Masthead Logo Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1-1-2005 A new canal town in the south of China Yijun Deng Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Recommended Citation Deng, Yijun, "A new canal town in the south of China" (2005). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 18899. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/18899 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A new canal town in the south of China by Yijun Deng A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARCIDTECTURE Major: Architecture Program of Study Committee: Thomas Leslie, Co-major Professor Jason Alread, Co-major Professor Julia Badenhope Clare Robinson Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2005 Copyright© Yijun Deng, 2005. All rights reserved. 11 Graduate College Iowa State University This is to certify that the master's thesis of Yijun Deng has met the thesis requirements of Iowa State University Signatures have been redacted for privacy 111 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Site Information 3 Chapter 3: Town-Making Fundamentals 15 Chapter 4: Chinese Traditional Canal Town 24 Chapter 5: Design Strategy 34 Chapter 6: Conclusion 58 References 61 1 Chapter 1 Introduction The main idea of this thesis originates from the topic of an international competition "New Canal Town in South China".