a+t density series | book review
January 27th, 2012 • architectures, movingmemos • no comments
This is Hybrid & Density is Home | a+t architecture publishers
A couple of weeks ago, MovingCities received two books from a+t architecture publishers: This is Hybrid and Density is Home. The last publication presents 37 projects on collective housing, while the first, featuring a preface by Steven Holl, presents itself as the first theoretical-practical book on hybrid buildings, an analysis of mixed-use buildings and a showcase of architecture build up by accounting books. Read more »
Shanghai | Satellite Scan
January 25th, 2012 • movingmemos, travel • no comments
Line 6 to Holland Town | Shanghai, December 2011
While working on an article, for an upcoming issue of Bauwelt, on the European-themed satellite towns in Shanghai 上海 MovingCities went scanning the suburbs of the city. Taking the subway to the last stops on Line 9, Line 7 and Line 6 we arrived in Thames Town, Nordic Town and Holland Town. The result of this hallucinatory visits will be shared later, for now a couple of images of a sideways Shanghai 上海 as seen from behind the subway window. Read more »
Design 360° | publication
January 18th, 2012 • cities, movingmemos, writings • no comments
City x People x Design | Design360 issue 37, January 2012
The Guangzhou 广州-based magazine Design 360° has always been a favorite bilingual [CN-EN] periodical of MovingCities. The first issue of 2012 has City x People x Design 城市•人•设计 as its theme. For our contribution we went in a dialogue with architect Zhang Ke 张轲 from standardarchitecture 标准营造. Read more »
Preservation Playground | publication
January 12th, 2012 • movingmemos, writings • no comments
Preservation Playground | MARK Magazine#35
In Baoshan, a district on the northern outskirts of Shanghai 上海 known for its steel factories and shipyards, lays the Wendao Garden 闻道园. This garden covers an area of over 400 hectares and is a place where ancient houses from the nearby provinces of Anhui, Jianxi and Zhejiang are brought in and reconstructed. Last summer MovingCities visited the place and now MARK magazine published the story. Preservation Playground is online. Read more »
Hangzhou | Rammed Earth Architecture
January 9th, 2012 • events, movingmemos • no comments
School of Architecture, China Academy of Art | Hangzhou, december 2011
On December 20-21, the School of Architecture – China Academy of Art, in Hangzhou 杭州 – hosted the 1st International Symposium ‘Localized Architecture Resources and Innovational Development‘. Under the theme ´The Protection and Redevelopment of Rammed Earth Architecture‘ 夯土建筑保护与再发展, various presentations were held; followed by the opening of ‘People’s Architecture’-exhibition, presenting works of Taiwanese architect Hsieh Ying-Chun 謝英俊. Invited by Wang Shu 王澍 & Lu Wenyu 陆文宇 [amateur architecture studio 业余建筑工作室], MovingCities participated in this 2-day event. Read more »
