Lim, CJ
Once Upon a China
- ISBN 13:
- 9781138224438
- author:
- Lim, CJ
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 328
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Once Upon a China is an unconventional architectural story that weaves together four seminal pre-modern fictions to explore Chinese identity through themes of domesticity, consumerism, democracy and adaptability.
The chapters are ingenious reimaginings of 'Dream of the Red Mansion', 'Journey to the West ', 'The Water Margin', and 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', using comics as an unorthodox yet extraordinary medium for architectural speculations.
This unique approach enriches the processes of conception and conceptualisation of design, enabling complex stories of place, brief and building to materialise in a way that challenges traditional Western capitalist models and offers a sense of optimism for reappraising Chinese design futures.
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