Screen LibraryChina homegrown : Chinese experimental architecture reborn /
Today, architecture in China is at a watershed. Over the last decade, rapid urbanization and the burgeoning economy turned the country into a playground for the world's signature architects, making it possible to realize extravagant forms and structures at a vast scale. The Chinese government h...
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John Wiley & Sons,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Profile (Chichester, England) ; 256. Architectural design (London, England : 1971) ; volume 88, number 06. |
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| Summary: |
Today, architecture in China is at a watershed. Over the last decade, rapid urbanization and the burgeoning economy turned the country into a playground for the world's signature architects, making it possible to realize extravagant forms and structures at a vast scale. The Chinese government has now drawn a line under this phenomenon by issuing a directive calling an end to the 'oversized, xenocentric, weird' buildings devoid of character or cultural heritage that have sprung up across the country, requiring that urban architecture be 'suitable, economic, green and pleasing to the eye'. This government directive comes at a time when homegrown architecture has become increasingly self-assured and reflective in its approach. A new generation of architects in China in their 30s and 40s are emerging, and in a wholly contemporary way they are exploring local responses to often bewildering urban and rural conditions and serious social and environmental challenges. This is often expressed through a revival of interest in traditional street patterns, courtyards and gardens. At the same time, architects are also recognizing the opportunities to harness the potential of China's established manufacturing base to develop prefabricated building systems. Innovative practices are employing new modes of working, such as research-based studio teaching and exhibitions, field workshops, cross-disciplinary collaboration, laboratory-based practice, design think-tanks and collective projects |
| Item Description: | "November/December 2018." |
| Carrier Form: | 144 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781119375951 1119375959 |
| Index Number: | NA1 |
| CLC: | TU-862 |
| Call Number: | TU-862/C539 |
| Contents: |
Responsive experimentalism / Integrating geometry within a poetic setting: steering a path between the artificial and the natural / Arcadia: a contemporary Chinese garden experiment / Lost and found: reinventing multi-screen adaptable architecture / Constructed critically: prefabricated systems with soul / Plugin society: bridging the gap between to-down and bottom-up approaches to urban development / Everyday change and the unrecognisable system / Informal density: animating historical neighbourhoods / A new protocol for space production: generating socially cohesive urban architecture / Three main drivers of sustainable design: a new architectural vernacular for China / Basic green building design: reconnecting sustainability to the vernacular / Responsive structure: architecture as a thing-scape / From theory to Praxis: digital tools and the new architectural authorship / Lighting-led architecture: a collaborative approach / Architecture as synthetic agency: narrative-augmented design in practice / Imaging the immediate present: responsive approaches to the investigation of things / Turning East: design research in China in a global context / Alternative modernity, rural rediscovery and what next: the ongoing debate on the modern in China / |