Dong Dayou

Dong Dayou (董大酉, 1899 – 1973, also Romanized as Doon Dayu[1]) was a Chinese architect and was the Chief Architect for the Greater Shanghai Plan.

Biography

Dong Dayou graduated from the University of Minnesota.[2]: 39  At the time, the city planning approach it taught was strongly influenced by the École des Beaux-Arts principles.[2]: 39  For a short period after graduation, Dong worked as an architect in the United States.[2]: 39 

In 1929, the City Planning Commission of Shanghai was tasked with preparing a Plan for Greater Shanghai.[2]: 38  Dong was appointed technical advisor to the commission.[2]: 38  The plan for developing a new city center centered on a Civic Center, the plan for which was awarded to architects Zhao Shen and Sun Ximing in an open design competition.[2]: 39  After a series of disagreements within the Planning Commission over implementing the plan, Dong was appointed Chief Architect for the revision of the master plan and for designing the individual buildings.[2]: 39 

In 1935, Dong published the essay "Greater Shanghai–Greater Vision" in the American magazine The China Critic.[2]: 37  Dong wrote that Shanghai "fails to meet the requirements of a modern metropolis," citing its "narrow and crooked streets", scarce open spaces, and haphazard growth resulting in factories and residences built side-by-side.[2]: 37 

Ultimately, the Greater Shanghai Plan was interrupted by Second Sino-Japanese War and then ended after the defeat of the Nationalist Government in the Chinese Civil War.[2]: 43 

See also

References

  1. ^ Wang, Shu (2024-07-02). "Constructing the New Capital City Chinese Architects and the Urban Plan of Nanjing during the Republican Era (1927-1949)". International Planning History Society Proceedings. doi:10.7480/iphs.2024.1.7622. Retrieved 2026-01-13. It accomplishes this through attention to native architect-planners, e.g. Lu Yanchi （呂彥直）, Doon Dayu （董大酉）, and Robert Fan （范文照）
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lin, Zhongjie (2025). Constructing Utopias: China's New Town Movement in the 21st Century. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-779330-5.
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