Building Projects in China: A Manual for Architects and Engineers

Interest in the Chinese building and planning market has been steadily growing for many years. Now, for the first time, a repository of knowledge as exhaustively researched as this one is finally available.

Building Projects in China is the first publication on the book market to give a comprehensive overview of the planning activities of foreign architects in China. This practical handbook outlines legal framework conditions, introduces the Chinese building market, and gives practical descriptions of the execution of projects on site. To complete the picture, international planning firms share their experience on projects of the most various sizes and types in China. What makes projects in China so challenging is the tension between the traditional, historical planning environment of an Asian big city and a modernity that is in many ways already ahead of the Western world.

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Contents Foreword 7 CHINA AS A BOOMING MARKET A 1 China's economic development Dr Bert Bielefeld / Lars-Phillip Rusch 11 A 2 Changing Chinese architectural and building traditions Dr Andreas Szesny 14 A 2.1 Special features of traditional Chinese architecture 16 A 2.2 The background in terms of cultural history 18 A 2.3 New structures for ''outward appearance'' 20 A 2.4 The role of foreign architects 22 A 2.5 The central axis 23 A 2.6 Pressure to adapt because of energy shortages 24 A 3 ''Don't kill the dragon" - urban development in China Matthias Wehrlin 27 A 3.1 Current urban development in China 27 A 3.2 New space for the provincial capital Kunming 29 A 3.3 The new city of Chenggong 33 A 3.4 Experiences 38 THE FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING IN CHINA B 1 Project control in China Hans-Peter Holler 43 B 1.1 Legal bases 43 B 1.2 Project development 45 B 1.3 Planning and building realization 49 B 1.4 Project management in practice 50 B 1.5 Planning and building costs 56 B 2 Building Law in China RA Dr Christian Gloyer 59 B 2.1 Introduction 59 B 2.2 Building and Planning Law 63 2.2.1 Principles of Chinese Building Law 63 2.2.2 Foreign activity in the building trade 65 2.2.3 The building contract 67 2.2.4 Liability 68 2.2.5 Architectural and engineering contracts 70 2.2.6 Contract drafting 76 2.2.7 Implementing the law 79 B 2.3 Invitations to tender 80 B 2.4 Copyright protection for architects and engineers 85 PLANNING IN CHINA C 1 Breaking into the market and procurement Werner Subai 89 C 2 Branches in China Nikolaus Goetze 99 C 3 Commercial viability of Chinese commissions Quinn Lu / Michael Pruss 103 C 4 Working in Chinese planning practices: experiences Gordon Brandenfels 110 C 5 "Dos - don'ts" Dr Bert Bielefeld / Lars-Phillip Rusch 115 PROGRESS REPORTS D 1 Planning commissions in China Dr Bert Bielefeld / Lars-Phillip Rusch 123 D 2 Yon Gerkan, Mark and Partner Nikolaus Goetze 125 D 3 Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects - PJAR Stephan Jentsch 138 D 4 Romses Architects Scott Romses 155 D 5 Bruno Braun Architekten Bruno Braun 171 D 6 HaiPo Architects - HPA Kerstin Hartmann 182 APPENDIX E 1 Contact addresses 201 E 2 Bibliography 205 E 3 Index 206

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