Conclusion

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA History of Design Institutes in China
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Mao to Market
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter9
Pages195-202
ISBN (electronic)9780203709917, 9781351356794
ISBN (print)9781138562332
Publication statusPublished - 2 Aug 2018

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NameRoutledge Research in Architecture
PublisherRoutledge

Abstract

This book has examined the emergence, evolution, and transformation of China’s state-owned design institutes. In the Mao era, design institutes’ mission was to serve the country by providing professional services. In the socialist market economy, design institutes were encouraged to support urbanization and accelerate economic growth. As the instrument of the state in allocating material and immaterial resources, design institutes consistently pursued the production, dissemination, and application of architectural knowledge. Playing an essential role in China’s modernization process, architects in design institutes have endeavored, with remarkable success, to perform three tasks: organizationally, to maintain the balance between collectivism and individualism; ideologically and institutionally, to mediate the seemingly irreconcilable tension between embeddedness and emancipation; and practically, to reconcile pragmatism and commitment.

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Conclusion. / Xue, Charlie Q. L.; Ding, Guanghui.
A History of Design Institutes in China: From Mao to Market. Routledge, 2018. p. 195-202 (Routledge Research in Architecture).

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksForeword/preface/postscriptpeer-review