posts tagged ‘aerophotography’

Shanghai >> Helsinki

Shanghai - Helsinki | February 8, 2010
Shanghai - Helsinki | February 8, 2010

This week MovingCities resides in Helsinki. Working and preparing the upcoming ‘SNOWBALL Architecture‘-seminar in Shanghai [end of March 2010], a three-day event that will bring together Chinese and Finnish architects. This Friday we will give a talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. More information on both events will follow soon. For now, some aerophotography snapshots. From Pudong, over a snow-white Gobi desert to Vantaa. read more »

Shenzhen >> Beijing

Land Reclamation for Shenzhen Airport New Terminal | July 8, 2009
Land Reclamation for Shenzhen Airport New Terminal | July 8, 2009

While taking off from Shenzhen, heading towards Beijing, we enjoyed an excellent view over the ongoing expansion of Shenzhen Baoan International Airport. Already having spotted the massive land reclamation from the seaside, the newly built area will cover a total of 13.23 square kilometers and a future new airport designed by Fuksas Architects. read more »

Beijing >> Shenzhen >> Macau

On Thursday July 2 MovingCities flew from Beijing to Shenzhen and went from there with the boat to Macau. An extensive series of snapshots and more aerophotography. All travels in function of the Macau Skyline Architectural Research-workshop. read more »

Brussels >> Stockholm

Leaving Brussels | May 10, 2009
Leaving Brussels | May 10, 2009

On Sunday May 10 MovingCities flew back to Beijing. A short inter-European flight from Brussels to Stockholm was followed by a longer Stockholm-Beijing flight. Only the first leg of the travel provided excellent conditions for aerophotography, especially while flying over a cloudless Belgium and The Netherlands. read more »

Lisbon >> Brussels

On Tuesday May 4 MovingCities flew from Lisbon to Brussels. The conditions for aerophotography were perfect; a windowseat and a morning flight. Leaving under a bright blue and open sky we flew North, with a excellent view on the 17 km Vasco da Gama Bridge, and landed hours later in a characteristically cloudy Belgium.

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Brussels >> Lisbon

On Thursday April 16 MovingCities flew from Brussels to Lisbon. While leaving and landing, some additional “aerophotographical” archiving was done. No tacky wildlife-shots from airballoons, no shoots from helicopters while using a tilt-shift lens but snapshots while ascending architectures, while diving and touching down in cities.


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Stockholm >> Brussels

Stockholm | April 7, 2009
Stockholm | April 7, 2009

On Tuesday April 7 MovingCities flew from Stockholm to Brussels to embark on a five week inner-European journey. Departing under clear skies, Stockholm rapidly disappeared into an abstraction organization of architectures. With a new tag, called “aerophotography”, we document our past and future impressions of monitoring cities from the sky/airplane.

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moving elsewhere

Arq’a > Interviews Bert de Muynck & Mónica Carriço: “Acções Patrimoniais – Perspectivas Críticas” (excerto) por Luís Santiago Baptista e Paula Melâneo [PORTUGUESE]

we make money not art > book review: Beyond no.2 – Values and Symptoms edited by Pedro Gadanho (SUN publishers) w/ Bert de Muynck’s contribution: ‘The City Seekers

ArchiNed > Shanghai World Expo 2010 – de Europese Paviljoens Bert de Muynck over Europese paviljoens Expo 2010 [DUTCH]

La Biennale di Venezia > People meet the architect. WANG SHU 12th International Architecture Exhibition – People meet in architecture