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Contemporary Chinese Architecture

Contemporary Chinese Architecture. Ashfaq . Rabee . Khaled. Glimpses From The Past. Symmetry Use of rhythmic patterns Use of inner open spaces(courtyards) Effect of culture (eg-screen walls, no.8) Tiered pagoda style (eg-jin Mao tower). Architectural Classes.

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Contemporary Chinese Architecture

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  1. Contemporary Chinese Architecture Ashfaq . Rabee . Khaled

  2. Glimpses From The Past • Symmetry • Use of rhythmic patterns • Use of inner open spaces(courtyards) • Effect of culture (eg-screen walls, no.8) • Tiered pagoda style (eg-jin Mao tower)

  3. Architectural Classes • Religious- Tianning temple (Changzou) • Commoner- villages • Imperial- palaces • Garden- public areas

  4. Traditional Designs • Applied mostly in rural areas • Combination of traditional Chinese designs and modern architecture (National Indoor Stadium-fan)

  5. Echeloned roof types (National Museum of China)

  6. Interior Design & Furniture • Ancient designs fused with modern • China Cabinet-mix of colors and styles

  7. Shenzen pavilion- London exhibition (riding stool & hair pin chair)

  8. 'Melt series' - simple Chinese design and Italian fashion style

  9. OVERVIEW Lower class Middle class Upper class Public and Private Buildings

  10. LOWER CLASS • Destruction of villages • Modern Housing projects • Main characteristics • Expanding of cities

  11. EXPANDING OF CITIES

  12. MIDDLE CLASS • Usually live in cities • Tower blocks • Main characteristics • Shift

  13. UPPER CLASS • Post modern • Characteristics • Themes • Outside the city

  14. THEME

  15. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS • Representation • General trend • Examples: • CCTV Headquarters

  16. Away from modernism Shanghai World Financial Center, 2008 Shanghai Tower, est. 2014

  17. Main trends • Ideas from West • Late modernism Shining Solar Skyscraper Shenzhen, under const.

  18. Opening to new ideas • Technology • Futuristic ideas and designs Sino-Steel International Plaza, est. 2014 Wangjing SOHO, Beijing, under const.

  19. Stretching previous ideas • Adapting to the post-modern world Shenzhen Stock Exchange, 2013

  20. Green buildings • Buildings that are sustainable • Less pollution • Efficient energy use • Better productivity & health for occupants

  21. Aspects that make them Green • Open atriums • Nearness to nature • Transparent walls and roofing Park View Green, Beijing, 2013 Raffles City, Hangzhou, under const.

  22. Technology and Green buildings • Use of solar panels • Energy conservation methods • Minimum CO2 emissions • Sensors to control lights/temp. SIEEB, Beijing

  23. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Urban Forest, China (proposed) Contemporary World Architecture, Fall 2013 Dr. Khaled Adham

  24. References • www.dezeen.com • www.arcspace.com • www.inhabitat.com • www.parkviewgreen.com • www.npr.org • www.wikipedia.org

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