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Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability

Theory, Practice, and Product

By: Dr Donia Zhang

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Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability

Theory, Practice, and Product

By: Dr Donia Zhang

Cultural sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the ‘fourth pillar’ alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, the concept is neither fully explored, nor widely accepted or recognized. This book elicits the interplay of ‘nature-culture-architecture’ and theorizes the concept of ‘cultural sustainability’ and ‘culturally sustainable architecture.’ It identifies four key themes in Chinese philosophy: Harmony with Heaven, Harmony with Earth, Harmony with Humans, and Harmony with Self, along with Greek philosopher Aristotle’s physics: form, space, matter, and time, it sets them as criteria to evaluate the renewed and new courtyard housing projects constructed in China since the 1990s. Using an innovative architectural and social science approach, this book examines the political, economic, social, and spatial factors that affect cultural sustainability. Supported by a multiplicity of data including: field surveys, interviews with residents, architects, and planners, time diaries, drawings, photos, planning documents, observation notes, and real estate brochures, the book proposes new courtyard garden house design strategies that promote healthy communities and human care for one another, a concept that is universally applicable. The volume is a first opportunity to take a holistic view, to encompass eastern and western, tangible and intangible, cultures in the theorization of ‘cultural sustainability’ and ‘culturally sustainable architecture.’ It is a comprehensive contribution to architectural theory.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409471586

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9781409471585

Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness

Architectural Multiculturalism in North America

By: Dr Donia Zhang

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Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness

Architectural Multiculturalism in North America

By: Dr Donia Zhang

Identifying four key themes in Chinese philosophy to promote health and happiness at home, this book links architecture with Chinese philosophy, social sciences, and the humanities, and in doing so, argues that Architectural Multiculturalism is a vital ideology to guide housing design in North America. Using both qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered from ethnic Chinese and non-Chinese living in the USA and Canada, the study proposes that the Courtyard is a central component to promote social and cultural health and happiness of residents.

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201

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472449118

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9781472449115

New Approaches in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism

By: Edited by Dr. Hourakhsh Ahmad Nia

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New Approaches in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism

By: Edited by Dr. Hourakhsh Ahmad Nia

This book is an intellectual discourse and a concise compendium of current research in architecture and urbanism. Primarily, it is a book of readings of 16 chapters. The book brings together theories, manifestos and methodologies on contemporary architecture and urbanism to raise the understanding for the future architecture and urban planning. Overall, the book aimed to establish a bridge between theory and practice in built environment. Thus, it reports on the latest research findings and innovative approaches, methodologies for creating, assessing and understanding of contemporary built environment.

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Cinius Yayınları

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6257170990

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9786257170994

Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability

Theory, Practice, and Product

By: Dr Donia Zhang

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By: Dr Donia Zhang

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Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability

Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability

Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness

Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness

New Approaches in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism

New Approaches in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism

Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability

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