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Cultural Influence of Chinese Architecture Worldwide

Submission deadline: 01 September 2023
Special Issue Editors
Jie Zhang
School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
Interests:

Urban Conservation and Design

Donia Zhang
Neoland School of Chinese Culture, Canada
Interests:

Architectural humanities; Architecture and urbanism; Courtyard architecture; Chinese culture; Philosophy of architecture

Special Issue Information

Following the historic trend of Chinese immigrants to other parts of the world, either due to business adventures in Southeast Asia and Europe, or the construction of railroads in North America, Chinese culture has influenced the design of Chinese immigrant homes and gardens in respective cities worldwide. This special issue discusses this phenomenon, it may include but not limited to the Chinatowns and Chinese gardens in Asia, Europe, America, and elsewhere:

 

Year

City and Country

Garden Name

1753

Stockholm, Sweden

Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm Palace 

1762

London, UK

Great Pagoda (in Kew Gardens)

1790

Munich, Germany

Chinesischer Turm in the Englischer Garten
(Chinese Tower in the English Garden)

1880

Paris, France

Chinese Pagoda 

1975

Jurong East, Singapore

Chinese Garden 

1980

New York, USA

Astor Court (a Ming-dynasty style, Chinese-garden courtyard in the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

1983

Munich, Germany

Garten von Duft und Pracht (Garden of Scent and Splendor, at the International Garden Expo)

1984

Liverpool, UK

The Chinese Garden, at the International Garden Festival 

1986

Vancouver, Canada

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

1988

Sydney, Australia

Chinese Garden of Friendship 

1988

Duisburg, Germany

Duiburg Zoo Chinese Garden 

1990

Frankfurt, Germany

Chinese Garden 

1990
2011

Seattle, USA

Seattle Chinese Garden 

1991

Montreal, Canada

Chinese Garden (in Montreal Botanical Garden)

1994

Zürich, Switzerland

Chinagarten Zürich 

1996

Enchoen, Japan

Chinese Garden 

1997

Santa Luċija, Malta

Chinese Garden of Serenity
(Ġnien is-Serenità)

1998

Staten Island,
New York, USA

Chinese Scholar’s Garden 

1999

Portland, Oregon, USA

Lan Su Chinese Garden 

2001

Mannheim, Germany

Duojing Garten in Luisenpark 

2008

Dunedin, New Zealand

Lan Yuan Dunedin Chinese Garden
(The Garden of Enlightenment,)

2008

Hamburg, Germany

Chinesisches Teehaus Yu Garden 

2008
2014

San Marino, California, USA

Huntington Chinese Garden
(Garden of Flowing Fragrance)

2011

Kumamoto, Japan

Koshi Park 

2015

Kingston, Jamaica

Chinese Garden (in Hope Gardens)

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Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, Electronic ISSN: 2717-5626, Published by AccScience Publishing