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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