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010 _a 2014041039
020 _a978-1-138-56775-7 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _z9781472449122 (ebook)
020 _z9781472449139 (epub)
040 _apucpr
_beng
_cpucpr
_dpucpr
_erda
049 _aCARIBET
050 0 0 _aNA7523
_bZ495 2015
082 0 0 _a728/.31
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100 1 _aZhang, Donia,
_d1967-
_eAuthor
_qDonia Zhang
245 1 0 _aCourtyard housing for health and happiness :
_barchitectural multiculturalism in North America. /
_cDonia Zhang.
_htxt
250 _aFirst Published
264 1 _aBurlington, VT :
_bAshgate ,
_c2015.
300 _axx, 179 p.
_bill.; plans.;
_c25 cm
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediaded
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aInclude index
504 _aInclude Bibliography
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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. --
520 _aIdentifying 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.
650 0 _aCourtyard houses.
_2bisacsh
650 0 _aArchitecture and philosophy
_zChina.
650 0 _aArchitecture and globalization
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aArchitecture
_xHuman factors.
942 _2lcc
_c6
_eFirst Published
_hNA7523
_kGeneral
_mZ495 2015
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_d267693