Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment
Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2016.
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| author | Qian, Jie, M. Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | James Jr. Wescoat. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1034352019-04-12T16:23:41Z Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment Rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment Qian, Jie, M. Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Jr. Wescoat. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Architecture. Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2016. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131). In the context of growing cultural tourism, water heritage becomes a unique topic for its inherently multi-scale cultural, social and environmental aspects; and its potential to become a "living heritage" by incorporating local participation in a comprehensive development. This is nowhere clearer than in China, where rapid development in urban and rural area and large scale state sponsored water infrastructure project creates the tension between heritage conservation, local economy and environment protection. Currently, there're very few examples how architecture and landscape design can address this tension and potential. The thesis develops a twofold argument for an interdisciplinary water problem: From the hydro-social and geo-political perspective, the thesis continues to investigate the question raised by Karl August Wittfogel and his successors: how can a centralized state use water infrastructure as an apparatus for coordination and political control and how the folk develop their own social norm and cultural custom in adaption to the state project? From the architectural and cultural-geographic perspective, it embraces the indeterminacy and duality of water metaphorically and materially, following Charles Moore's trajectory. The thesis seeks to establish a mutual benefit relationship between the state and the folk by integrating cultural tourism in a water infrastructural development; And to develop a new water architecture which express the essence of temporality in materiality and stimulate the "living heritage" through community engagement. by Jie Qian. M. Arch. 2016-07-01T18:23:46Z 2016-07-01T18:23:46Z 2016 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103435 952409069 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 131 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Qian, Jie, M. Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment |
| title | Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment |
| title_full | Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment |
| title_fullStr | Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment |
| title_short | Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment |
| title_sort | old canal new water architecture rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment |
| topic | Architecture. |
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