Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
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Date of Graduation
Spring 2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Department
School of Art, Design and Art History
Advisor(s)
Evelyn Tickle
Ronn Daniel
Ronn Daniel
Abstract
China’s rapid development has altered the city’s landscape on a massive scale, continually eroding the delicate urban tissue of old Beijing. Such dramatic changes have forced an aging architecture to rely on chaotic, spontaneous renovations to survive the ever-changing neighborhood. In addition, poor standards of hygiene have turned unique living space and potential thriving communities into a serious urban problem. Hutongs are gradually becoming the local inhabitants’ dumpster and the haven for the wealthy. The hutongs blooming 08, will be inserted into the urban fabric, structure like clouds, attracting new people, activities, and resources to reactivate entire neighborhoods. They exist in symbiosis with the old housing. Fuel by the energy help to renew, the skin structure multiply and morph to provide for the community’s various needs, thereby allowing local residents to continue living in these old neighborhoods. In time, these interventions will become part of Beijing’s long history, newly formed membranes within the city’s urban tissue.
Recommended Citation
Din, L Khawn, "The Hutongs blooming 08" (2018). Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019. 530.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/honors201019/530
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