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Beijing Urban Design Studio

Graduate · Historical course

Summer 2008

Topics

  • Tour Shanghai: Jin Mao tower and Pudong waterfront; Yuyuan garden and market; Xintiendi project; evening on Bund waterfront
  • Travel to Suzhou; visit Suzhou gardens
  • Shanghai planning institute; French Concession historic district
  • Begin studio, visit site
  • Work
  • Site clues presentation
  • Tour in Beijing: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven
  • Leave for Shanxi province
  • Visit Wutai; Jinci temple; travel to Pingyao walled city
  • Visit Pingyao; return to Beijing in evening
  • Visit Great Wall

Readings

  • Clayre, Alasdair. “Remembering.” In Heart of the Dragon . Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1985, pp. 1-32. ISBN: 9780395353363.
    Listed reading
  • Wright, A. F. “The Ancient Chinese City as a Cosmo-Magical Symbol.” In The City in Late Imperial China . Edited by G. W. Skinner. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1977, pp. 411-451. ISBN: 9780804708920.
    Listed reading
  • Tang, Wenfang, and William Parish. “The Urban Social World.” Chapter 2 in Chinese Urban Life Under Reform: The Changing Social Contract . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 17-48. ISBN: 9780521770859.
    Listed reading
  • Liangyong, Wu. “A Brief History of Ancient Chinese City Planning.” Kasseler Schriften Zur Geographie und Planung 38 (1986): 3-12, 50-86, and 92-130.
    Listed reading
  • Golany, Gideon. “Distinct Chinese Philosophy of the Environment.” Chapter 2 in Urban Design Ethics in Ancient China . Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, pp. 43-81. ISBN: 9780773474093.
    Listed reading
  • ———. “Chinese Urban Design Evolution.” Chapter 3 in Urban Design Ethics in Ancient China . Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, pp. 81-109. ISBN: 9780773474093.
    Listed reading
  • Liu, Ying, and Adenrele Awotona. “Chinese Vernacular Dwellings: A Popular Approach to Housing Supply.” In Housing Provision and Bottom-Up Approaches: Family Case Studies from Africa, Asia and South America . Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 1998. ISBN: 9781840143034.
    Listed reading
  • Tsu, Frances Ya-sing. Landscape Design in Chinese Gardens . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1987, pp. 3-11 and 151-191. ISBN: 9780070653399.
    Listed reading
  • Rowe, Peter G. “Housing Density, Type, and Urban Life in Contemporary China.” Harvard Design Magazine 8 (Summer 1999): 40-45.
    Listed reading
  • Wang, Yaping, and Alan Murie. “The Process of Commercialization of Urban Housing in China.” Urban Studies 33, no. 6 (1996): 971-989.
    Listed reading
  • Lubow, Arthur. “The China Syndrome.” New York Times Magazine , May 21, 2006.
    Listed reading
  • Olds, Kris. “Globalizing Shanghai: the Global Intelligence Corps and the Building of Pudong.” Cities 12, no. 3 (1995): 109-123.
    Listed reading
  • Gamble, Jos. “Introduction.” In Shanghai in Transition: Changing Perspectives and Social Contours of a Chinese Metropolis . New York, NY: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003, pp. 1-13. ISBN: 9780700715718.
    Listed reading
  • ———. “The Walls Within: Shanghai Inside Out.” Chapter 3 in Shanghai in Transition: Changing Perspectives and Social Contours of a Chinese Metropolis . New York, NY: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003, pp. 110-138. ISBN: 9780700715718.
    Listed reading
  • Yager, Greg, and Scott Kilbourn. “Lessons from Shanghai Xintiandi: China’s Retail Success Story.” Urban Land Asia (December 2004): 34-37.
    Listed reading
  • Brown-Gillette, Jane. “Eye of the Dragon.” Landscape Architecture 88, no. 1 (1988): 52-80.
    Listed reading
  • Marme, Michael. “Heaven in a Very Small Space.” Chapter 1 in Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge . Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005, pp. 19-39. ISBN: 9780804731126.
    Listed reading
  • Liangyong, Wu. “The City of Beijing in Historical Perspective.” Chapter 1 in Rehabilitating the Old City of Beijing: A Project in the Ju’er Hutong Neighbourhood . Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2000, pp. 3-15. ISBN: 9780774807272.
    Listed reading
  • Zhang, Yan, and Ke Fang. “Politics of Housing Redevelopment in China: The Rise and Fall of the Ju’er Hutong Project in Inner-city Beijing.” Journal of Housing and Built Environment 18 (2003): 75-87.
    Listed reading
  • Zhu, Zixuan. “New Exploration into the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Old Cities.” Building in China 2, no. 4 (1989): 18-26.
    Listed reading
  • Zhang, Jie. “Informal Construction in Beijing’s Old Neighborhoods.” Cities 14, no. 2 (1997): 85-94.
    Listed reading
  • Williams, Katie, and Carol Dair. “A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Brownfield Developments.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 50, no. 1 (2007): 23-40.
    Listed reading
  • Tiesdell, Steven, and David Adams. “Design Matters: Major House Builders and the Design Challenge of Brownfield Development Contexts.” Journal of Urban Design 9, no. 1 (2004): 23-45.
    Listed reading
  • Nolan, Peter, and Godfrey Yeung. “Large Firms and Catch-up in a Transitional Economy: The Case of Shougang Group in China.” Economics of Planning 34 (2001): 159-178.
    Listed reading
  • McGuire, Penny. “Ruhr Revival.” The Architectural Review 202 (1997): 72-76.
    Listed reading
Summer 2006

Topics

  • Begin Studio: Meet Chinese Students
  • Attend China Planning Conference
  • Opening of 20 th Anniversary Beijing Studio Exhibition
  • Tour in Beijing: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven
  • Work (cont.)
  • Presentation and Review
  • Lecture: Transit Oriented Development, Zhang Ming
  • Lecture: History of Beijing and Region, Wu Liangyong
  • Lecture: Transport and City Design, Chris Zegras
  • Lecture: Olympics Planning and Design, Huang Yan
  • Leave for Shanxi Province
  • Tour Shanxi: Yungang Grottoes, Huayan Temple, Hanging Monastery
  • Visit Wutai
  • Visit Pingyao
  • Show and Tell Session 3
  • Lecture: Principles of Chinese Gardens, Juan Du
  • Lecture: Jan Wampler
  • Visit Great Wall
  • Final Presentation
  • Preparation for Final
  • Preparation for Final (cont.)

Readings

  • Clayre, Alasdair. The Heart of the Dragon . Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985. ISBN: 039535336X.
    Listed reading
  • Wright, A. F. “The Cosmology of the Chinese City.” In The City in Late Imperial China . Edited by G. W. Skinner. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1977, pp. 411-451. ISBN: 0804708924.
    Listed reading
  • Tang, Wenfang, and William L. Parish. Chinese Urban Life under Reform: The Changing Social Contract . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 17-48. ISBN: 0521778654.
    Listed reading
  • Wu, Liangyong. “A Brief History of Ancient Chinese City Planning.” Kasseler Schriften Zur Geographie und Planung 38 (1986): 3-12, 50-86, and 92-130.
    Listed reading
  • Golany, Gideon S. Urban Design Ethics in Ancient China . Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, pp. 43-109. ISBN: 0773474099.
    Listed reading
  • Liu, Ying, and Adenrele Awotona. Housing Provision and Bottom-up Approaches: Family Case Studies from Africa, Asia, and South America . Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 1999, pp. 223-312. ISBN: 1840143037.
    Listed reading
  • Tsu, Frances Ya-sing. Landscape Design In Chinese Gardens . New York, NY: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1987, pp. 3-11 and 151-191. ISBN: 0070653399.
    Listed reading
  • Rowe, Peter G. “Housing Density, Type, and Urban Life in Contemporary China.” Harvard Design Magazine 8 (Summer 1999): 40-45.
    Listed reading
  • Wang, Yaping, and Alan Murie. “The Process of Commercialization of Urban Housing in China.” Urban Studies 33, no. 6 (1996): 971-989.
    Listed reading
  • Lubow, Arthur. “The China Syndrome.” New York Times Magazine , May 21, 2006.
    Listed reading
  • Olds, Kris. “Globalizing Shanghai: the Global Intelligence Corps and the Building of Pudong.” Cities 12, no. 3 (1995): 109-123.
    Listed reading
  • Gamble, Jos. Shanghai in Transition . New York, NY: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. ISBN: 0700715711.
    Listed reading
  • Yager, Greg, and Scott Kilbourn. “Lessons from Shanghai Xintiandi: China’s Retail Success Story.” Urban Land Asia , December 2004, 34-37.
    Listed reading
  • Brown-Gillette, Jane. “Eye of the Dragon.” Landscape Architecture 88, no. 1 (1988): 52-80.
    Listed reading
  • Marme, Michael. Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge . Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005, pp. 19-39. ISBN: 0804731128.
    Listed reading
  • Liangyong, Wu. “The City of Beijing in Historic Perspective.” In Rehabilitating the Old City of Beijing: A Project in the Ju’er Hutong Neighborhood . Vancouver, CA: UBC Press, 1999, pp. 3-15. ISBN: 077480727X.
    Listed reading
  • Zhang, Yan, and Ke Fang. “Politics of Housing Redevelopment in China: The Rise and Fall of the Ju’er Hutong Project in Inner-city Beijing.” Journal of Housing and Built Environment 18 (2003): 75-87.
    Listed reading
  • Zhu, Zixuan. “New Exploration into the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Old Cities.” Building in China 2, no. 4 (1989): 18-26.
    Listed reading
  • Zhang, Jie. “Informal Construction in Beijing’s Old Neighborhoods.” Cities 14, no. 2 (1997): 85-94.
    Listed reading
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