The Urban Code of China

Dieter Hassenpflug (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2010
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
978-3-0346-0572-4 (ISBN)

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When reading the Chinese city, which this book sets out to do, it is not the well-known cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi'an that are in the focus of attention, but rather the essentially Chinese of the Chinese city, those characteristics or attributes that are more or less shared by all Chinese cities. The spotlight is on their spatial grammar, their syntax, in short: their code. Only by deciphering their common traits a view to the underlying structure of Chinese cities is opened, and we can begin to reasonably evaluate and classify the diversity of impressions. Deciphering the code of the Chinese city also enables the author to 'read' new Chinese towns designed by Western architects. Thus, readers are provided with valuable insight on China's booming urbanization and urban development.

Die Gestalt der chinesischen Stadt entschlüsseln Es gehtin diesem urbanistischen Fachbuchnicht primär um bekannte Städte wie Peking, Shanghai oder Shenzhen, sondern um jene Formen, Strukturen, Zeichen und Botschaften, die das Chinesische der chinesischen Stadt ausmachen. Erst die Dekodierung der Sinität der chinesischen Stadt eröffnet die Möglichkeit, die Vielfalt der empirischen Eindrücke richtig zu gewichten und sinnvoll einzuordnen. So liefert dieses Buch auch einen Schlüssel zum Verständnis der aktuellen Hyperurbanisierung und der Vielzahl westlicher Städtebauprojekte in China.

Prof. Dr. Dieter Hassenpflug, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Deutschland.

Prof. Dr. Dieter Hassenpflug, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany.

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 How to read a city? 2 Transformations of empty urban space Pajamas and clotheslines Open and public urban places Rocks and plants 3 Swinging lines and dancing dots 4 Closed urban space Closed neighborhoods Introverted neighborhood courtyards Roof and light sculptures Branding compound lifestyles Orient meets Occident -- hybrid urban quarters 5 Open urban space Linear centrality or the magic of the Golden Corridor Open neighborhood spaces Integrated perimeter block strips Neighborhood pedestrian streets Neighborhood and community centers The sutlers of urban growth Mediapolis Postmodern eclecticism in urban planning and design 6 Urban fictions Shanghai s new satellite cities A piece of good old Germany : Anting New Town European travesties of the Chinese city Taiwushi New Town (Thames Town) Luodian New Town (the Nordic city) Holland Village in Shenyang: an urban parody View from the Eiffel Tower towards Angkor Wat 7 The compact city Great street -- vertical block Shenzhen s urban villages The big city River jumping Hyper-growth 8 The Chinese city as a semiotic system Summary Annotations Bibliography Illustration credits

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.9.2010
Zusatzinfo	1 b/w and 101 col. ill., 3 b/w and 3 col. tbl.
Verlagsort	Basel/Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	455 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
Schlagworte	China • China, Kunst; Architektur • Hardcover, Softcover / Kunst/Architektur • Urban Code • Urbanism • Urbanität
ISBN-10	3-0346-0572-2 / 3034605722
ISBN-13	978-3-0346-0572-4 / 9783034605724
Zustand	Neuware