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Exporting Chinese Architecture: History, Issues and “One Belt One Road”

Editat de Charlie Qiuli Xue, Guanghui Ding
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 aug 2022
This book studies the unexplored history of China-aided architecture erected in the developing world since the 1950s. By 2019, over 1,000 buildings had been delivered to more than 160 countries, including parliament houses, convention centers, stadiums, gymnasiums, theaters, schools, hospitals, libraries, railways, and stations. These projects, which have played a significant role in promoting economic transformation, cultural engagement and social and environmental well-being, have largely been overlooked or misunderstood by the international community. Why did China donate so many foreign-aid buildings? How were these buildings built in the remote land of developing countries with intricate influences and limited resources? Have they helped modernize the recipient countries? The authors of this book use a wide range of representative projects built in different historic periods and geographical locations as case studies to address the above questions from various perspectives.
 This book fills an enormous gap in modern architecture in China and the world. It offers architectural students and scholars in various disciplines the necessary knowledge on "diplomatic architecture"; informs architects the appropriate methods of cross-border design and low-tech building; teaches government officials the best practice of donating and receiving foreign-aid buildings; and enhances public awareness of cultural diversity in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America. With abundant first-hand materials, historical pictures, and drawings, the book is a must-read for those who are interested in modern architecture and developmental aid in the world.
 China’s architecture abroad, notably in Africa and Asia, has been perceived with both fascination and anxiety. Based on a wealth of sources often difficult to access for scholars from outside China, this book links the history and present of China’s architectural mobilities in ways that will stimulate new debates in architectural history and urban studies.
 - Łukasz Stanek, Professor of Architectural History, The University of Manchester, UK
 

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789811927850
ISBN-10: 9811927855
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: XIII, 296 p. 161 illus., 136 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2022
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore

Cuprins

Exporting Chinese Architecture – A Historic Perspective.- New China and the New World: Three Clues to Understand China's Early Architectural Foreign Aid.- Aesthetics and Politics of China's Foreign Aid Buildings from the 1950s to 1970s.- Diplomacy of Architecture: Ghana, China and 60 Years of Spatial Engagement.- Traveling Ideas: Appropriation and Identity in the China-Sri Lanka Architectural Exchanges.  


Notă biografică

Dr. Charlie Xue has taught architecture at Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of Texas and City University of Hong Kong. An award-winning architect and writer, he has published 15 books, including Building a Revolution: Chinese Architecture since 1980 (HKU Press, 2006), Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015: From Colonial to Global (Springer, 2016), A History of Design Institutes in China: from Mao to Market (Routledge, 2018, with G.H. Ding) and Grand Theater Urbanism: Chinese cities in the 21st century (Springer, 2019). He has published more than 160 research papers in professional and international refereed journals. His book on Hong Kong was awarded by the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) in 2017. Xue's research interests are in modern architecture of the Greater China and high-density design strategies.
Dr. Guanghui Ding is Associate Professor in architecture at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture in China. He is the author of Constructing a Place of Critical Architecture in China: Intermediate Criticality in the Journal Time + Architecture (Routledge, 2016) and co-author of A History of Design Institutes in China: From Mao to Market (Routledge, 2018, with Charlie Xue). His articles on the history, theory and criticism of contemporary Chinese architecture have been published by Architecture and Culture, Architectural Research Quarterly, ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, DomusHabitat InternationalJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and several edited volumes.


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This book studies the unexplored history of China-aided architecture erected in the developing world since the 1950s. By 2019, over 1,000 buildings had been delivered to more than 160 countries, including parliament houses, convention centers, stadiums, gymnasiums, theaters, schools, hospitals, libraries, railways, and stations. These projects, which have played a significant role in promoting economic transformation, cultural engagement and social and environmental well-being, have largely been overlooked or misunderstood by the international community. Why did China donate so many foreign-aid buildings? How were these buildings built in the remote land of developing countries with intricate influences and limited resources? Have they helped modernize the recipient countries? The authors of this book use a wide range of representative projects built in different historic periods and geographical locations as case studies to address the above questions from various perspectives.
 This book fills an enormous gap in modern architecture in China and the world. It offers architectural students and scholars in various disciplines the necessary knowledge on "diplomatic architecture"; informs architects the appropriate methods of cross-border design and low-tech building; teaches government officials the best practice of donating and receiving foreign-aid buildings; and enhances public awareness of cultural diversity in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America. With abundant first-hand materials, historical pictures, and drawings, the book is a must-read for those who are interested in modern architecture and developmental aid in the world.
China’s architecture abroad, notably in Africa and Asia, has been perceived with both fascination and anxiety. Based on a wealth of sources often difficult to access for scholars from outside China, this book links the history and present of China’s architectural mobilities in ways that will stimulate new debates in architectural history and urban studies.
 - Łukasz Stanek, Professor of Architectural History, The University of Manchester, UK
 

Caracteristici

Hits the hot topic of “One Belt One Road”
Integrates international relation, diplomatic maneuver, social life with architectural design, and construction
Written by reputable editors and chapter contributors with international standing