Shi in Architecture: the Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Doors

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dc.contributor.authorZhu, Qien
dc.contributor.committeechairEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairFrascari, Marcoen
dc.contributor.committeememberFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolt, Jaanen
dc.contributor.committeememberFung, Stanislausen
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:12:05Zen
dc.date.adate2008-06-20en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:12:05Zen
dc.date.issued2008-03-25en
dc.date.rdate2008-06-20en
dc.date.sdate2008-05-15en
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the concept of shi manifested in traditional Chinese architecture by examining the efficacy of the traditional Chinese house doors. Three connotations of the concept of shi derived from different philosophical schools of thought during the Warring States Period: the advantageous shi, the authoritative shi and the self-so-doing shi, are re-engaged as the theoretical framework for this study. The three categories of shi correspondingly shed light on the understanding of the craftiness in architectural constructions, the embodied cultural meanings in building elements and the aesthetics achieved by the artful arrangement of building elements. This study also further reveals the essential nature of shi as weak and amorphous in parallel with the weak ontology proposed by Gianni Vattimo. It is this weak and amorphous nature of shi that results in the complexity, diversity and richness of traditional Chinese house doors. This new perspective of examining architecture through the lens of shi also provides a way for looking at the future development of Chinese architecture beyond the limitations of internationalism yet within the realm of a critical local modernity.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-05152008-193629en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05152008-193629/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27733en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartChapter_1.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartChapter_2.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartChapter_3.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartChapter_4.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartChapter_5.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartConclusion-Back-Matter.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartCover_abstract_table_of_contents.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartIntroduction.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectShien
dc.subjectChinese architectureen
dc.subjectChinese house doorsen
dc.subjectChinese gardens doorsen
dc.subjectadvantageous shien
dc.subjectauthoritative shien
dc.subjectself-so-doing shien
dc.subjectamuleten
dc.subjectConfucian ritesen
dc.subjectdoor orientationsen
dc.subjectcosmologyen
dc.subjectpropensityen
dc.subjectFengshuien
dc.subjectdoor amuletsen
dc.subjectHuizhouen
dc.subjectYin Yu Tangen
dc.titleShi in Architecture: the Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Doorsen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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