Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "Shanghai"
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36 Stratagems Towards a People's Modernity
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-17)The design thesis is sited along the Shanghai Bund in China. It pursues an alternative modernity that is quintessentially Chinese by developing a design approach specific to the local imperatives and the contextual condition. ... -
Villagers’ Life Transformation and Community Governance in China’s Land Expropriation-induced Resettlement Neighborhoods: A Shanghai Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-15)In China, urban lands belong to the state and rural lands belong to village collectives. To meet the demand for land to use in expansive urbanization, the state expropriates rural land from village collectives and offers ... -
With Chinese Characteristics: Documenting Patterns of Cultural Implantation, Intersection and Infiltration
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-23)This thesis explores the global traffic in culture and its effects on the urban environment. Two overlapping forces are documented: first the proliferation of Western models and cultural signifiers in China and second the ...