02417cam a2200373 i 4500 pucpr 20220906143157.0 141015s2015 vtu b 001 0 eng 2014041039 978-1-138-56775-7 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781472449122 (ebook) 9781472449139 (epub) pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA7523 Z495 2015 728/.31 23 Zhang, Donia, 1967- Author Donia Zhang Courtyard housing for health and happiness : architectural multiculturalism in North America. / Donia Zhang. txt First Published Burlington, VT : Ashgate , 2015. xx, 179 p. ill.; plans.; 25 cm book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Include index Include Bibliography Introduction: Health and Happiness in Housing -- Four Key Themes in Chinese Philosophy to Promote Health and Happiness at Home -- Health as Balancing Yin Yang: Form and Environmental Quality of the Housing -- Health as Gathering Qi: Space and Construction Quality of the Housing -- Happiness as Attaining Oneness: Matters of Social Cohesion in the Homes -- Happiness as Knowing the Dao: Time and Cultural Activities in the Homes -- Four Keystones of Courtyard Housing Design -- COURTYARD HOUSING FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS Conclusion: Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness. -- Identifying four key themes in Chinese philosophy to promote health and happiness at home, this book links architecture with Chinese philosophy, social sciences, and the humanities, and in doing so, argues that Architectural Multiculturalism is a vital ideology to guide housing design in North America. Using both qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered from ethnic Chinese and non-Chinese living in the USA and Canada, the study proposes that the Courtyard is a central component to promote social and cultural health and happiness of residents. Courtyard houses. bisacsh Architecture and philosophy China. Architecture and globalization North America. Architecture Human factors. lcc 6 First Published NA7523 General Z495 2015 267693 267693 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2017-07-14 Amazon 49.95 0 General NA7523 Z495 2015 91000000054114 2025-09-03 10:50:09 1 59.95 2017-07-14 6 Pres. 2016 - 2017