movingcities.org http://movingcities.org under re-construction!!! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:11:44 +0000 en hourly 1 The Residence | video + lecture http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/the-residence-video-feb12/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/the-residence-video-feb12/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:25:15 +0000 bert http://movingcities.org/?p=12436 Ronny Heiremans & Katleen Vermeir, The Residence (a wager for the afterlife) (2012). Photo: Kristien Daem. The Residence (a wager for the afterlife) is a video project by Belgian artist-duo Katleen Vermeir & Ronny Heiremans (website), on display in Argos, Brussels, until April 1, 2012. Their new video focusses on the artist as entrepreneur in [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/the-residence-video-feb12/feed/ 0 a+t density series | book review http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/at-density-series-review-jan12/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/at-density-series-review-jan12/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:38:11 +0000 bert http://movingcities.org/?p=12394 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/at-density-series-review-jan12/feed/ 0 Shanghai | Satellite Scan http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-satellite-scan-jan12/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-satellite-scan-jan12/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:18:26 +0000 bert http://movingcities.org/?p=12378 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-satellite-scan-jan12/feed/ 0 Design 360° | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/design360-publication-jan12/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/design360-publication-jan12/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:29:44 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12339 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/design360-publication-jan12/feed/ 0 Preservation Playground | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/preservation-playground-publication/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/preservation-playground-publication/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:52:14 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12199 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/preservation-playground-publication/feed/ 0 Hangzhou | Rammed Earth Architecture http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/hangzhou-rammed-earth-dec11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/hangzhou-rammed-earth-dec11/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:31:24 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12185 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/hangzhou-rammed-earth-dec11/feed/ 0 Shenzhen Architecture Biennale | Exhibition http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-architecture-biennale-2011/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-architecture-biennale-2011/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:38:19 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12149 Atelier Deshaus | SZHK Biennale 2011 The theme of the 2011 Shenzhen-Hongkong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture is “architecture creates cities. cities create architecture”. Around this quasi-elusive statement, an arbitrary exhibition – curated by Terence Riley – was created. There were some good ideas and installations [our selection below], but all in all it felt vague. Loose. [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-architecture-biennale-2011/feed/ 0 Finland/Shenzhen Architecture Tour | day 2 http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-2/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-2/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:41:10 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12056 Finland-Shenzhen Architecture Tour by MovingCities | December 8, 2011 The second day [see day one] of the Finland/Shenzhen Architecture Tour presented a diverse Shenzhen 深圳. Starting in the VANKE Shenzhen headquarters, the group of 20 Finnish architects moved on to Shenzhen Tower (441.8 meter) and via the Shenzhen University – Dept. Arch ended up in [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-2/feed/ 0 Finland/Shenzhen Architecture Tour | day 1 http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-1/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-1/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:06:08 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12050 Finland-Shenzhen Symposium on Architectural Competitions | December 6, 2011 During the opening week of the 2011 Shenzhen-Hongkong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, MovingCities toured a group of 20 Finnish architects around in Shenzhen 深圳. The first day of the two-day program [see day two] started in the Shenzhen Center for Design 都市实践 with a discussion/presentation on [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-1/feed/ 1 Bandung | Drive-Through City http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/bandung-drive-through-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/bandung-drive-through-nov11/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:22:52 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12030 Bandung | November 27, 2011 During our last Sunday afternoon in Bandung, we spend time, after seeing the Car-Free City, driving around. After reading about the work of the Dutch architect C.P. Wolff Schoemaker in the publication Tropical Modernity, it was time for MovingCities to see his work first-hand. As we’re just now starting to [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/bandung-drive-through-nov11/feed/ 0 Bandung | Car-Free City http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/bandung-car-free-city-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/bandung-car-free-city-nov11/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:02:23 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11925 Bandung | November 27, 2011 As in many Indonesia cities we visited, on Sunday mornings Bandung becomes a car-free city. Don’t expect a totally empty city though as only some streets are forbidden for cars. Don’t expect neither a full day, as the restriction strangely already ends at 10am. And don’t expect emptiness neither, as [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/bandung-car-free-city-nov11/feed/ 0 Jakarta >> Bandung http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jakarta-bandung-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jakarta-bandung-nov11/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:00:03 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11885 Jakarta - Bandung | November 26, 2011 During weekends, the road from Jakarta to Bandung can be jammed. Many people had warned us: it might take somewhere between 2 and 6 hours to make the 120 kilometer trip. Reason for the city’s popularity is not only its distinctly milder climate, but also the plethora of [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jakarta-bandung-nov11/feed/ 0 Jakarta >> Bali http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jakarta-bali-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jakarta-bali-nov11/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:00:40 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11878 Jakarta - Bali | November 21, 2011 In the second half of November, MovingCities was back in Indonesia. On the agenda a couple of disclosed meetings, a lot being on-the-move, spending few days in Jakarta and connecting with old and future friends. The results? Pay attention to future publications and projects on this site. For [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jakarta-bali-nov11/feed/ 0 FI-SZ Symposium on Architectural Competitions http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/fi-sz-symposium-arch-2011/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/fi-sz-symposium-arch-2011/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:13:08 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11763 Finland-Shenzhen Symposium on Architectural Competitions | Shenzhen 6th Dec 2011 MovingCities presents/organizes/debates tomorrow, Tuesday DEC 6th – at Shenzhen Urban Planning & Land Resources 深圳规划大厦, the ‘Finland-Shenzhen Symposium on Architectural Competitions’ 深圳×芬兰建筑设计竞赛座谈会邀请. The symposium is hosted by the Shenzhen Center for Design 都市实践 and supported by Helsinki World Design Capital 2012. Info, background and program [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/fi-sz-symposium-arch-2011/feed/ 0 Shenzhen | ‘Architects In The House’ party http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen_architects-in-the-house_fi/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen_architects-in-the-house_fi/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:42:30 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11702 Architects in the House - Finland's architecture party | 2011 SZHK Biennale MovingCities proudly invites/supports/presents the ARCHITECTS IN THE ‘HOUSE‘ – Finland’s architecture party! Tunes and theories by architects-musicians Tuomas Toivonen & Martti Kalliala. Next Wednesday, DEC 7th – at Idutang OCT in Shenzhen – starting at 9pm – they’ll play, perform and plan till [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen_architects-in-the-house_fi/feed/ 0 Shenzhen | Scenes from the Street http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-street-scenes-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-street-scenes-nov11/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:00:58 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11658 Shenzhen | November 12, 2011 On our last day in Shenzhen 深圳, MovingCities strolled the streets, occasionally hovering on top of them, scanning the Super Skyline. Shenzhen 深圳 is not only a city of planning, progress and pompous towers, but foremost a city of people, intimate and public places, of pavements and shifting population patterns. [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-street-scenes-nov11/feed/ 0 Shenzhen Planning Building | Urbanus Architecture & Design http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/spb-urbanus-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/spb-urbanus-nov11/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:01:02 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11653 Shenzhen Planning Building by Urbanus Architecture & Design | November 11, 2011 On Friday November 11, MovingCities paid a visit to the Shenzhen Planning Building 深圳规划大厦, designed by Urbanus Architecture & Design 都市实践. Located inside the building is the Shenzhen Center for Design 都市实践, a newly established NGO institute aiming to encourage and promote innovative [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/spb-urbanus-nov11/feed/ 0 Shenzhen | Super Skyline http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-super-skyline-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-super-skyline-nov11/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:06:44 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11645 Shenzhen | November 12, 2011 We’ve seen Shenzhen 深圳 changing during the past few years. We’ve seen its skyline, alas, reaching for the sky. We’ve seen the 441.8 meter Shenzhen Tower (aka the KK100, architect TFP Farrells) raising up from the ground, being constructed in-between the towers and now finally completed. Earlier this year, when [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-super-skyline-nov11/feed/ 0 OCT | Urbanus Architecture & Design http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/oct-urbanus-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/oct-urbanus-nov11/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:56:27 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11639 OCT Phase 2 by Urbanus Architecture & Design | November 9, 2011 While in Shenzhen 深圳, MovingCities seems to be almost naturally pulled towards the OCT Loft-area. This creative precinct is the place where we meet people, where we drink and eat, shop, stroll and sometimes sleep. Recently, Urbanus Architecture & Design 都市实践 completed the [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/oct-urbanus-nov11/feed/ 0 Shanghai >> Shenzhen http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-shenzhen-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-shenzhen-nov11/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:32:17 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11630 Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport New Terminal | November 8, 2011 Last week MovingCities resided in Shenzhen 深圳 to work on a project we hope to inform you soon more about. To us, flying means aerophotography, means measuring progress, seeing land reclamation projects turn into airports, having flash-backs to 2009 when the city was working on [...]

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