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Structuring of the architectural profession in modern China.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Structuring of the architectural profession in modern China./
Author:	Wang, Bing.
Description:	199 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1569.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-05A.
Subject:	Architecture. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3133366

Structuring of the architectural profession in modern China.
Wang, Bing.

Structuring of the architectural profession in modern China. - 199 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1569.

Thesis (D.Des.)--Harvard University, 2004.

The major theme of this study is the interplay between the state and the architectural profession in modern China. This is shown through an analysis and narration of the profession's origins, its formation over a hundred-year period, and the flux of its regulatory mechanisms, educational systems and organizational forms. Closely following American and European models, China's architectural profession began to take shape in the early 20th century. Its first significant period of growth was dominated by a group of foreign architects and foreign-educated Chinese whose practices flourished in the 1920s and 1930s. Following the establishment of a Chinese Communist State in 1949, the country's architectural profession experienced all of the ups and downs of China's social and political upheavals. These political changes and events left their mark on the profession and that influence is still visible even today. In the 1980s, as Chinese society opened up to outside influences, there was a new influx of global culture. Under the influence of numerous schools of thought, the profession was gradually freed from the dominance of its previous centralized planning system. Throughout its various stages, the development of the architectural profession in twentieth-century China can be said to have reflected the complexity of the country's awakening modernity and its socialist ethic.Subjects--Topical Terms:

523581
Architecture.

Structuring of the architectural profession in modern China.
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520 $a The major theme of this study is the interplay between the state and the architectural profession in modern China. This is shown through an analysis and narration of the profession's origins, its formation over a hundred-year period, and the flux of its regulatory mechanisms, educational systems and organizational forms. Closely following American and European models, China's architectural profession began to take shape in the early 20th century. Its first significant period of growth was dominated by a group of foreign architects and foreign-educated Chinese whose practices flourished in the 1920s and 1930s. Following the establishment of a Chinese Communist State in 1949, the country's architectural profession experienced all of the ups and downs of China's social and political upheavals. These political changes and events left their mark on the profession and that influence is still visible even today. In the 1980s, as Chinese society opened up to outside influences, there was a new influx of global culture. Under the influence of numerous schools of thought, the profession was gradually freed from the dominance of its previous centralized planning system. Throughout its various stages, the development of the architectural profession in twentieth-century China can be said to have reflected the complexity of the country's awakening modernity and its socialist ethic.
520 $a This study systematically presents historical accounts of the key aspects of the Chinese architectural profession's development, and in so doing, reveals that the following underlying principles formed the relationship between the Chinese state and the architectural profession. First of all, although Chinese history lends weight to the assumption that China has always had a strong "statist" tradition, the role of the state in China has not always been as strong and monolithic as was popularly thought, particularly in regard to the development and structuring of the architectural profession. Indeed, at times, there appears to have been only a veneer of centralization in the role of the state. Secondly, throughout its formational trajectory, the architectural profession has often found itself at the forefront of the state's economic and ideological reconstructions and, in that position, has often been represented as the material embodiment of the political regime. In this respect, the actions taken by the state when dealing with the formation and frequent reconstruction of the architectural profession can be said to have reflected a strong spirit of pragmatism. This spirit was apparent in the effective and timely borrowing from other cultures that was often carried out and in the indigenization of the new methods and ideas that were adopted. It was also apparent in the gradualist approaches used to test new reformative measures, approaches such as pilot projects and/or experimental demonstration projects in selected geographical locations. Though the societal importance assigned to the architectural profession varied during the political and economic changes that took place in twentieth century China, the profession itself demonstrated certain characteristics that persisted throughout the country's political changes. There was an ever-increasing growth in the number of architects, and their presence remained a critical productive force in the economy. Indeed, their achievements were evidenced in the increased volume of construction within the country and in the level of complexity of the construction that was carried out using new materials and building technologies.
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