Lost and Found: Reinventing Multi‐Screen Adaptable Architecture. (1st November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dou, Pingping
• Other Names: Lu Andong guestEditor.; Dou Pingping guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 88:Number 6(2018)
• Page Start: 32
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2018-11-01
• Subjects: Wen Sun -- John Habraken -- CIB W104 Open Building Implementation -- PSSHAK (Primary Support Structures and Housing Assembly Kits) -- Adelaide Road, London -- NEXT21 housing project -- Osaka -- damuzuo (major carpentry) -- xiaomuzuo (minor carpentry) -- Gottfried Semper -- Francis Duffy -- Stewart Brand -- Bernard Leupen -- LanD Studio -- Beijing -- Institute for Provocation (IFP) -- ZAO/ Standardarchitecture -- 'Micro‐Yuaner' renewal project -- Aga Khan Award for Architecture -- TAO (Trace Architecture Office) -- Split Courtyard House (Sifenyuan) -- 'unity courtyard house' (siheyuan) -- Li Hua; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2362
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : One of traditional Chinese architecture's most distinctive features is the partition of interior spaces by multiple, mostly moveable screens. These offer many benefits in terms of not only the practical aspects of spatial flexibility and climate control, but also less tangible aural, psychological and ornamental effects. Guest‐EditorPingping Dou explores their history and function, and illustrates their potential for use in today's search for architectural adaptability through three recent projects in Beijing.