Guang yu Ren
"Confucius’ Courtyard: Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in China"
Ren presents Xing Ruan’s 2021 book ‘Confucius Courtyard –Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in China’.
Guang yu Ren talks to Bartlett Alternative presenting Xing Ruan’s 2021 book ‘Confucius Courtyard –Architecture. (Photo credit S. Lever, 2022)
Part architectural history and part introduction to the cultural and philosophical history of China, the book explores the Chinese view of the world and how it manifests in the ancient and continuously applied spatial concept of courtyard, a place and a way of life.
It provides an accessible introduction to Confucius ideology, Chinese moral universe, and architectural spatial analysis.
Confucius Courtyard – Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in China, Xing Ruan, Bloomsbury, 2021
WHO
Name Guang yu Ren (she/her)
Role Staff
Department The Bartlett School of Architecture
Credits
Film: Sarah Lever
Post Editing: Sarah Lever and Isaac Nanabeyin Simpson
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