Koon Wee

"Architecture and the city in China" is a massive topic befitting nearly infinite — or 1.4 billion — viewpoints. Accordingly, the contributions to The Social Imperative are many, by many of the biggest names in Chinese architecture, such as Wang Shu, Dong Gong (Vector Architects), Li Hu (OPEN Architecture Office), Ma Qingyun (MADA s.p.a.m.), and Zhang Ke (standardarchitecture), as well as a small number from outside of China. The myriad contributions are fitted into eight chapters with titles such as "Laboring," "Networking," and "Rationalizing." They follow editor H. Koon Wee's long essay ("Spatial Limits of Socialist China") born from a three-year study of social issues and architecture in China.… (meer)