Image-oriented design control in China: a case study from Nanjing

Chen, Fei ORCID: 0000-0001-8168-507X (2022) Image-oriented design control in China: a case study from Nanjing. URBAN DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, 27 (2). pp. 132-144.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41289-022-00182-0

Abstract

This paper investigates urban image-making through the lens of different sets of design control tools and mechanisms in use in the Chinese planning system before 2019. It takes the South Railway Station area of Nanjing, part of a planned new town, as the case study and examines the design and planning of the overall area, a sub-area and two selected building sites. The research offers an understanding of the performative role of urban planning in place promotion with its distinctive Chinese characteristics, which are related to the planning culture and socio-political context of China. The paper identifies a few problems resulting from an image-oriented approach to planning in the case studies. Firstly, planning strategies have stressed grandness as opposed to the human scale and wide spatial qualities. Secondly, the approach has emphasised marketability of urban images rather than the representation of socio-cultural values. The study suggests that place identity catering for the interests of ordinary citizens should be foregrounded in design control in new town development in China.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Image-making, Place identity, Design control, Urban planning, Place promotion
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2022 14:05
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2023 02:30
DOI:	10.1057/s41289-022-00182-0
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3148917