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Changing Chinese cities : the potentials of field urbanism / Renee Y. Chow.
Author
Chow, Renee Y., 1955-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
Description
xv, 185 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
HT147.C6 C48 2015
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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China
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History
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20th century
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Cities and towns
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China
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History
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20th century
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Architecture, Domestic
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China
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History
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20th century
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Courtyard houses
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China
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History
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20th century
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Summary note
Until the middle of the twentieth century, Chinese urban life revolved around courtyards. Whether for housing or retail, administration or religion, everyday activities took place in a field of pavilions and walls that shaped collective ways of living. Changing Chinese Cities explores the reciprocal relations between compounds and how they inform a distinct and legible urbanism. Following thirty years of economic and political containment, cities are now showcases whose every component street, park, or building is designed to express distinctiveness. This propensity for the singular is erasing the relational fields that once distinguished each city. In China's first tier cities, the result is a cacophony of events where the extraordinary is becoming a burden to the ordinary. Using a lens of urban fields, Renee Y. Chow describes life in neighborhoods of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and its canal environs. Detailed observations from courtyard to city are unlayered to reveal the relations that build extended environments. These attributes are then relayered to integrate the emergence of forms that are rooted to a place, providing a new paradigm for urban design and master planning. Essays, mappings and case studies demonstrate how the design of fields can be made as compelling as figures.
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First published by National University of Singapore Press.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-180) and index.
Contents
Behind the walls: Beijing
Reciprocity with water: Zhujiajiao
Deep in the field: Shanghai
The rush to develop
Super-sizing
Facing south
Being outside
From figures to fields
Connecting
Collaborating
Being inside
Designing fields.
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ISBN
9780824853839 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0824853830 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2014047932
OCLC
903361934
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