In the Chinese city
Subtitle: perspectives on the transmutations of an empire
Contributors: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Publisher: Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine; Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture; Actar Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris; Barcelona; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9788496954496
Subjects: City planning; Social life and customs; Architecture; Exhibitions; History
Notes: "An exhibition designed and produced by the Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine jointly with the Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture, under the high patronage of the Ministry of Culture and Communication and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the support of the cultural service of the French Embassy in China and the Chinese Embassy in France, in collaboration with Tongji University in Shanghai, the Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design (BICP), with the support of the Hauts de Seine Department/Musée Albert Kahn"--Colophon.

Catalog of an exhibition.

Includes bibliographical references.

Translated into English from a French translation of the original Chinese.
Table of contents: title: In the Chinese city / François de Mazlères; title: Ideology and transformation / Josep Ramoneda; title: The fascination with the grand scale / Francis Rambert; title: Questions on the transformations of an empire / Frèdèric Edelmann; title: Cities and filmmakers / Jordi Ballò; title: The Suzhou steles; title: The finest representation of Suzhou / Danielle Elisseeff; title: Garden; title: The traditional Chinese garden: a world apart / Chiu Che Bing; title: Public spaces and contemporary gardens / Arnauld Laffage; title: Character; title: Structures: calligraphy, architecture, city space / Liu Yanjun; title: Earth; title: A short history of Chinese cartography / Yves Kirchner; title: Of the land and its mythologies / Catherine Bourzat; title: A population on the move / Pierre Haski; title: Water; title: Cities and water / Ruan Yisan; title: City water supplies from the end of the 19th century to the 21st century / Delphine Spicq; title: Water policy: the cracks begin to show / Brice Pedroletti; title: Fengshui; title: Rituals and traditions of Chinese space / Yves Kirchner; title: Interview with Zhong Ruzhong, a geomancer from Hunan / Patrice Fava and Shi Cuijie; title: The tools of the geomances / Patrice Fava; title: Architecture; title: Construction: rules, models and manuals / Christophe Gaudier; title: Yangshi Lei / Chiu Che Bing; title: Family; title: Family structure / Dora Chesnes; title: The city moulded by its social classes / Jean-Louis Rocca; title: Qingming shanhe tu / Patrick Doan, François Pourcelet, sœur Qiao Bian yun; title: Destruction; title: Destruction of Yuanmingyan 1861 / Victor Hugo; title: Destruction and heritage / Frédéric Edelmann; title: In Shixing hutong, awaiting the expulsion / Lily Eclimont; title: Cities / Geneviève Imbot-Bichet; title: Beijing; title: To the sources of the capital of the North: Rites and transformations of the capital under heaven / Chiu Che Bing; title: Lao She's Beijing / Yves Birchner; title: Wang Jun, chronicler of the new Beijing / Amélie Manon; title: Impact of the Olympic Games on the city of Beijing / Wang Jun.