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You can't change China, China changes you
- Title
- You can't change China, China changes you / John van de Water ; [text editing, Piet Vollaard ; translation, George Hall].
- Author
- Water, John van de.
- Publication
- Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2012.
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- Additional Authors
- Vollaard, Piet.
- Description
- 256 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color); 23 cm
- Summary
- "Young, enthusiastic and ambitious - this was Dutch architect John van de Water when setting off to a rapidly modernizing China in 2004. His intention was to put into practice in China the internationally recognized ideas of NEXT architects, the firm in which he is a partner. The years that followed were hectic, with more than a million square metres' worth of projects realized on Chinese soil. The boundaries of his Western frame of reference constantly needed reviewing in the light of the Chinese context. He encountered a wide range of conditions and situations informing the relationship between Western and Chinese thinking: incomprehension, confrontation, misunderstandings, acceptance, awareness, consensus and, ultimately, mutual benefit. You Can't Change China, China Changes You is Van de Water's personal, disarming and occasionally hilarious account of this compelling and confrontational quest for an authentic architecture. Are Western design skills able to evolve in a cultural context as radically different as that of China?"--Page 4 of cover.
- Uniform Title
- Je kunt China niet veranderen, China verandert jou. English
- Alternative Title
- Je kunt China niet veranderen, China verandert jou.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Translation of: Je kunt China niet veranderen, China verandert jou.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 256).
- Contents
- Preface -- Intuition -- Dialogue -- Freedom -- Synergy -- Vision -- Reflection -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JQD 17-642
- ISBN
- 9789064507625
- 9064507627
- LCCN
- 2012424742
- OCLC
- 782524106
- Author
- Water, John van de.
- Title
- You can't change China, China changes you / John van de Water ; [text editing, Piet Vollaard ; translation, George Hall].
- Imprint
- Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 256).
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Topical Term
- k Architecture (discipline) z China y 2000-2010.f Dutch h Architects.f Dutch k architectural h Firms.
- Added Author
- Vollaard, Piet.
- Research Call Number
- JQD 17-642