Courtyard housing and cultural sustainability : theory, practice, and product / by Donia Zhang.
Material type: TextSeries: Design and the build environmentPublication details: Burlington : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781409405047
- 1409405044
- 728/.31 23
- NA7523 .Z49 2013eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
pt. 1. Cultural sustainability -- pt. 2. Classical courtyard houses of China -- pt. 3. New courtyard housing -- pt. 4. Culturally sustainable architecture -- pt. 5. Future new courtyard garden houses.
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. It provides a holistic view, encompassing eas.
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