Changing Chinese Cities: The Potentials of Field Urbanism - Rilegato

Chow, Renee Y.

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ISBN 10: 0824853830 ISBN 13: 9780824853839

Casa editrice: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2015

Riassunto

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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• Editore: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0824853830
• ISBN 13: 9780824853839
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 185