Feng Shui and the City

Feng Shui and the City analyses the past and contemporary influences of traditional geomancy on Chinese built environments across three domains: domestic spaces, spaces of commercial development and the public realm. Using Lefebvre's notion of absolute and abstract space spaces of 'symbolic existence' and 'everyday life' versus spaces of domination and control, it tracks evolving attachment to, and use of, Feng Shui in Guangdong and Hong Kong. The book seeks to understand the changing role of Feng Shui in modern urban development and its regulation, and to question what constitutes authentic Feng Shui today.

Advances the research on the impact of Feng Shui on the built environment by focusing on its pervasiveness on contemporary urban planning and design processes and outputs

Provides detailed case studies of Feng Shui's influence on the built environment in both mainland China (Guangdong province) and the Chinese territories (Hong Kong)

Explores the narratives underpinning Feng Shui's contemporary practices in both mainland China and the Chinese territories

Considers Feng Shui as a means through which social and cultural values are transposed onto urban and architectural space

Auteur

Manuela Madeddu is Senior Lecturer in Urban Design at the University of Liverpool. She has held previous posts at London South Bank University and the Politecnico di Torino, and practised as an architect and urban designer in Italy and the UK. Her research focuses on cultures of design and regulation.
Xiaoqing Zhang is Lecturer in Public Administration at the Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. She graduated from University College London with a PhD in Planning Studies. Her research interests include urban regeneration in relation to welfare regimes, and community governance sitting within a broader understanding of local political resources.

Texte du rabat

Feng Shui and the City analyses the past and contemporary influences of traditional geomancy on Chinese built environments across three domains: domestic spaces, spaces of commercial development and the public realm. Using Lefebvre s notion of absolute and abstract space spaces of symbolic existence and everyday life versus spaces of domination and control, it tracks evolving attachment to, and use of, Feng Shui in Guangdong and Hong Kong. The book seeks to understand the changing role of Feng Shui in modern urban development and its regulation, and to question what constitutes authentic Feng Shui today.

Contenu
Chapter 1: Feng Shui and the 'Meaning of Space'.- Chapter 2: The Case Studies and Research Approach.- Chapter 3: Feng Shui in Mainland China Guangdong Province.- Chapter 4: Feng Shui in the Chinese territories Hong Kong.- Chapter 5: Conclusions.