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Anshina's Architecture (Episode 3): PART 1: Early Chinese Urban Planning (T'ang Chang'an series) metropolitianAnshin 1,085 views Have you wondered how Asia's earliest major cities were planned? In this segment of Anshina's Architecture, I will upload a video series dedicated to China's first model...
Earth Hour 3/28/2009 (A Galaxy Explorers AD) metropolitianAnshin 750 views An ad for Earth Hour created by students from the Galaxy Explorers program at Chabot Space and Science Center. Summary: Astronauts are going to turn off the sun to demo...
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"Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts!" metropolitianAnshin 966 views Had to do a video on one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite books, Hard Times, by Charles Dickens. This song is the 1st track of the OST of the Korean movie, Sym...
Anshina's Architecture (Episode 2): The Chinese Roof Figures (走兽, zǒu shòu) metropolitianAnshin 1,017 views Ever wanted to know about the animal roof figures, or zǒu shòu (走兽), that stand on top of the corners of the roofs of famous royal buildings in Asia, specifically in the Fo...
AHS Debate: 6-Period vs. Trimester Schedules (2/11/2009) PART 2 metropolitianAnshin 118 views Students debated on the given options - a 6-period schedule vs. a trimester schedule - due to a possible schedule change all SLZUSD high schoolswill face. Currently, all hi...
AHS Debate: 6-Period vs. Trimester Schedules (2/11/2009) PART 1 metropolitianAnshin 260 views Students debated on the given options - a 6-period schedule vs. a trimester schedule - due to a possible schedule change all SLZUSD high schoolswill face. Currently, all hi...
AHS Debate: 6-Period vs. Trimester Schedules (2/11/2009) PART 3 metropolitianAnshin 114 views Students debated on the given options - a 6-period schedule vs. a trimester schedule - due to a possible schedule change all SLZUSD high schoolswill face. Currently, all hi...
Anshina's Architecture (Episode 1): Dougong (斗拱) metropolitianAnshin 2,829 views Dougong (斗拱) is a series of interweaven brackets and blocks which are used to help distribute the weight of old East Asian structures, especially the weight of the beams or...
SLZUSD Parents and Teachers: Keep the Block! (part2) metropolitianAnshin 243 views A public meeting was held by the SLZUSD Director of Secondary Education Melanie Spears (in green) at Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo on 1/28/2009, to address the IMMINENT...

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*WHO AM I?

I am an incoming UC Berkeley freshman (Class of 2013) majoring in Civil Engineering and aiming to preserve Asian Architecture.

*WHAT DO I USE YOUTUBE FOR?

I make videos of segments of East Asian Architecture whenever I can.

Asian Architecture can be very complex and detailed, and each detail has its own significant meaning. Sometimes, the information is very difficult to find on the Internet (especially if you do not know the [Chinese, Korean, or Japanese] language, like me). Therefore, I gather what I have researched and combine them into user-friendly videos for the public.

*WHY DO I AIM TO PRESERVE ASIAN ARCHITECTURE?

As a Chinese-American, I often have a hard time understanding my Asian-American culture. I'm not fluent in Cantonese or Mandarin, and there was a lack of emphasis toward being culturally aware of my identity throughout most of my youth.

Understanding one's cultural identity is important because one, according to UCB's Hardboiled Magazine, should "not be erased" from America's culturally diverse fabric and heritage. We are all individuals, so might as well empower ourselves as individuals.

After reading about the model minority stereotype, and understanding the need to empower Asian-American cultural values, especially when future generations may face having a limited understanding of their heritage, I decided to focus much of my high school life in educating myself about the issues within the Asian-American community.

Seeing that Asian-American activism didn't seem like my strength, I headed over to architecture to expose the beauties of our culture.

Preserving Asian Architecture is a metaphor for me to retain (or help evolve) as much of my culture as possible, especially in a time of urbanizing Asia, and a time of an increasingly changing Asian-American youth and its cultural values.

*ANY QUESTIONS? Email:
fncis.chen@gmail.com

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http://metropolitananshin.webs.com/

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