Hybrid Modernity

Mary G. Padua, PhD, RLA, is an internationally recognized educator, thought leader, contemporary theorist and artist. Her research focuses on socio-cultural phenomena, human-centered design and the meaning of public space. She is one of the first English language writers on post-Mao designed landscapes and the discipline of landscape architecture as contributing agents to China’s late 20th century urban experiment. She maintains MGP Studio, a critically minded practice rooted in craft, equity, inclusion and restorative experiences, and teaches at Clemson University’s School of Architecture.

Table of Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables

1 Introducing Hybrid Modernity
Post-Mao transformations: framing hybrid modernity
China’s physical setting and settlement patterns
Book scope and structure

2 Navigating Modern(s) and the Park in modern China Modernization: social construction and nation-building
Modernity, Globalization and Identity
Hybrid modernization: expanding modernization theory and alternative modernities
Re-visiting Modernism (international) genre
Modernism in Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Modernity in China
China’s early modernity and westernization
Forced (Colonial) Modernity
The Public Park, Republican modernity (1912-1949) and nation-building
Mao’s Modernity: 1949 – 1976
Summarizing China’s modern experience

3 Pre-Modern China: Nature, Cosmology, Mythology and the Chinese Picturesque
Nature, Cosmology, Mythology and Folklore
Brief History of China’s designed landscapes
Interpreting garden-making throughout pre-modern China
Chinese Picturesque Garden Design Language

4 Looking “Inside” and “Outside” post-Mao China
A Glance back at the Arts and Culture in the Mao era
Inside Post-Mao China
Post-Mao art trends
Trends in post-Mao China’s Built Environment
Post-Mao Landscape Architecture: foundations of professional practice and education
Landscape Architecture “Outside” post-Mao China

5 Revealing late 20th century Hybrid Modernity: four purpose-built parks
Case Study One: Living Water Park, Huoshui Gongyuan, Chengdu, Sichuan
Chengdu context
Project inception
Design Realization
Hybrid Modern synthesis

Case Study Two: Zhongshan Shipyard Park, Zhongshan Shiqi Jiang Gongyuan, Zhongshan, Guangdong
Zhongshan context
Project Inception
Design realization
Hybrid Modern synthesis

Case Study Three: Jinji Lake Landscape Master Plan, Jinji Hu Jingguan Zongti Guihua Suzhou, Jiangsu
Suzhou context
Project Inception
Project realization
Hybrid Modern synthesis

Case Study Four: West Lake Southern Scenic Area Master Plan, Xihu Huanhu Nanxian Jingqu Zongti, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
West Lake, Hangzhou context
Project Inception
Project Realization
SSA Experience
Hybrid Modern synthesis
Four public parks – the schema for post-Mao China’s hybrid modernity

6 Transforming from ‘Hybrid’ to ‘Ecological’ Modernization in China’s 21st century
Four case study parks and trends in the host cities
Top-Down China + Five-Year-Plan = Green Revolution and Ecological Modernization
China’s Sponge City program and contribution to international “green” urbanism
Revolutionary Praxis, Trends and Beautiful China

Index