Sex. Family. Architecture. City: A Study on Residential Research from Family to City

Author: Zhang Hong
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is based on the fundamental theory of material production in human society, particularly the reproduction of human beings themselves, and attempts to establish a housing studies system for research on family and social organizations in Chinese history. It explores the interactive relationship between the emergence of family organizations and the formation and development of housing, conducts an in-depth study of the characteristics of ancient Chinese family systems and the evolution patterns of housing forms, and proposes the concept of the origin of habitation as well as the concepts of broad habitation and narrow habitation. The book also employs the research methods of housing urbanology to examine the relationship between land systems, such as the well-field system, and hierarchical habitation in history, along with the urban spatial structure, revealing the correlation between changes in urban nature and the regeneration of urban vitality, as well as the evolutionary patterns reflected in urban spatial structures. Additionally, the book takes Suzhou as a case study to preliminarily explore methods and approaches for preserving and continuing the historical features of ancient cities during the process of urban modernization.