Fired earth in the built. The Western brick heritage in China: history, technology and conservation. KU Leuven
History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture, Materials and Constructions, Koninklijk Instituut Kunstpatrimonium, Syddansk Universitet
This project is about how historic techniques, contemporary conservation concepts and sciences fit in with the hybrid heritage fragments in the built of modern China. The globalisation in brick industry has stimulated an epochal shift in modern China. The native Chinese tradition of “blue brick” has been replaced by the exotic Western system of “red brick” since the mid-19th century. Irresistible revolutions happened in both architecture and ...