De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageur

This research aims at questioning the practices of appropriation of foreign-style housing by Chinese families in the neighbourhood of Thames Town, on the outskirts of Shanghai. Being dwellings identified as architectural copies, the analyses produced on these places have generally focused on the spa...

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Main Author: Martin Minost
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Language:fra
Published: Ministère de la culture 2023-12-01
Series:Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/craup/13559
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description This research aims at questioning the practices of appropriation of foreign-style housing by Chinese families in the neighbourhood of Thames Town, on the outskirts of Shanghai. Being dwellings identified as architectural copies, the analyses produced on these places have generally focused on the spatial form. The residential buildings of Thames Town have then been considered as inauthentic pastiches, denying the inhabitants any competence in giving them their own meaning. Our analysis reveals on the contrary the involvement of the residents in adapting the space for their own domestic practices. Far from being passive consumers of an illusory image of foreign lifestyles, they appropriate the space. The transformations carried out show that the dwelling is a resource and is a central element of their social trajectory. Through their appropriations and the production of a distinct domestic comfort, they express an experience of social liberation.
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spelling doaj-art-b4b20fad5c3145dca9ceb6f72e2951332025-01-30T11:06:40ZfraMinistère de la cultureLes Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère2606-74982023-12-011910.4000/craup.13559De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageurMartin MinostThis research aims at questioning the practices of appropriation of foreign-style housing by Chinese families in the neighbourhood of Thames Town, on the outskirts of Shanghai. Being dwellings identified as architectural copies, the analyses produced on these places have generally focused on the spatial form. The residential buildings of Thames Town have then been considered as inauthentic pastiches, denying the inhabitants any competence in giving them their own meaning. Our analysis reveals on the contrary the involvement of the residents in adapting the space for their own domestic practices. Far from being passive consumers of an illusory image of foreign lifestyles, they appropriate the space. The transformations carried out show that the dwelling is a resource and is a central element of their social trajectory. Through their appropriations and the production of a distinct domestic comfort, they express an experience of social liberation.https://journals.openedition.org/craup/13559AppropriationInhabitComfortFreeingShanghai
spellingShingle Martin Minost
De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageur
Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère
Appropriation
Inhabit
Comfort
Freeing
Shanghai
title De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageur
title_full De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageur
title_fullStr De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageur
title_full_unstemmed De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageur
title_short De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageur
title_sort de l usager consommateur a l habitant reamenageur
topic Appropriation
Inhabit
Comfort
Freeing
Shanghai
url https://journals.openedition.org/craup/13559
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