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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... Facility in Hong Kong Hikaru Kinoshita 3. The Roles of the Plaza : The Philippine Experience Norma I. Alarcon ix xi 1 49 F 71 87 4. Japanese Public Space as Defined by Event 107 Tanya Hidaka and Mamoru Tanaka 5. Rukun and Gotong Royong ...
... Facility in Hong Kong Hikaru Kinoshita 3. The Roles of the Plaza : The Philippine Experience Norma I. Alarcon ix xi 1 49 F 71 87 4. Japanese Public Space as Defined by Event 107 Tanya Hidaka and Mamoru Tanaka 5. Rukun and Gotong Royong ...
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... facility is not publicly owned ) .2 At the level of necessity , urban residents use them for circulation and commerce ... facilities for the majority of urban residents who cannot afford private amenities such as clubs and golf courses ...
... facility is not publicly owned ) .2 At the level of necessity , urban residents use them for circulation and commerce ... facilities for the majority of urban residents who cannot afford private amenities such as clubs and golf courses ...
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... facilities reveal themselves from behind dismantled scaffolding , often accompanied by the demolition of acres of traditional urban fabric . Building on their geographical proximity and historical patterns of regional immigration ...
... facilities reveal themselves from behind dismantled scaffolding , often accompanied by the demolition of acres of traditional urban fabric . Building on their geographical proximity and historical patterns of regional immigration ...
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... facilities which tend to have smaller dimensions individually , occupy more off - grade and indoor locations ( such as the " sky - streets " on the second floors of commercial buildings in downtown Singapore or the underground shopping ...
... facilities which tend to have smaller dimensions individually , occupy more off - grade and indoor locations ( such as the " sky - streets " on the second floors of commercial buildings in downtown Singapore or the underground shopping ...
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... facilities . Japanese architect Kurokawa even developed a theory of symbiosis which argued that a layer of an ambiguous zone between private and public domains will make a public space more responsive to human psychological needs ( see ...
... facilities . Japanese architect Kurokawa even developed a theory of symbiosis which argued that a layer of an ambiguous zone between private and public domains will make a public space more responsive to human psychological needs ( see ...
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