Century of Change

Dr. Yi Wang received his Bachelor and Master degrees at Tsinghua University in China and his PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is currently a Professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Architecture of in Beijing and, as a First-Class Registered Architect of China, also hosts Yi Wang’s Design Studio. He has been a SPURS Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Rome in Italy. Dr. Yi Wang is the author of A Century of Change: Beijing’s Urban Structure in the 20th Century (in English) and Local Creations: Selected Works of Yi Wang (in both Chinese and English).

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I A Review of Beijing’s Urban Development and the Relevant Literature of the Study.- Chapter 2. A Review of Beijing’s Urban Development in the 20th Century.- Chapter 3. A Review of the Literature concerning Urban Structure.- Part II The Traditional Courtyard House and Beijing’s Old City (mainly focus on Beijing’s urban physical structure).- Chapter 4. The Decline of the Courtyard House and the Large-scale Redevelopment of the Old City.- Chapter 5. Protecting Beijing’s Old City by Establishing a Polycentric Urban.-Structure of the City.- Part III From Homogeneous Residence to Segregated Residence (mainly focus on Beijing’s urban social structure).- Chapter 6. The Homogeneous Residence under the Planned Economy.- Chapter 7. The Segregated Residence under the Market Economy.- Chapter 8. Diminishing Beijing’s Residential Segregation by Improving its Housing Security System.- Part IV Conclusion.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.- Appendix I An Investigation of the Living Conditions within the Traditional.- Residential Districts in Beijing’s Old City Proper.- Appendix II An Investigation into the Costs and Benefits of the Redevelopment Projects in Beijing’s Old City Proper.