New Chinese Socialism and Building Industrialization: Exploring Chinese Socialist Architectural Design Strategies in the Late 1950s Through Architectural Journal
摘要
This study concentrates on the architectural design and reportages in the Chinese architectural academic publication Architectural Journal in late 1957 to 1958. It seeks to elucidate that within the political context advocating technological revolution both internationally and domestically, building industrialization, characterized by the utilization of new materials and technologies with an emphasis on rapid, efficient, and cost-effective construction, has become the focal point of the Chinese architectural society. The “Scientific” architectural design approach supplanted the traditional paradigm of “Big roof” and classical decorations, emerging as a novel representation of the superiority of Chinese socialism.