Dining in Beijing

Author: Shan Jun
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: "Tsinghua Architecture StudioWorks" is a genuine record of the "Themed Design (Studio)" at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. It includes teachers' teaching introductions, objectives, and plans, as well as students' complete design thinking processes and outcomes. It also features insightful comments from the instructors, as well as scholars from the architecture field and other disciplines. It is one of the outcomes of the new round of teaching reforms at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. "Eating Beijing" is a topic in the third-year studio teaching at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, and also a vivid and representative teaching experience. Both teachers and students took Beijing as the backdrop, focusing on the spatial and formal expressions of "eating" (as a daily life theme) that are closely related to the general public, and exploring its impact on the urban environment. The course aimed to understand social phenomena from an architectural perspective and solve urban problems through architectural means. While stimulating students' creativity, it also guided them to reflect on the social responsibilities of architects. "Eating Beijing" serves as a way to read Beijing from one side, reflecting the массовость (massiveness), sociality, and "humanistic care" of architecture. It is not only an active exploration of the goal model of architecture but also a profound reflection on the meaning of architectural studies itself. This book is suitable for architecture and urban planning students as a teaching aid for design courses. For professionals in the fields of architecture, sociology, culture, and all readers who are concerned about the development of contemporary cities and architecture, represented by Beijing, it can also provide new insights.