Building Projects in China: A Manual for Architects and Engineers
Building Projects in China: A Manual for Architects and Engineers by Bert Bielefeld, Lars-Phillip Rusch
Birkhäuser Basel | May 2006 | ISBN: 3764374160 | PDF | 256 pages | 44.9 MB
Interest in the Chinese building and planning market has been steadily growing for many years. Now, for the first time, a repository of knowledge as exhaustively researched as this one is finally available.
Building Projects in China is the first publication on the book market to give a comprehensive overview of the planning activities of foreign architects in China. This practical handbook outlines legal framework conditions, introduces the Chinese building market, and gives practical descriptions of the execution of projects on site. To complete the picture, international planning firms share their experience on projects of the most various sizes and types in China. What makes projects in China so challenging is the tension between the traditional, historical planning environment of an Asian big city and a modernity that is in many ways already ahead of the Western world.
Contents
Foreword 7
CHINA AS A BOOMING MARKET
A 1 China's economic development
Dr Bert Bielefeld / Lars-Phillip Rusch 11
A 2 Changing Chinese architectural and building traditions
Dr Andreas Szesny 14
A 2.1 Special features of traditional Chinese architecture 16
A 2.2 The background in terms of cultural history 18
A 2.3 New structures for ''outward appearance'' 20
A 2.4 The role of foreign architects 22
A 2.5 The central axis 23
A 2.6 Pressure to adapt because of energy shortages 24
A 3 ''Don't kill the dragon" - urban development in China
Matthias Wehrlin 27
A 3.1 Current urban development in China 27
A 3.2 New space for the provincial capital Kunming 29
A 3.3 The new city of Chenggong 33
A 3.4 Experiences 38
THE FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING IN CHINA
B 1 Project control in China
Hans-Peter Holler 43
B 1.1 Legal bases 43
B 1.2 Project development 45
B 1.3 Planning and building realization 49
B 1.4 Project management in practice 50
B 1.5 Planning and building costs 56
B 2 Building Law in China
RA Dr Christian Gloyer 59
B 2.1 Introduction 59
B 2.2 Building and Planning Law 63
2.2.1 Principles of Chinese Building Law 63
2.2.2 Foreign activity in the building trade 65
2.2.3 The building contract 67
2.2.4 Liability 68
2.2.5 Architectural and engineering contracts 70
2.2.6 Contract drafting 76
2.2.7 Implementing the law 79
B 2.3 Invitations to tender 80
B 2.4 Copyright protection for architects and engineers 85
PLANNING IN CHINA
C 1 Breaking into the market and procurement
Werner Subai 89
C 2 Branches in China
Nikolaus Goetze 99
C 3 Commercial viability of Chinese commissions
Quinn Lu / Michael Pruss 103
C 4 Working in Chinese planning practices: experiences
Gordon Brandenfels 110
C 5 "Dos - don'ts"
Dr Bert Bielefeld / Lars-Phillip Rusch 115
PROGRESS REPORTS
D 1 Planning commissions in China
Dr Bert Bielefeld / Lars-Phillip Rusch 123
D 2 Yon Gerkan, Mark and Partner
Nikolaus Goetze 125
D 3 Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects - PJAR
Stephan Jentsch 138
D 4 Romses Architects
Scott Romses 155
D 5 Bruno Braun Architekten
Bruno Braun 171
D 6 HaiPo Architects - HPA
Kerstin Hartmann 182
APPENDIX
E 1 Contact addresses 201
E 2 Bibliography 205
E 3 Index 206
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