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LIVING WITH GATES Functions, Effects and Psychology of Walls and Gates in Chinese Commodity Housing Estates Werner Breitung Michael Arri Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou. Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007.
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LIVING WITH GATES • Functions, Effects and Psychology of Walls and Gates • in Chinese Commodity Housing Estates • Werner BreitungMichael ArriSun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
“GATED COMMUNITIES” • exceptional in European cities • more common but contested in USA • matter of life and death in some developing countries • the norm in Chinese cities Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Simple Schematic Structure of Chinese Society state collective level clan, work unit, residents‘ committee, property management company, home owners’ committee, state established community individual individual individual Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
“Don’t worry, there is always somebody watching you!” control the people: inner-city borders and urban governance cities and borders, macau, august 2007 michael arri urban-china@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
residents’ opinion on access control (%) Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
residents’ opinion on the estate’s gates and walls Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Issue 1: Segregation Residents’ opinion on segregated living correlated to their job position (%)
Issue 2: Planning The Promenade Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
Issue 2: Planning The Promenade Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net
T h a n k Y o u ! Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007 Werner Breitung breitung@gmail.com michael arri m.arri@gmx.net