The spatial structure and social dynamics of common living in residential historic districts are highly complex,representing an efficient neighborhood model and a significant challenge in historic district renewal.This paper explores spatial and social perspectives,focusing on the smallest residential unit as the node.It iden-tifies various connection paths for urban,communal,and private spaces using depth and path methods,and establishes a spatial network incorporating spatial gravity.Fur-thermore,it constructs an adjacency matrix,a weighted network representing social characteristics,based on relationship strengths among acquaintances,semi-acquaintances,and strangers.Through matrix operations,the paper integrates spatial and relational networks into a"relational-spatial"network,revealing the comprehen-sive structural characteristics and unitized features of residential historic districts.It further derives a method for identifying unit-based common living and validates its effectiveness across samples with different ownership statuses.Finally,the paper dis-cusses the scientific and practical implications of the"relational-spatial"network and unitization identification method in spatial cognition,urban regeneration planning,and policymaking.