posts tagged ‘architecture’
The Xi’an trident | publication
July 20th, 2011 • architectures, movingmemos, writings
Tags: architecture, publications, xi'an 西安
Xi'an Expo | May 30, 2011
From a distance, the Exhibition Centre looks like a crescent wave, Poseidon’s trident or a triclops sea snake. Its straightforward design suggests that architectural labour and thinking was involved, but indeed it feels like a sketch on a napkin. DOMUS 949 [July/August 2011] is out, including a review by Bert de Muynck | MovingCities of the work of plasma studio for the Xi’an International Horticultural Expo 2011. The Xi’an trident is now online. read more »
CAA architecture jury | Hangzhou
June 21st, 2011 • architectures, movingmemos
Tags: architecture, hangzhou 杭州, maquettes
School of Architecture at CAA | June 2, 2011
On June 2, the School of Architecture of China Academy of Art Hangzhou [CAA] 中国美术学院建筑艺术学院 organized the presentation of the final year projects. Bert de Muynck | MovingCities was invited to participate in the jury of the studio’s of Erhard An-He Kinzelbach [KNOWSPACE architecture + cities] and Haoru Chen 陈浩如 [Citiarc International]. The first one dealt with the issue of aging, the second one with independent research. Hangzhou 杭州, snapshots, students, maquettes and background. read more »
Guangzhou | Opera House by Zaha Hadid
December 21st, 2010 • architectures, movingmemos
Tags: architecture, guangzhou 广州
Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid Architects | December 5, 2010
About a year after our first visit to the Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid Architects, MovingCities returned to the site to check on the completed building. One doesn’t need an expert eye to understand that the finishing has been rushed so to coincide with the opening of Guangzhou Asian Games last November. From a look at the facade and the tectonics one notices a clear gap between the hyper-digital intentions and it handicraft execution. The Opera House feels more like of a mock-up rather than of a masterpiece. Unintentionally, and in line with its concept, the concert hall is already eroding. read more »
Atelier Deshaus | publication
November 29th, 2010 • movingmemos, writings
Tags: architecture, interviews, jiading 嘉定区, publications, shanghai 上海
Atelier Deshaus | MARK Magazine#28
Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published in a recent issue of MARK magazine an interview with Chinese architects Atelier Deshaus 大舍建筑. In the interview, the Shanghai-based office talks about their recently completed projects such as Jiading Kindergarten, Fuel Gas Management Station and Jiansu Software Park. Furthermore they talk about the local Shanghainese building culture, their desire to take it slow, the reality of letting-go, their traditional-hybrid approach and their believe that architecture should be about progressive spatial experiences. Now online. read more »
Yinzhou New Town | 5 scattered houses
October 21st, 2010 • architectures, movingmemos
Tags: architecture, ningbo 宁波, yinzhou 鄞州
'Teahouse 1 – broken shadow' by Amateur Architecture Studio | October 9, 2010
In the center of Yinzhou New Town (Ningbo’s District) 宁波市鄞州区 a 25.7 hectares park is situated and in it five scattered houses are located around a lake. In the vicinity one also finds a government building and the Ningbo Historic Museum. The last one, as well the five structures, were designed by Amateur Architecture Studio. It is here that we interviewed in 2008 its principal Wang Shu – Local Hero [Mark Magazine#19] – and recently returned to. After the skyline, a couple of scattered snapshots. read more »
