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Transgression and Progress in China: Wang Shu and the Literati Mindset
Author(s) -
Denison Edward,
Ren Guangyu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1672
Subject(s) - mediocrity principle , originality , mindset , china , mainstream , context (archaeology) , set (abstract data type) , sociology , aesthetics , history , art , philosophy , law , epistemology , political science , social science , computer science , archaeology , physics , astrobiology , programming language , qualitative research
The 2012 Pritzker Prize winner, Wang Shu, often builds in stone with a sensitivity to site and context – characteristics that are not often associated with the marginal or cutting edge. Architectural authors and researchers Edward Denison and Guangyu Ren explain how in China, where ‘mainstream mediocrity’ has become the norm, Wang Shu has set himself apart as an advocate for meaningful innovation and originality.