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portada Changing Chinese Cities. The Potentials of Field Urbanism
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2015
Language
English
Pages
204
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.5x18.7 cm
ISBN13
9789971698331

Changing Chinese Cities. The Potentials of Field Urbanism

Renee Y. Chow (Author) · NUS Press · Hardcover

Changing Chinese Cities. The Potentials of Field Urbanism - Renee Y. Chow

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Synopsis "Changing Chinese Cities. The Potentials of Field Urbanism"

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.

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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