The contribution illustrates the evolution of traditional Chinese building techniques on the east coast from XIX to XX century. In particular, the urban fabric of the water towns surrounding Shanghai and the regular residential areas, which arose in the city between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries within the European enclaves, are analysed. The compact and medium density urban systems, typical of the historic Chinese areas, are characterised by ancient building techniques which combine the masonry with the wooden structures: inlaid wooden façades act as enclosures and connections between walls, built up using blue bricks, local masonry elements treated so as to offer a particular bluish coloration. The fusion between eastern and Western cultures has shaped the first Chinese mass commodity housing, the Shikumen-Lilong, in the former European Concessions: these are low-rise building complexes, which evolved from partial timber structures to dense aggregates in masonry.
Il contributo illustra l’evoluzione dei modi di costruire tradizionali cinesi nella costa orientale dal XVII al XX secolo. Si analizzano, in particolare, i tessuti urbani delle “città d’acqua” limitrofe a Shanghai e le aree residenziali regolari, sorte nella città tra Ottocento e Novecento all'interno delle nuove enclave europee. L’impianto urbano compatto a media densità, tipico delle aree storiche cinesi, è caratterizzato da antiche tecniche costruttive che combinano la muratura con le strutture lignee: le facciate in legno intarsiate fungono da tamponamento e collegamento, mentre i setti murari sono realizza-ti in blue bricks, mattoni di un particolare impasto che conferisce loro una colorazione bluastra. Nelle Concessioni europee la fusione tra cultura orientale e occidentale ha dato forma alla prima edilizia popolare cinese, gli Shi-kumen-Lilong, basse abitazioni a schiera che nei decenni si sono evolute da strutture parzialmente in legno a densi aggregati in muratura.
Maria Vittoria Fratini, L.G. (2019). Legno e laterizio nella costruzione tradizionale cinese Wood and bricks in traditional Chinese construction. Torino : Edizioni Politecnico di Torino.
Legno e laterizio nella costruzione tradizionale cinese Wood and bricks in traditional Chinese construction
Luca Guardigli
Writing – Review & Editing
;Anna Chiara BenedettiData Curation
2019
Abstract
The contribution illustrates the evolution of traditional Chinese building techniques on the east coast from XIX to XX century. In particular, the urban fabric of the water towns surrounding Shanghai and the regular residential areas, which arose in the city between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries within the European enclaves, are analysed. The compact and medium density urban systems, typical of the historic Chinese areas, are characterised by ancient building techniques which combine the masonry with the wooden structures: inlaid wooden façades act as enclosures and connections between walls, built up using blue bricks, local masonry elements treated so as to offer a particular bluish coloration. The fusion between eastern and Western cultures has shaped the first Chinese mass commodity housing, the Shikumen-Lilong, in the former European Concessions: these are low-rise building complexes, which evolved from partial timber structures to dense aggregates in masonry.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.