Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau
Being one of the oldest public functions in human history, markets always play important roles in urban space. Being the centre of trading, markets indicated the scale of cities. As cities emerged, markets were the economic centres of the city, as important as churches. But things are changing now,...
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| author | Gu, Yang |
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| description | Being one of the oldest public functions in human history, markets always play important roles in urban space. Being the centre of trading, markets indicated the scale of cities. As cities emerged, markets were the economic centres of the city, as important as churches. But things are changing now, markets are in danger. The number of markets is declining, and many are struggling to survive facing the changes in the economic system.
In Macau, multifunctional market buildings were designed to face modern challenges during the 1990s. This thesis is trying to evaluate this type of multifunctional market building to express whether it is still suitable for current situations. Discussing the conditions of multifunctional market buildings in Macau to explain the roles of supervisor elements in the system of markets and what to focus on designing multifunctional markets.
Sensory cognitive research and POE research are applied in the research to demonstrate the current conditions of multifunctional markets in Macau and give some suggestions for further development. |
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| spelling | nottingham-745692023-12-14T04:40:09Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/74569/ Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau Gu, Yang Being one of the oldest public functions in human history, markets always play important roles in urban space. Being the centre of trading, markets indicated the scale of cities. As cities emerged, markets were the economic centres of the city, as important as churches. But things are changing now, markets are in danger. The number of markets is declining, and many are struggling to survive facing the changes in the economic system. In Macau, multifunctional market buildings were designed to face modern challenges during the 1990s. This thesis is trying to evaluate this type of multifunctional market building to express whether it is still suitable for current situations. Discussing the conditions of multifunctional market buildings in Macau to explain the roles of supervisor elements in the system of markets and what to focus on designing multifunctional markets. Sensory cognitive research and POE research are applied in the research to demonstrate the current conditions of multifunctional markets in Macau and give some suggestions for further development. 2023-12-14 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/74569/1/Yang%20Gu%204342001%20thesis.pdf Gu, Yang (2023) Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Multifunctional markets; Macau; Supervisor; Market; Urban design |
| spellingShingle | Multifunctional markets; Macau; Supervisor; Market; Urban design Gu, Yang Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau |
| title | Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau |
| title_full | Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau |
| title_fullStr | Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau |
| title_short | Reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in Macau |
| title_sort | reflecting and learning from the mode of multifunctional food markets in macau |
| topic | Multifunctional markets; Macau; Supervisor; Market; Urban design |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/74569/ |