Phnom Penh: A City Shaped by Spirituality: Brill's Southeast Asian Library, cartea 14
Autor Paul DC Robinsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 mai 2026
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004760431
ISBN-10: 9004760431
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Brill's Southeast Asian Library
ISBN-10: 9004760431
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Brill's Southeast Asian Library
Notă biografică
Paul DC Robinson, Ph.D. (2020), University of Liverpool, is an award-winning RIBA qualified Architect and Urban Designer who regularly teaches, publishes and practices in the field of Tropical Urbanism. He is currently a tutor at the Manchester School of Architecture.
Cuprins
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction
1 Setting the Scene
2 An Integrated Approach
3 The Postcolonial Filter
4 The Journey Ahead
1 Phnom Penh
1 A City Overview
2 Conclusion
2 Hybrid Spirituality
1 Spirituality, Architecture, and Urban Design
2 Origins of Hybrid Spirituality
3 Conclusion
3 Topography, Spirituality, and the Tree
1 Topography and Spirituality
2 The Topographical Element of the Tree
3 The Natural Tree
4 The Abstracted Tree
5 Conclusion
4 The Mountain
1 The Animist Natural Mountain
2 The Hybrid Natural Mountain
3 The Artificial Urban Mountain
4 The Abstracted Mountain
5 Conclusion
5 Water and Spatial Spirituality Maps
1 A Brief Urban History
2 The Natural Presence of Water
3 The Abstracted Presence of Water
4 Spatial Spirituality Maps
5 Conclusion
6 Traditional Khmer Dwelling
1 Two Traditional Construction Rituals
2 The Typical Traditional Khmer Settlement Evolution Ritual
3 The Traditional Settlement, Spirituality, and the Senses
4 The Typical Traditional Khmer House Construction Ritual
5 The Traditional House, Spirituality, and the Senses
6 Conclusion
7 Vann Molyvann and Twenty-First-Century Khmer Dwelling
1 The Traditional House and Vann Molyvann
2 Typology 1: The Shophouse
3 Twenty-First-Century Domestic Vernacular Architecture
4 Typology 2: The Detached/Semi-detached Villa
5 Typology 3: The High-Rise Apartment Block
6 Spatial Impact of Spirituality Elevations and Sections
7 Conclusion
8 Urban Layout Evolution
1 Urban Layout Origins
2 Urban Layouts during the French Protectorate
3 Wat Phnom
4 The Royal Palace
5 Ben Decho Lake
6 The Urban Layout during the First Era of Independence
7 The Independence Monument
8 The National Sports Complex
9 Rupture and the Era of War
10 The Urban Layout since 1993
11 Twenty-First-Century Urban Focal Points
12 Conclusion
9 The Water Festival
1 An Urban Ritual
2 The King
3 Hybrid Spirituality during the Water Festival
4 Conclusion
10 Future Possibilities
1 Gathered Conclusions
2 Contributions to Knowledge
3 Future Possibilities
4 Personal End Note
Appendix 1: Chronology of Kings
Appendix 2: Flags of Cambodia
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction
1 Setting the Scene
2 An Integrated Approach
3 The Postcolonial Filter
4 The Journey Ahead
1 Phnom Penh
1 A City Overview
2 Conclusion
2 Hybrid Spirituality
1 Spirituality, Architecture, and Urban Design
2 Origins of Hybrid Spirituality
3 Conclusion
3 Topography, Spirituality, and the Tree
1 Topography and Spirituality
2 The Topographical Element of the Tree
3 The Natural Tree
4 The Abstracted Tree
5 Conclusion
4 The Mountain
1 The Animist Natural Mountain
2 The Hybrid Natural Mountain
3 The Artificial Urban Mountain
4 The Abstracted Mountain
5 Conclusion
5 Water and Spatial Spirituality Maps
1 A Brief Urban History
2 The Natural Presence of Water
3 The Abstracted Presence of Water
4 Spatial Spirituality Maps
5 Conclusion
6 Traditional Khmer Dwelling
1 Two Traditional Construction Rituals
2 The Typical Traditional Khmer Settlement Evolution Ritual
3 The Traditional Settlement, Spirituality, and the Senses
4 The Typical Traditional Khmer House Construction Ritual
5 The Traditional House, Spirituality, and the Senses
6 Conclusion
7 Vann Molyvann and Twenty-First-Century Khmer Dwelling
1 The Traditional House and Vann Molyvann
2 Typology 1: The Shophouse
3 Twenty-First-Century Domestic Vernacular Architecture
4 Typology 2: The Detached/Semi-detached Villa
5 Typology 3: The High-Rise Apartment Block
6 Spatial Impact of Spirituality Elevations and Sections
7 Conclusion
8 Urban Layout Evolution
1 Urban Layout Origins
2 Urban Layouts during the French Protectorate
3 Wat Phnom
4 The Royal Palace
5 Ben Decho Lake
6 The Urban Layout during the First Era of Independence
7 The Independence Monument
8 The National Sports Complex
9 Rupture and the Era of War
10 The Urban Layout since 1993
11 Twenty-First-Century Urban Focal Points
12 Conclusion
9 The Water Festival
1 An Urban Ritual
2 The King
3 Hybrid Spirituality during the Water Festival
4 Conclusion
10 Future Possibilities
1 Gathered Conclusions
2 Contributions to Knowledge
3 Future Possibilities
4 Personal End Note
Appendix 1: Chronology of Kings
Appendix 2: Flags of Cambodia
Glossary
Bibliography
Index