Vertical Neighborhood : Urban Density in New Beijing

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Ben Dennis

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Fall 2008

Keywords

Beijing, density, urban housing, courtyard house

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

"My project is a critique od the current architecture of Beijing and its inability to transfer the values, rituals, and social programs of traditional domestic architecture into a rapidly changing contemporary context.

Through translating the courtyard house, a new model for dense domestic space can be created that maintains the salient qualities of the type and in its communal environment, while responding to the new verticality of Beijing."

Additional Information

Advisors: Richard Rosa / Edward Sichta

Recommended Citation

Dennis, Ben, "Vertical Neighborhood : Urban Density in New Beijing" (2008). Architecture Thesis Prep. 28.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/28