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University of Manitoba

1. Wang, Bing. 四合院 Siheyuan - Sheltered places in an extreme prairie climate.

Degree: Landscape Architecture, 2017, University of Manitoba

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32196

► Siheyuan is a traditional Chinese dwelling type. The term is made up with three characters: Si means four, He means enclosure and Yuan means yard.… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Landscape architecture; Courtyard; China; Siheyuan

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Wang, B. (2017). 四合院 Siheyuan - Sheltered places in an extreme prairie climate. (Masters Thesis). University of Manitoba. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32196

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Wang, Bing. “四合院 Siheyuan - Sheltered places in an extreme prairie climate.” 2017. Masters Thesis, University of Manitoba. Accessed April 13, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32196.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Wang, Bing. “四合院 Siheyuan - Sheltered places in an extreme prairie climate.” 2017. Web. 13 Apr 2021.

Vancouver:

Wang B. 四合院 Siheyuan - Sheltered places in an extreme prairie climate. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Manitoba; 2017. [cited 2021 Apr 13]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32196.

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Wang B. 四合院 Siheyuan - Sheltered places in an extreme prairie climate. [Masters Thesis]. University of Manitoba; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32196

University of Waterloo

2. Zhu, Ningxin. Towards a Sustainable Future: Courtyard in Contemporary Beijing.

Degree: 2013, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7527

► China has become one of the world’s economic engines. One major driving force is the rapid urbanization. Such fast development results in resource and energy… (more)

▼ China has become one of the world’s economic engines. One major driving force is the rapid urbanization. Such fast development results in resource and energy depletion, pollution and environmental deterioration. The government has recently endorsed green buildings and urged ministries to work out a national action plan. It is predicted that green building will be the next big thing in China. But before importing any foreign green technology and green designs, is there something to be learned from the Chinese ancestors? In the long history of China, the Chinese have always employed a system of construction with the influences of geography, climate, culture, philosophy, economy and politics deeply rooted in China, making the Chinese traditional architecture distinct. Embedded in the formation of the city, siheyuan 四合院, the courtyard house in Beijing was one exceptional dwelling example that inherited the quintessence of the thousand years of building experiences and knowledge of the ancestors. This traditional urban type not only celebrated the rich and unique cultural heritage of China, it also played an important role in maximizing the natural forces to create a pleasant and comfortable environment for living. Population growth, political and economic reforms over time however have drastically changed the fate of this historical heritage. Especially under the pressure of the fast development and economic boom after the introduction of the Open Door Policy in 1978, the traditional courtyards were the first to be demolished due to the lack of modern facilities and the inability to accommodate the growing population. They were often replaced by apartment blocks and high-rise towers – imported types based on planning regulations developed in the West, outside the cultural and environmental milieu of Beijing. As a result, the city is now filled with many energy intensive buildings that eat away both the “city’s essence” and the valuable natural resources. With the current policy and ambition of China, the teardown courtyard sites within the old city wall that are still waiting for development offer the potential to address the remediation and reinterpretation of the traditional typology in a contemporary city. The thesis investigates the essences of the traditional courtyard house and explores the way to apply such qualities to the design of a new courtyard typology in contemporary Beijing. The proposal anticipates a holistic approach on both environmental, social, cultural and economic level, so as to carry out preservation that manifests in experience rather than physical restoration, and to create a project that is truly sustainable.

Subjects/Keywords: Architecture; Beijing; China; Traditional Courtyard; Siheyuan; Hutong; Preservation; Cultural Identity; Sense of Place; Sustainability; Energy Efficient Design; Green Design

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Zhu, N. (2013). Towards a Sustainable Future: Courtyard in Contemporary Beijing. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7527

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Zhu, Ningxin. “Towards a Sustainable Future: Courtyard in Contemporary Beijing.” 2013. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed April 13, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7527.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Zhu, Ningxin. “Towards a Sustainable Future: Courtyard in Contemporary Beijing.” 2013. Web. 13 Apr 2021.

Vancouver:

Zhu N. Towards a Sustainable Future: Courtyard in Contemporary Beijing. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 13]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7527.

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Council of Science Editors:

Zhu N. Towards a Sustainable Future: Courtyard in Contemporary Beijing. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7527

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AUT University

3. Chen, Sida. Siheyuan: Refurbishing an Auckland Childcare Centre Using Traditional Chinese Courtyard Typologies .

Degree: AUT University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12690

► Cities can be alienating places for children. In the fast processes of urbanization children are often deprived of the opportunity to be part of a… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Siheyuan; Kindergarten; visual narrative; Courtyard; Contemporary urbanization

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Chen, S. (n.d.). Siheyuan: Refurbishing an Auckland Childcare Centre Using Traditional Chinese Courtyard Typologies . (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12690

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Chen, Sida. “Siheyuan: Refurbishing an Auckland Childcare Centre Using Traditional Chinese Courtyard Typologies .” Thesis, AUT University. Accessed April 13, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12690.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Chen, Sida. “Siheyuan: Refurbishing an Auckland Childcare Centre Using Traditional Chinese Courtyard Typologies .” Web. 13 Apr 2021.

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Vancouver:

Chen S. Siheyuan: Refurbishing an Auckland Childcare Centre Using Traditional Chinese Courtyard Typologies . [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; [cited 2021 Apr 13]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12690.

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Chen S. Siheyuan: Refurbishing an Auckland Childcare Centre Using Traditional Chinese Courtyard Typologies . [Thesis]. AUT University; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12690

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4. [No author]. The Importance of Chinese Vernacular Architecture in Explaining the Decline of Rujiasixiang in the People's Republic of China .

Degree: 2017, Georgetown University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1043804

► An overlooked factor that explains for China’s widening moral vacuum and waning rujiasixiang (Confucian-Mencian thought) is the destruction of Chinese vernacular architecture, for architectural space… (more)

▼ An overlooked factor that explains for China’s widening moral vacuum and waning rujiasixiang (Confucian-Mencian thought) is the destruction of Chinese vernacular architecture, for architectural space not only shapes social behavior but reflects and embodies specific morals and values. This paper uses Beijing as a case study in order to explore how the rapid demolition of siheyuan (traditional quadrangle courtyards) has contributed to China’s changing moral landscape. There is existing literature regarding how space provides a fundamental physical framework in which traditions, values, and culture are both reflected and reinforced. However, while there is documentation of and resistance against the bulldozing of Chinese vernacular architecture, few studies connect space with China’s widening moral vacuum. Examination of space offers a new and unconventional approach to this traditional political science question. The research procedure for this paper involves detailed analysis of the three dominant paradigms used to account for China’s vanishing rujiasixiang, and shows how they contain credence but are inadequate for presenting the whole picture. In the spirit of Peter Katzenstein, in which eclecticism can greatly contribute to problem solving, this paper seeks to prove that an understudied explanation for the rujiasixiang problem lies in space and vernacular architecture. It uses Beijing as an example to highlight the consequences associated with the erosion of environments that are culturally rooted and locally produced, and draws on a wide breadth of secondary reading to convey the significance of space, and emphasizes how it comprises physical, mental, and social dimensions, and is constituted through concrete human practices. The methodology also includes researching specific, detailed architectural components of siheyuan, assessing the principles its structure espouses, and tracing how the very social rules built into the quadrangle courtyard’s configuration is uprooted by urbanization, ultimately resulting in a dramatic value shift. Advisors/Committee Members: Cha, Victor (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: China; Confucianism; siheyuan; space; urbanization; vernacular architecture

…sustained.29 This is evident in Beijing’s hutong and siheyuan (courtyard houses), which… …of three rooms where the younger generations live. In a siheyuan, the size and quality of… …Huqiu. 2014. 四合院与四合院文化 Siheyuan and Siheyuan Culture. China Electronic Journal Academic… …vernacular siheyuan do. A micro-social research project primarily employing the ethnographic… …urbanization sheds light on the strikingly different lifestyles of those living in siheyuan and those…

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author], [. (2017). The Importance of Chinese Vernacular Architecture in Explaining the Decline of Rujiasixiang in the People's Republic of China . (Thesis). Georgetown University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1043804

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

author], [No. “The Importance of Chinese Vernacular Architecture in Explaining the Decline of Rujiasixiang in the People's Republic of China .” 2017. Thesis, Georgetown University. Accessed April 13, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1043804.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

author], [No. “The Importance of Chinese Vernacular Architecture in Explaining the Decline of Rujiasixiang in the People's Republic of China .” 2017. Web. 13 Apr 2021.

Vancouver:

author] [. The Importance of Chinese Vernacular Architecture in Explaining the Decline of Rujiasixiang in the People's Republic of China . [Internet] [Thesis]. Georgetown University; 2017. [cited 2021 Apr 13]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1043804.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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author] [. The Importance of Chinese Vernacular Architecture in Explaining the Decline of Rujiasixiang in the People's Republic of China . [Thesis]. Georgetown University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1043804

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Laurentian University

5. Mai, Tony. Cultural and architectural revitalization: a reinterpretation of Chinese tradition .

Degree: 2019, Laurentian University

URL: https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3265

► Toronto’s downtown Chinatown was once the central core of Asian culture and business in Canada but now has been superceded by Markham’s opening of Pacific… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: chinese architecture; chinatown; chinatown centre; cultural identity; ceramic screens; siheyuan reinterpretation; modern chinese architecture; chinese reinterpretation; architectural reinterpretation

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Mai, T. (2019). Cultural and architectural revitalization: a reinterpretation of Chinese tradition . (Thesis). Laurentian University. Retrieved from https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3265

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Mai, Tony. “Cultural and architectural revitalization: a reinterpretation of Chinese tradition .” 2019. Thesis, Laurentian University. Accessed April 13, 2021. https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3265.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Mai, Tony. “Cultural and architectural revitalization: a reinterpretation of Chinese tradition .” 2019. Web. 13 Apr 2021.

Vancouver:

Mai T. Cultural and architectural revitalization: a reinterpretation of Chinese tradition . [Internet] [Thesis]. Laurentian University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 13]. Available from: https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3265.

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Council of Science Editors:

Mai T. Cultural and architectural revitalization: a reinterpretation of Chinese tradition . [Thesis]. Laurentian University; 2019. Available from: https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3265

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