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dc.contributor.advisorAlexander D'Hooghe.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Shaoyien_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture.en_US
dc.coverage.spatiala-cc---en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-04T21:34:33Z
dc.date.available2014-11-04T21:34:33Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91408
dc.descriptionThesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 41).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe circular ring roads are one of the key elements that define the spatial organization of Beijing today. However, as the city continues to expand, the ring roads located in the inner city, combined with the gridded street-networks, usually creates more problems than solutions. The second ring road, constructed in the early 1980s-at the era of China's Economic Reform, proves to be a major example of such an issue. Despite its intention to create rapid transportation paths around the periphery of the city, as the city expands, this ring-structure serves as a new center for the city; it is notorious for its traffic jams, pollution, and drastically degenerated urban environment-a "wall" that cuts off two sides of the city and its associated urbanity. The thesis explores the potential of new intervention on the site of the second ring road, adopting and addressing the city's transportation infrastructure as a vehicle to providing much-needed public space, new programs, and other civic amenities for the city. The proposition is that in the design of the city, architecture, open space, and infrastructure should be combined as one intertwined discipline. The strategic deployment of urban and architectural forms, applied with contextual considerations, are devised to re-introduce the "urban characteristics" back to the city.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Shaoyi Liang.en_US
dc.format.extent98, 2 unnumbered pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.titleThe walled city : Beijing hybrid development plan in the 2nd ring roaden_US
dc.title.alternativeBeijing hybrid development plan in the 2nd ring roaden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc893562497en_US


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