[Reading Response]: The Imaginary Real World of Cybercities by M. Christine Boyer

This article discusses the impact that the emergence of the concept of the cybercity, which links architectural theory to the computer-constructed information matrix, will have on postmodern architectural theory. The profound change from the modern to the postmodern, from the machine age to the information age, will undoubtedly bring about a profound change in architectural philosophy. If modernist architecture is a tool for regulating the space of human social life and activity in the machine age, an analytical space oriented towards efficiency and discipline, then the cybercity may influence the development of postmodern architecture in a direction that is even

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Exercise: Moving House(2001)

The documentary reflects the Chinese tradition in a realistic way. It actually shows Chinese people’s attitude towards life and death. The contradiction between modern development and traditions echoes with the contradiction between life and death, releasing a unique and even shocking picture for people to ponder on… Qiu Xiaoyuan(3036126795)

[Reading Response]: Noirs-The City The Woman and Other Spaces by Seng

The second part of the article focuses on the interaction between women and women’s narrative cinema in the processes of capitalist modernization, as well as the rise and decline of the latter. In an industrialized context, the influx of a large number of female labourers into the production sphere implies that more and more women have gained greater freedom and power. Entirely new modern architectural spaces have been created, and women have gradually entered the public domain. The image of the female protagonist in the film represents the aspirations of working-class women, depicting an ideal of the new era for

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