5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. The World That Made It
5
1.1
Chinese architecture: the whole period in one lesson
1.2
Geography, climate and the materials to hand
1.3
Power, religion and who paid for buildings
1.4
What daily life was actually like
1.5
What came immediately before
2. What They Built
5
2.1
The building types of Chinese architecture
2.2
Sacred architecture
2.3
Civic, royal and public buildings
2.4
Housing and everyday building
2.5
The city in Chinese architecture
3. How They Built It
5
3.1
The dougong bracket set and modular timber framing
3.2
Materials and where they came from
3.3
Structure: how it actually stands up
3.4
Tools, labour and life on the building site
3.5
How long it took and what it cost
4. The Language
5
4.1
The elements and vocabulary of Chinese architecture
4.2
Proportion, geometry and rule
4.3
Ornament and what it meant
4.4
Light, colour and surface
4.5
How to recognise Chinese architecture in ten seconds
5. What Survived and What It Changed
5
5.1
The Forbidden City, read in detail
5.2
The Temple of Heaven, read in detail
5.3
Foguang Temple, read in detail
5.4
Why Chinese architecture gave way to what came next
5.5
What architects still steal from Chinese architecture today
Chinese Architecture: Timber, Hierarchy and the Grid
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