Print Email Facebook Twitter Chinese Notions of Public Space Title Chinese Notions of Public Space: Transculturation in Urban Design and Architecture after the ‘Reform and Opening-up’ in 1978 Author Sun, Wenwen (TU Delft Theory, Territories & Transitions) Contributor Cavallo, R. (promotor) Harteveld, Maurice (promotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2022-11-07 Abstract This doctoral research investigates the understanding and implementation of public space in the reformed Chinese context, particularly from the perspectives of urban design and architecture, by referring to the complex process and result of transculturation (transculturación). It delineates how public space as a Greco-Roman originated concept traversed the urban and architectural cultures of post-reform China, merging and negotiating with the local conditions, and evolved into a new phenomenon in Chinese urban design and architecture. This research first critically reviews contemporary narratives from Chinese philosophy and sociology, then materials written in post-reform China on the topic of public space. It then analyses various cases in their design and spatial conditions, ranging from ‘shared spaces’ in the areas characterised by urban dwelling and communities to ‘open spaces’ in the central city where strangers mingle and globalisation manifests. By analysing public space as a cultural phenomenon, carrying specific meaning, through specific concepts and designs, this research develops an interpretative framework within which the meanings and transculturation of public space in Chinese urban design and architecture can be understood and elucidates potential for future urban design and architectural practices. Theoretically, it moves beyond the conventional research on public space that is primarily based on Western thoughts, an Indo-European notion, and a Greco-Roman tradition. Practically, it paves the way for future development of the design of public space, highlighting the cultural, social, and spatial dynamics in Chinese cities vis-à-vis the related political, economic, and governmental conditions within the context of ongoing globalisation. Subject public spacethe public realmpost-reform Chinatransculturationurban design To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:057e8af3-2867-4691-a6a8-cc77b1697306 DOI https://doi.org/10.7480/abe.2022.19 Publisher TU Delft OPEN Publishing, Delft ISBN 978-94-6366-599-5 Volume 22 Series A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, 2212-3202, 22 (19) Bibliographical note A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment No 19 (2022) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2022 Wenwen Sun Files PDF Doctoral_disertation_SUN.pdf 23 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:057e8af3-2867-4691-a6a8-cc77b1697306/datastream/OBJ/view