The Urban Code of China

Dieter Hassenpflug

Published by Birkhäuser 2010

The Urban Code of China

Dieter Hassenpflug

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034612067

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Cracking the code of the Chinese city

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.

A vital contribution to the understanding of the Chinese city
Also analyzes newly founded cities in China
The result of an accredited research project combined with the author’s seven-month visit to China

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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iv
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
1. How to Read a city? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Transformations of Empty urban Space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Swinging lines and dancing dots Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. Closed Urban Space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
5. OPEN URBAN SPACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
6. Urban Fictions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
7. The compact city Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
8. The Chinese City as a semiotic System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Imprint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176

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Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Pages
- Main content: 176
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 101
- Tables: 3
- Coloured Tables: 3
Keywords: China; Urban Code; Urbanism

eBook

Published: December 13, 2012
ISBN: 9783034612067

Hardcover

Published: September 23, 2010
ISBN: 9783034605724