Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities: Current Issues and StrategiesPu Miao Springer Science & Business Media, 2001 M08 31 - 392 pages PUMIAO 1. The Subject Matter: Urban Public Places 2. The Location: Asia Pacific Region 3. The Purpose of the'"Book: For the Makers of Public Places 4. The Three Perspectives of the Book: Description, Criticism, and Intervention 5. Perspective One: Characteristics of Asia Pacific Cities and Their Public Places (1) High Population Density (2) Large Cities (3) Mixed Uses (4) Government-Centered and Pro-Development Culture (5) The East-versus-West Bipolarity (6) Small Amount of Public Space (7) Absence of Large Nodes and Overall Structure in Public Space (8) Intensive Use of Public Space (9) Ambiguous Boundary between the Public and the Private Summaries of Chapters 1-5 6. Perspective Two: Current Issues and Debates (1) Identity Formal Identity Functional Identity (2) Sustainability High-Tech versus Low-Tech High-Density versus Low-Density (3) Equality Equal Participation Equal Accessibility Summaries of Chapters 6-9 7. Perspective Three: Major Trends in Design and Theory (1) The "Grey" Relationship between the Public and the Private (2) The Transformation of Traditional Typology (3) Indigenous Decoration, Color and Material in New Applications (4) The Tropical Public Place Summaries of Chapters 10-17 8. Conclusion Pu Miao (ed. ), Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities, 1-45. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2 P. MIAO 1. The Subject Matter: Urban Public Places A visitor to Kuala Lumpur will hardly forget the experience of strolling among the fragrant fruits sold under the overhang of the five-foot walkway during a tropical downfall. |
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... Alley as a Spiritual Axis for the Community : The Hikifune Project , Tokyo 311 Schun Hagiwara 16. Vision of a 21st - Century Public Place : GigaWorld , KL LinearCity , Kuala Lumpur 331 David Chew 17. The Next Generation of Singapore's ...
... Alley as a Spiritual Axis for the Community : The Hikifune Project , Tokyo 311 Schun Hagiwara 16. Vision of a 21st - Century Public Place : GigaWorld , KL LinearCity , Kuala Lumpur 331 David Chew 17. The Next Generation of Singapore's ...
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... alley leading into a Buddhist temple . The City God Temple area in Shanghai includes speciality stores and restaurants , a public garden , and the temple itself . Different from the one - purpose suburban shopping mall in the US , the ...
... alley leading into a Buddhist temple . The City God Temple area in Shanghai includes speciality stores and restaurants , a public garden , and the temple itself . Different from the one - purpose suburban shopping mall in the US , the ...
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... alley ( Chapter 15 ) , and air - conditioned mall or skywalk ( Chapters 16 and 17 ) . According to Malaysian architect Ken Yeang , the covered five - foot walkway along the shophouses works particularly well as a multi - functional ...
... alley ( Chapter 15 ) , and air - conditioned mall or skywalk ( Chapters 16 and 17 ) . According to Malaysian architect Ken Yeang , the covered five - foot walkway along the shophouses works particularly well as a multi - functional ...
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... alleys outside of their back doors for work and storage purposes.64 While undifferentiated land use is a trait universal to all pre - industrial cities , the high population density and tight private living space in Asian cities may ...
... alleys outside of their back doors for work and storage purposes.64 While undifferentiated land use is a trait universal to all pre - industrial cities , the high population density and tight private living space in Asian cities may ...
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... alleys and streets ? Japanese architectural historian Itoh Teiji pointed out that , in Japan , a public place is " rarely conceived of as hard bordered , but rather as kaiwai , or an activity space . " Chapter 4 presents a detailed ...
... alleys and streets ? Japanese architectural historian Itoh Teiji pointed out that , in Japan , a public place is " rarely conceived of as hard bordered , but rather as kaiwai , or an activity space . " Chapter 4 presents a detailed ...
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