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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... create large nodal spaces there . " Although Eastern cities lack spaces formally set aside as plazas , " Japanese ar- chitect Kisho Kurokawa pointed out , " their streets function as gathering places . " 53 Rich variations on the street ...
... create large nodal spaces there . " Although Eastern cities lack spaces formally set aside as plazas , " Japanese ar- chitect Kisho Kurokawa pointed out , " their streets function as gathering places . " 53 Rich variations on the street ...
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... created new problems . The practice , while encouraged by politicians , harbors the danger of short - circuiting the true localization of an international model at a much deeper level ( e.g. , plan layouts , climate considerations , etc ...
... created new problems . The practice , while encouraged by politicians , harbors the danger of short - circuiting the true localization of an international model at a much deeper level ( e.g. , plan layouts , climate considerations , etc ...
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... create such an open plaza to reveal the imposing elevation of a nearby commercial tower . Few visitors could be observed in these exposed areas . Aside from the summer climate which in much of China is hotter than that in Paris or ...
... create such an open plaza to reveal the imposing elevation of a nearby commercial tower . Few visitors could be observed in these exposed areas . Aside from the summer climate which in much of China is hotter than that in Paris or ...
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... created a dense , three - dimensional distribution of public facilities . Sidewalks , playgrounds , and nu- merous shops and services nest on multi - leveled planes from the underground to roof top , connected by escalators and ...
... created a dense , three - dimensional distribution of public facilities . Sidewalks , playgrounds , and nu- merous shops and services nest on multi - leveled planes from the underground to roof top , connected by escalators and ...
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... created legal and institutional loopholes which awarded developers with a big bonus for their construction of " civic " spaces , only to allow the corporate building owners to retain control over people's activities in these spaces ...
... created legal and institutional loopholes which awarded developers with a big bonus for their construction of " civic " spaces , only to allow the corporate building owners to retain control over people's activities in these spaces ...
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