Where production, teaching, and research meet: University-run design institutes

Charlie Q. L. Xue, Guanghui Ding

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Abstract

In 2015, around 300 higher education institutions in China offered programs in architecture or environmental design (interior and landscape). Most of these institutions also had a design organization. The origin of these university-run design institutes dates back to the 1950s, when the nascent Communist regime banned private design firms and, following the Soviet model, established state-owned design institutes. During the Great Leap Forward of 1958, architectural educators were encouraged to engage with production by joining university-run design institutes, offering their professional services to society, and training students in real-life projects. Although those design institutes were shut down during the Cultural Revolution, they were reestablished in the late 1970s; since then, they have been involved in architectural production and become a formidable design force in the market.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA History of Design Institutes in China
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Mao to Market
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter7
Pages143-169
ISBN (Electronic)9780203709917, 9781351356794
ISBN (Print)9781138562332
Publication statusPublished - 2 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameRoutledge Research in Architecture
PublisherRoutledge

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