Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Leisa Flynn, Florida State University, College of Business, Dept. of Marketing. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 19, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 129 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2007. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Christopher Livingston. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-142).

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This thesis readdresses the notion 'Tong Fang' through the lens of supply- side perspective. As a conceptually 'new' object which has raised widespread concerns since the early 2010s, Tong Fang has only been narrowly examined as the mainstream discussions predominantly confine their very concerns to simply the relationship between the material housing structure and the relevant dwellers. The wider socio-political implications are ignored as the social relations, forces and processes that are indispensable in comprehending the existence of Tong Fang are utterly unaddressed. In particular, the underlying reasons of why such housing structure, represented by its tininess, excessive rental charge and other infer ior environment qualities, could be rampantly produced in Hong Kong is still unsatisfactorily addressed. To explore these overlooked aspects, this study alternatively analyses the production of Tong Fang in Hong Kong and essentially articulates the spatial form to the corresponding processes. Harvey's theory 'Class Monopoly Rent' is employed as the major conceptual tool to analyze the contemporary production of Tong Fang in which the lucrative profitability, resulted from the circumstance which Tong Fang has been constituted as almost the only private affordable dwelling in the housing market structure in recent decades, appears to be the fundamental drive. Through viewing how the potential of CMR has been generated and how it has been appropriated through Tong Fang construction, the necessitated processes and relations are able to be disclosed. Moreover, Harvey's another contribution 'Relational Space' is also invoked to substantiate the exploration of the concrete social processes and relations lying behind Tong Fang as spatial products. All in all, by scrutinizing the production of Tong Fang in Hong Kong, this thesis is expected to enrich our understanding to this contemporary urban blight.

O presente trabalho objetiva o delineamento do perfil da mobília popular brasileira e a sua respectiva inserção no interior da habitação popular. Trata-se de um levantamento acerca das possibilidades de atuação do arquiteto/designer como profissional responsável pelo projeto da moradia e dos equipamentos destinados às populações que habitam os grandes centros urbanos brasileiros. Através de visitas às unidades habitacionais e pontos de venda de mobiliário, análise de peças publicitárias destinadas ao grupo social escolhido como objeto de pesquisa, estudo do funcionamento dos cômodos, projeto de adaptação de uma sala de estar e análise de conteúdo editorial de publicação voltada ao grupo social estudado, compôs-se esta dissertação de cunho histórico-científico. / The present production objectified the delineation of the profile of the Brazillian furniture and its insertion in popular habitations. It exposes the possibilities of interaction of an architect/designer as a professional responsible for the habitation and equipments projects for low-income populations of large Brazillian urban centres. A historical and scientific document was composed according to the results of visits at the habitations and furniture commercial points, analysis of advertisement and editorial data extracted from popular magazines focusing the social group chosen as object of research, study of the operation system of the rooms and project of adaptation for a living room.