Title & Author:

Hutong metabolism : ZAO/standardarchitecture / editor, Cristina Steingräber ; with contributions by Nondita Correa Mehrotra [and eight others].

Publication:

Berlin : ArchiTangle, [2021]
©2021

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Farrokh Derakhshani -- The timeless architecture of Zhang Ke / Kenneth Frampton -- Changing character: China and the idea of contemporary architecture / Mohsen Mostafavi -- Micro hutong -- Hutong metabolism: slience is the power of architecture / Martino Stierli -- Fused traditions: the making of an international contemporary silgnature / Hans-Jürgen Commerell and Kristin Feireiss -- Co-living courtyard -- Hutong living conditions, then and now / interview with Hai Daye, Wu A'yi and Wang tong by Amanda Ju -- Intimacies in scale / interview with Brenda Fang, Kuang He and Naiji tian by Amanda Ju -- In conversation with Zhang Ke / Mondita Correa Mehrotra -- Hutong social housing -- Contributor biographies -- Image credits -- Imprint.

Summary:

Small stone hutongs, built within a courtyard-and-alley system, are emblematic of Beijing,s traditional inner-city architecture which still contends with modern, cooperate redevelopments to shape the character of the city. In one of the oldest cities in China, the important tasks of preservation and revitalization require particular sensitivity. Captured at the centre of the battlefield between development, conservation and renovation, the hutongs, on the verge of erasure, call into question the paradoxical nature of these paradigms. The Micro Hutong Renewal series by ZAO/standardarchitecture focusses on small structures which residents have added to hutong courtyards in the last 60 years. The anchor project of this publication is the Hutong Children's Library & Art Centre, which won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016.

ISBN:

9783966800150 (hardcover)
3966800152 (hardcover)

Subject:

Zhang, Ke (Architect)
ZAO/standardarchitecture (Firm)
Alleys China Beijing.
Architecture, Domestic China Beijing.
Alleys
Architecture, Domestic
Buildings
Beijing (China) Buildings, structures, etc.
China Beijing

Added entries:

Steingräber, Cristina Inês, editor.
Mehrotra, Nondita Correa, interviewer, contributor.
Zhang, Ke (Architect), interviewee, architect.
ZAO/standardarchitecture (Firm), architect.

ZAO/standardarchitecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315106
Call No.: 315106
Copy: 1
Status: Available