Designing Neighborhood for Communal Activities: The Case of Low-Rent Housing for Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

Chinese migrants transfer from their rural settlements to establish city lives, but their sense of identity and family network remain grounded in a village culture. The rich communal activities can be understood as one aspect of the adherence to the village culture and lifestyle of their rural settl...

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Main Author: Xueni Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design 2018-06-01
Series:Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning
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Online Access:http://iconarp.selcuk.edu.tr/iconarp/article/view/146
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spelling doaj-5c5203586c4547f58a0ceb9ce8c7a13f2020-11-25T02:50:31ZengKonya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and DesignIconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning2147-93802018-06-0161295810.15320/ICONARP.2018.37116Designing Neighborhood for Communal Activities: The Case of Low-Rent Housing for Rural-to-Urban Migrants in ChinaXueni Peng0Seoul national universityChinese migrants transfer from their rural settlements to establish city lives, but their sense of identity and family network remain grounded in a village culture. The rich communal activities can be understood as one aspect of the adherence to the village culture and lifestyle of their rural settlements. This study investigates the transitional spaces combined with functions shared among such Chinese migrants in their urban settlements are to allow communal activities to emerge. The sharing of certain functions situated in the transitional spaces, namely, in front of the rental room, in front of the rental house and between the rental houses, always provides opportunities for communal activities to take place. I defend that the role played by the transitional spaces must be joined with functions that residents can share or must share with each other. The shared functions situated in the transitional spaces actually allow communal activities to take root.http://iconarp.selcuk.edu.tr/iconarp/article/view/146Rural-to-urban Chinese migrants (Nongmin gong), the extended family, low-rent housing, communal activities, transitional spaces, shared functions
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Designing Neighborhood for Communal Activities: The Case of Low-Rent Housing for Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning
Rural-to-urban Chinese migrants (Nongmin gong), the extended family, low-rent housing, communal activities, transitional spaces, shared functions
author_facet Xueni Peng
author_sort Xueni Peng
title Designing Neighborhood for Communal Activities: The Case of Low-Rent Housing for Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
title_short Designing Neighborhood for Communal Activities: The Case of Low-Rent Housing for Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
title_full Designing Neighborhood for Communal Activities: The Case of Low-Rent Housing for Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
title_fullStr Designing Neighborhood for Communal Activities: The Case of Low-Rent Housing for Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
title_full_unstemmed Designing Neighborhood for Communal Activities: The Case of Low-Rent Housing for Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
title_sort designing neighborhood for communal activities: the case of low-rent housing for rural-to-urban migrants in china
publisher Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design
series Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning
issn 2147-9380
publishDate 2018-06-01
description Chinese migrants transfer from their rural settlements to establish city lives, but their sense of identity and family network remain grounded in a village culture. The rich communal activities can be understood as one aspect of the adherence to the village culture and lifestyle of their rural settlements. This study investigates the transitional spaces combined with functions shared among such Chinese migrants in their urban settlements are to allow communal activities to emerge. The sharing of certain functions situated in the transitional spaces, namely, in front of the rental room, in front of the rental house and between the rental houses, always provides opportunities for communal activities to take place. I defend that the role played by the transitional spaces must be joined with functions that residents can share or must share with each other. The shared functions situated in the transitional spaces actually allow communal activities to take root.
topic Rural-to-urban Chinese migrants (Nongmin gong), the extended family, low-rent housing, communal activities, transitional spaces, shared functions
url http://iconarp.selcuk.edu.tr/iconarp/article/view/146
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