YEARBOOK 2018 - 2019 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
The sixth edition of the yearbook of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University presents student works created during the academic year 2018 - 2019. The yearbook exemplifies the new model for Chinese architectural education for which the department was commended by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It is also a showcase of the creative culture that has guided our students towards successful international careers as responsible and creative architectural designers. The Department of Architecture at XJTLU offers RIBA Part 1, 2 and 3.
The sixth edition of the yearbook of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University presents student works created during the academic year 2018 - 2019. The yearbook exemplifies the new model for Chinese architectural education for which the department was commended by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It is also a showcase of the creative culture that has guided our students towards successful international careers as responsible and creative architectural designers. The Department of Architecture at XJTLU offers RIBA Part 1, 2 and 3.
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PROMENADE AND YI BU YI<br />
JING: MOVEMENT, DISCOVERY<br />
AND SCENERY IN LE<br />
CORBUSIER'S VILLA AND<br />
THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE<br />
LITERATI GARDEN<br />
<strong>2018</strong>-<strong>2019</strong> <strong>YEARBOOK</strong> Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西 交 利 物 浦 大 学 建 筑 系<br />
Yaqin Zuo<br />
PhD Candidate<br />
Department of Architecture<br />
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University<br />
The forces of rapid urbanization and globalization have made<br />
homogenous, low-cost, mass-produced housing the norm in<br />
contemporary China and beyond. Architects provide the design when<br />
commissioned and base their theories and strategies on a rational<br />
logic often alien to local traditions. As such, modern high-rise housing<br />
typologies have become the norm in Asia despite originating from<br />
elsewhere, and the dwelling experience in this part of the world has been<br />
greatly affected by the development. One protagonist of experimentation<br />
with new housing formats is Le Corbusier who advocated Functionalism<br />
in the 20th century.<br />
The aim of the research is to explore what the rational logic of modern,<br />
Western architects might have suppressed in regards to the dwelling<br />
experience associated with a given space. It is especially the possibility<br />
of aesthetic experience as part of the dwelling experience that calls for<br />
attention since particularly this aspect would appear to fall short of the<br />
scientific method underpinning Functionalism and related orientations.<br />
The yi bu yi jing in the traditional Chinese literati garden and the<br />
promenade in Le Corbusier’s villas are chosen as case studies for a<br />
parallel study of aesthetic experience as part of the dwelling experience.<br />
Questions are raised about how aesthetic experience becomes an integral<br />
part of the dwelling experience in both cases with the implications that<br />
this might have for concepts of dwelling in the Chinese and European<br />
tradition, respectively. The thesis aims to explore the possibility of a<br />
contemporary concept of dwelling in China and beyond that incorporates<br />
aesthetic experience as an integral part. It further intends to broaden<br />
the discourse on dwelling as an increasingly globalised practice and<br />
intellectual challenge.<br />
Research
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