‘Applicability, Economy and Attention to Beauty with Limitations’: The Origin and Value of a 1950s Chinese Architectural Design Strategic Guideline.

Xiaohan Chen*, Yiping Dong, Peta Carlin

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In 2015, in response to global warming and the diminishment of resources, China proposed a new design strategic guideline “Applicability, Economy, Green and Beauty,” based on an earlier model. In 1956, seven years after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) the Central People’s Government had formally established an architectural design strategic guideline, “Applicability, Economy and Attention to Beauty with Limitations” (AEB) which set out the goals and guided the direction of architecture design in response to its new national identity. The official newspaper, People’s Daily, established by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) provided the main platform for the promotion of AEB, during an era when specialist architectural publications were largely non-existent. Significantly, until 2015, AEB continued to function as the main strategic guideline; it was foundational to Chinese architecture design for over half a century.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand: 37, What If? What Next? Speculations on History’s Futures
EditorsKate Hislop, Hannah Lewi
Place of PublicationPerth
Pages64-74
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic) 978-0-646-83725-3
Publication statusPublished - 2021
EventThe 37th Society of Architectural Historians Australia & New Zealand Conference : What if? What next? Speculations on History’s Futures - The University of Western Australia School of Design, Perth, Australia
Duration: 18 Nov 202025 Nov 2020
https://www.sahanz.net/conferences/what-if-what-next-speculations-on-historys-futures/

Conference

ConferenceThe 37th Society of Architectural Historians Australia & New Zealand Conference
Abbreviated titleSAHANZ 2021
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityPerth
Period18/11/2025/11/20
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