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On June 19, three and a half weeks after MovingCities kickstarted research and design for Beijing's short and intense two-day Line13 Redux-workshop, the students of the School of Architecture and Community Design (University of South Florida, Tampa) presented their first analysis and design proposals. An overview.

In Mark Magazine #19 (April-May 2009), Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published a small article called "The Importance of Slowness" about two artists' studios in the suburbs of Beijing designed by Wang Hui | Limited Design. In it, the architect explains why he didn't go to his office for two months and how century old trees dictated the design of the studios.

On May 25 and 26, 2009, MovingCities was invited by Shannon Bassett, Assistant Professor at School of Architecture and Community Design | University of South Florida, Tampa, to give a short design workshop. After dealing in last years' 'Line13 Superlinearity'-workshop with the Northern section of Beijing's elevated subway line, 'Line13 Redux' focussed on the intersection of the Badaling Expressway and Line13 as the locale for research and intervention. ...

Bert de Muynck | MovingCities publishes "Crossing: Dialogues for Emergency Architecture" on the ArtForum Chinese website. The piece discusses the 16 proposals from Chinese and foreign architects shown at the earlier reported exhibition at the National Art Museum of China.

On Tuesday May 12 the "Crossing: Dialogues for Emergency Architecture"-exhibition opened at the National Art Museum of China . Marking the first anniversary of the May 12th Wenchuan earthquake, the exhibition shows 16 proposals from Chinese and foreign architects. Their aim is to raise awareness over the prevention and relief of natural disasters and epidemics. Introduction and snapshots of the opening.

On Friday March 20, MovingCities left Beijing for Stockholm in order to participate in the City Move Interdesign Workshop. A couple of snapshots along the way.

Following up on the first part of our Beijing snapshots series, we look at the present state of the city's Central Business District and zoom in on the Guanghualu SOHO-project. Initially said to be a collaboration between the Danish architect Søren Korsgaard and Chinese architect Qingyun Ma, the project was developed by the Beijing real-estate tycoons Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, chief executives of SOHO China.