LIVING WITH GATES Functions, Effects and Psychology of Walls and Gates
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LIVING WITH GATES
Functions, Effects and Psychology of Walls and Gatesin Chinese Commodity Housing Estates
Werner BreitungMichael Arri
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri
“GATED COMMUNITIES”• exceptional in European cities• more common but contested in USA• matter of life and death in some developing countries• the norm in Chinese cities
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
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michael arri
Simple Schematic Structure of Chinese Society
state
collective level clan, work unit, residents‘ committee,
property management company, home owners’ committee, state established community
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
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individualindividual
individual
“Don’t worry, there is always somebody watching you!”
control the people: inner-city borders and urban governance
cities and borders, macau, august 2007
michael arri
“Don’t worry, there is always somebody watching you!”
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
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michael arri
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
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residents’ opinion on access control (%)
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
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residents’ opinion on the estate’s gates and walls
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
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Issue 1: Segregation
Residents’ opinion on segregated livingcorrelated to their job position (%)
Issue 2: Planning The Promenade
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
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Issue 2: Planning The Promenade
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
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Issue 2: Planning The Border
Issue 2: Planning The Road
Issue 3: Lack of Diffusion
T h a n k Y o u !
Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology
China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007
Werner Breitung
michael arri