The world inside the walls

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dc.contributor.advisorNot available
dc.creatorPeng, Ting Kuo, 1960-
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-08T17:36:40Z
dc.date.available2023-08-08T17:36:40Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.descriptionChinese are an old and traditional people who have preserved their own culture for thousands of years. The Chinese have lived inside walls, and formed their own particular life style. Today, in a multicultural era, every culture inevitably has to communicate with other ones. In these last hundred years, China has faced a strong western impact on its old way of life, the door has suddenly been opened and the walls have been torn down. China is standing on the crossroads between tradition and modernity. Being a Chinese and also a resident of the world village, raises the question of how to realize the essence of Chinese traditional culture and still keep these good characteristics assimilating them into a new modern world. This is the core of my topic. Chinese traditional architecture is "based on quantity, not on mass," which is the complex of construction, not the single one. The focus does not emphasize the sculptural forms of a single building but the relationship among spaces. The meaning of space and the methods of organization in Chinese traditional architecture are based on Chinese philosophies and folk traditions. The walls have civilized the long-held philosophies and values which have set the parameters for Chinese traditional architecture. As Nelson I Wu said, "Inside his four walls he, (Chinese man), regulates human relationships to achieve internal harmony, to him the highest goal on earth." The purpose of this study is to explore these parameters of the world inside the walls, and examine the physical design methods which are feasible for today
dc.description.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/120761
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/47591
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden_US
dc.subjectChinese architectureen_US
dc.subjectArchitectural spaceen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture philosophyen_US
dc.subjectChinese traditionen_US
dc.subjectChinese cultureen_US
dc.subjectTraditional architectureen_US
dc.subjectChinese philosophyen_US
dc.subjectMeaning of spaceen_US
dc.subjectChinese folk traditionsen_US
dc.subjectPhysical design methodsen_US
dc.subjectTraditionen_US
dc.subjectModernityen_US
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture, Chinese
dc.subject.lcshSpace (Architecture)
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture--China--Philosophy
dc.titleThe world inside the wallsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US

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