities today.