04326nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-77517-8 DE-He213 20251030114921.0 cr nn 008mamaa 250108s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031775178 978-3-031-77517-8 10.1007/978-3-031-77517-8 doi NA4100-8480 AM bicssc ARC024000 bisacsh AM thema Semprebon, Gerardo. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 90200 Fragile Heritage in Chinese Ruralities [electronic resource] : Enacting Architectural Tools to Valorize Historical Palimpsests / by Gerardo Semprebon. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXVI, 223 p. 137 illus., 112 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Research for Development, 2198-7319 Introduction -- Positioning the Research -- Fragile Heritage Between Folklore, Academia, and Practice -- The Village as a Cultural Palimpsest -- Multiscalar Analysis of the Architecture of Fifteen Fragile Heritage -- Architectures to Revitalize Fragile Heritage -- Conclusions. This book explores the concept of fragile heritage as an architectural legacy and a territorial resource in rural China, emphasizing the significance in safeguarding its unique cultural trajectory, and laying the groundwork for future developments. Chinese rural buildings and settlements encapsulate priceless cultural values, but become increasingly vulnerable, under increasing pressures. Socioeconomic transitions, climate change, political agendas, land rent speculation, awakenings, and commodifications of cultural values, redefine the conceptual and operational framework of countryside transformation, and contribute to the debate on contemporary architectural and urban design. In this context, rural authenticity emerges as a crucial value in architectural morpho-typology, construction techniques, and expressive codes. The book introduces the notion of fragile heritage as the crossroad between folklore, academia, and practice. Next, it put in place reading methods to frame rural settlements as cultural palimpsests, indissolubly tying architectures to the landscape. These concepts are then applied to a multiscalar analysis of fifteen traditional architectures to uncover rural space and society's physical and cultural dimensions. Finally, it discusses recent revitalization projects, highlighting the potential role of architectural design. The research methodology relies on fieldwork campaigns in the Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces of China between 2017 and 2019 and a subsequent critical ri-elaboration that leverages the graphic apparatus as the fundamental investigative tool. The central idea put forward in this book is that, between tradition and innovation, the fragile heritage of past societies needs a cultural translation, interpretation, and negotiation to find space and life in the contemporary milieu. Architecture. 66049 Buildings. 68005 Cultural property. Sustainable architecture. 66051 Social structure. Equality. 59823 China History. 66901 Building Types and Functions. 68006 Cultural Heritage. Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. 66054 Social Structure. History of China. 66903 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031775161 Printed edition: 9783031775185 Printed edition: 9783031775192 Research for Development, 2198-7319 75876 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77517-8 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 66369 66369