New Chinese Socialism and Building Industrialization: Exploring Chinese Socialist Architectural Design Strategies in the Late 1950s Through Architectural Journal

Xiaohan Chen; Yiping Dong; Peta Carlin

doi:10.1007/978-981-96-4749-1_42

New Chinese Socialism and Building Industrialization: Exploring Chinese Socialist Architectural Design Strategies in the Late 1950s Through Architectural Journal

Xiaohan Chen^*, Yiping Dong, Peta Carlin

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Architecture

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review

Abstract

This study concentrates on the architectural design and reportages in the Chinese architectural academic publication Architectural Journal in late 1957 to 1958. It seeks to elucidate that within the political context advocating technological revolution both internationally and domestically, building industrialization, characterized by the utilization of new materials and technologies with an emphasis on rapid, efficient, and cost-effective construction, has become the focal point of the Chinese architectural society. The “Scientific” architectural design approach supplanted the traditional paradigm of “Big roof” and classical decorations, emerging as a novel representation of the superiority of Chinese socialism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in the Integration of Technology and the Built Environment - Select Proceeding of Architecture Across Boundaries, 2024
Editors	Jiawen Han, Davide Lombardi, Alessandro Cece
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	357-364
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9789819647484
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4749-1_42
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	2nd International Conference on Architecture Across Boundaries, AAB 2024 - Suzhou, China Duration: 30 Aug 2024 → 1 Sept 2024

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume	593 LNCE
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

Conference

Conference	2nd International Conference on Architecture Across Boundaries, AAB 2024
Country/Territory	China
City	Suzhou
Period	30/08/24 → 1/09/24

Keywords

Architectural Journal
Building Industrialization
Design Strategy
New Chinese Socialism
Technical Revolution

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10.1007/978-981-96-4749-1_42

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Chen, X., Dong, Y., & Carlin, P. (2025). New Chinese Socialism and Building Industrialization: Exploring Chinese Socialist Architectural Design Strategies in the Late 1950s Through Architectural Journal. In J. Han, D. Lombardi, & A. Cece (Eds.), Advances in the Integration of Technology and the Built Environment - Select Proceeding of Architecture Across Boundaries, 2024 (pp. 357-364). (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 593 LNCE). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4749-1_42

Chen, Xiaohan ; Dong, Yiping ; Carlin, Peta. / New Chinese Socialism and Building Industrialization : Exploring Chinese Socialist Architectural Design Strategies in the Late 1950s Through Architectural Journal. Advances in the Integration of Technology and the Built Environment - Select Proceeding of Architecture Across Boundaries, 2024. editor / Jiawen Han ; Davide Lombardi ; Alessandro Cece. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. pp. 357-364 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering).

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Chen, X, Dong, Y & Carlin, P 2025, New Chinese Socialism and Building Industrialization: Exploring Chinese Socialist Architectural Design Strategies in the Late 1950s Through Architectural Journal. in J Han, D Lombardi & A Cece (eds), Advances in the Integration of Technology and the Built Environment - Select Proceeding of Architecture Across Boundaries, 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 593 LNCE, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 357-364, 2nd International Conference on Architecture Across Boundaries, AAB 2024, Suzhou, China, 30/08/24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4749-1_42

New Chinese Socialism and Building Industrialization: Exploring Chinese Socialist Architectural Design Strategies in the Late 1950s Through Architectural Journal. / Chen, Xiaohan; Dong, Yiping; Carlin, Peta.
Advances in the Integration of Technology and the Built Environment - Select Proceeding of Architecture Across Boundaries, 2024. ed. / Jiawen Han; Davide Lombardi; Alessandro Cece. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. p. 357-364 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 593 LNCE).

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review

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Chen X, Dong Y, Carlin P. New Chinese Socialism and Building Industrialization: Exploring Chinese Socialist Architectural Design Strategies in the Late 1950s Through Architectural Journal. In Han J, Lombardi D, Cece A, editors, Advances in the Integration of Technology and the Built Environment - Select Proceeding of Architecture Across Boundaries, 2024. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. p. 357-364. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-4749-1_42