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

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

“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

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

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

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

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

urban-china@gmx.net

“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

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

residents’ opinion on access control (%)

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

residents’ opinion on the estate’s gates and walls

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

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

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

Issue 2: Planning The Promenade

Living with Gates – Functions, Effects and Psychology

China‘s Urban Land and Housing, Hong Kong, December 2007

Werner Breitung

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

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

breitung@gmail.com

michael arri

m.arri@gmx.net

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