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Continuity and Change: Challenging the Disposable Chinese City
Author(s) -
Chow Renee Y
Publication year - 2017
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.2224
Subject(s) - boom , china , redress , legibility , reuse , architectural style , studio , demolition , architectural engineering , engineering , law , history , sociology , civil engineering , political science , visual arts , archaeology , art , architecture , telecommunications , environmental engineering , waste management
The newly outward‐looking economic stance that China adopted in the 1980s was reflected by a Western‐style building boom. As widely spaced towers replaced traditional courtyard‐based environments, urban legibility was lost – and the new buildings were not designed to last. In recent years there has been a backlash: adaptive reuse is now encouraged, as are loose‐fit approaches to new design for greater durability. California‐based architect Renee Y Chow traces these shifts, and highlights projects that have sought to redress the balance – including one by her own practice, Studio URBIS.
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