movingcities.org » beijing 北京 http://movingcities.org under re-construction!!! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:11:44 +0000 en hourly 1 Copy/Culture Symposium | lecture http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/copy-culture-symposium-sep11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/copy-culture-symposium-sep11/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:21:42 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=10811 Copy/Culture Symposium | Beijing, September 27, 2011 After a small summer-hiatus [Lisbon, Brussels, Amsterdam], MovingCities is back on track. We’re working on and cooking a few projects that will get shape, form and life in the coming few months. Keep checking us out here [or contact us]. We’re resuming blogging with an announcement of an [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/copy-culture-symposium-sep11/feed/ 0 Beijing | DOMUS architecture guide http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-domus-architecture-guide-march11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-domus-architecture-guide-march11/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:16:25 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8303 Beijing National Library | July, 2010 A library, research center, art complex, jewelry garden and a former China-Japan Youth Exchange Center are few examples of the selection of the 40 projects in Beijing 北京 for the DOMUS iPhone-app. MovingCities stripped structures to their bare essence: location, description, architects info, construction year, architect birth year, services, [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-domus-architecture-guide-march11/feed/ 0 Beijing >> Shanghai http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-shanghai-march11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-shanghai-march11/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:49:37 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=7846 Beijing - Shanghai | March 6, 2011 aerophotography is not a study of architectural details, but the exploration of urban districts. aerophotography is about cities flipping from being specific to generic to grainy. It isn’t about the silent and fixed gaze, but about turbulence, wings and windows. It is about the cities slowly disappearing while [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-shanghai-march11/feed/ 0 Architecture of Consequence | lecture & debate http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/aoc-nai-beijing/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/aoc-nai-beijing/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:59:36 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=7246 Architecture of Consequence | NAi The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) & MovingCities cordially invites you to the launch of Urban Flux magazine: “Architecture of Consequence“. 荷兰建筑师协会（NAi）与 MovingCities 诚邀您参加《城市空间设计》[总第16期]的推出活动]。This event will take place on next Saturday 18  at STUDIO X Beijing. 此活动将于2010年12月18日在 STUDIO X Beijing举行。 Ole Bouman [director NAi] will hold a lecture, followed by a [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/aoc-nai-beijing/feed/ 0 Beijing | Gulou Hutong(s) http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-gulou-hutongs/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-gulou-hutongs/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:14:45 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6622 Area around Gulou Dajie subway station | May 20, 2010 A short trip down the metropolitan memory lane: in 2008 we published Making Minced Meat out of Memory [MONU Magazine] and in 2009 our Hutong Histories-triptych [ 1, 2 & 3]. It’s 2010 and the destruction of the Gulou area is still going strong. These [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-gulou-hutongs/feed/ 1 Beijing | Do You Hutong? http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-do-you-hutong/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-do-you-hutong/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:57:08 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6589 Lumicang Hutong | Beijing, July 5, 2010 Do You Hutong? [看！胡同 http://www.doyouhutong.com/] – upcoming Saturday, July 17 from 19:00 to 23:00, at the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre – is a fund-raising event hosted by the Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP). The eve will blend cultural heritage, art, dialogue and interpretation. Our distant contribution [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-do-you-hutong/feed/ 0 Beijing | SOHO Sanlitun & skyline http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-soho-sanlitun-skyline/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-soho-sanlitun-skyline/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:55:16 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6561 SOHO Sanlitun by Kengo Kuma | April 26, 2010 During the past few months MovingCities was a couple of times in Beijing [北京]. As we did not keep up the pace of posting, this week we present a selection of past impressions centered around our favorite Beijing topics: hutong(s), highways, hyperblocks and skylines. We lift [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-soho-sanlitun-skyline/feed/ 0 Shenzhen | Taking A Stance http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-tas-june10/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-tas-june10/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:03:17 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6336 Taking A Stance | Beijing, April 27 2010 This weekend, MovingCities will be in Shenzhen to be part of the opening and symposium of the China-touring ‘Taking A Stance’-exhibition. After Shanghai and Beijing, the NAi-exhibit will land in Shenzhen presenting 8 critical attitudes in Chinese and Dutch architecture and design featuring OMA, URBANUS, Ai Weiwei, [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-tas-june10/feed/ 2 XU Tiantian | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/xu-tiantian-publication/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/xu-tiantian-publication/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:00:09 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=5371 Xu Tiantian (DnA) | Songzhuang artists’ residence Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published in a recent issue of MARK magazine an interview with Chinese architect XU Tiantian 徐甜甜 [DnA_Design and architecture]. The talk gave some background to and insight in one of her recently completed projects: the Songzhuang artists’ residence. Located in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/xu-tiantian-publication/feed/ 0 Illegal Copying | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/illegal-copying-publication/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/illegal-copying-publication/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:00:35 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=5234 Illegal Copying | Mark Magazine#24 [re-post] Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published in a recent issue of MARK magazine ‘Illegal Copying’, an article about the phenomenon of the underground architectural booksellers and their trade in illegally copied architecture books, DVD’s and magazines. Location: Beijing, China. Original pirate material [back] online! Illegal Copying | Mark Magazine#24 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/illegal-copying-publication/feed/ 0 Shanghai SNOWBALL Seminar | day II http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-day-2/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-day-2/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:00:27 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=5343 OK-DO interviews Meng Yan from URBANUS [Beijing/Shenzhen] | Shanghai SnowBall Seminar [re-post] Second installment of our belated follow-up on the past Shanghai SnowBall Seminar. Friday March 26 was the second of a two day series of presentations and followed up in intensity, speed and range of topics on the first day. More SnowBall snapshots. From [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-day-2/feed/ 0 Shanghai SnowBall Seminar | day I http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-day-1/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-day-1/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:00:13 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=5340 Shanghai SnowBall Seminar | March 25, 2010 [re-post] A belated follow-up on the past Shanghai SnowBall Seminar (as we are dealing on the background with some website issues). Thursday March 25 was the first of a two day series of presentations by Chinese and Finnish architects (program & timetable, participants & publication). SnowBall snapshots. For [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-day-1/feed/ 0 Shanghai SNOWBALL Seminar | program http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-program/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-program/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:00:38 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=5181 SNOWBALL | Finnish and Chinese architecture MovingCities is in full co-production mode as on Thursday March 25, the 3-day Shanghai SnowBall Seminar lifts off. The objective of the seminar is to offer insight in the latest achievements of both Finnish and Chinese architects and will take place at the Mansion Hotel. Information on participants, program, [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-snowball-seminar-program/feed/ 0 Learning from CCTV | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/learning-from-cctv-publication/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/learning-from-cctv-publication/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:45:32 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=5059 Learning from CCTV | An Interview with Rory McGowan | Mark Magazine#24 In Mark Magazine #24 (February-March 2010), Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published an interview with Beijing-based structural engineer Rory McGowan [ARUP and ARUP in Beijing]. “Learning from CCTV | an interview with Rory McGowan” is now online. The interview, which took place at [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/learning-from-cctv-publication/feed/ 0 The City Seekers | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/the-city-seekers-publication/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/the-city-seekers-publication/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:55:34 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=4454 The City Seekers by Bert de Muynck | BEYOND02 In BEYOND no.2, Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published ‘The City Seekers’. BEYOND – Short Stories on the Post-Contemporary – is a bookazine dedicated to new, experimental forms of architectural and urban writing. The contribution is based on references, adaptations and updates to Vance Packard’s ‘The [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/the-city-seekers-publication/feed/ 1 MOVINGCITIES is moving cities http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/movingcities-is-moving-cities/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/movingcities-is-moving-cities/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:34:03 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=3997 On October 15 MovingCities made a move! After living and working for three years in China’s capital we packed our belongings and moved South. From now on we’ll be operating from Shanghai. New address! Our own SoHo [small office home office] is now located close to Jing’An Temple. address 中国 上海市 200040 静安区 新闸路1528弄1号楼2602室 1528 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/movingcities-is-moving-cities/feed/ 0 Breaking down Beijing + URBAN CARPET http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/breaking-down_plus_urban-carpet/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/breaking-down_plus_urban-carpet/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:09:31 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=3930 Area around Gulou Dajie subway station | September 17, 2009 Urban Carpet 8x5 by Instant Hutong | Urban Carpet: Brown (Xi Si Bei, 2009) With a two and a half month hiatus, MovingCities is following up on the hutong destruction around Gulou Subway Station. After introducing the area and the discussion about Beijing‘s hutong preservation/hallucinations, [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/breaking-down_plus_urban-carpet/feed/ 0 THERE IS NO I IN TEAM | Berlin radio show http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/there-is-no-i-in-team/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/there-is-no-i-in-team/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:59:17 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=3842 image: Meiya Lin, Emigrant Serial Number_2: Passing the Torch, 2007 THERE IS NO I IN TEAM is a three-day event at PROGRAM, Berlin. Running from October 15th to 17th it brings together cutting-edge  video, live audiovisuals and performance art and creative communities from both China and Berlin. MovingCities will be part of Friday’s radio show [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/there-is-no-i-in-team/feed/ 0 Beijing >> Zibo http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-zibo-september-2009/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-zibo-september-2009/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:16:49 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=3596 Beijing South Railway Station | September 4, 2009 We always had a strange fascination for Zibo. It has been on our radar since we found it positioned at the end of the alphabetical list of China’s cities with more than 1 million inhabitants. And because nobody seems to care about it. Due to a nice [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/beijing-zibo-september-2009/feed/ 4 Building Beijing | part IV http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/building-beijing-part-4/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/building-beijing-part-4/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:42:28 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=3569 To CBD | August 29, 2009 Haussman is haunting Beijing. While driving around, we traversed the territory by cab. From within it, Beijing reveals another image; there is the unavoidable largeness of space, buildingblocksbigness and omnipresence of green corridors along its ringroads and inner-city highways. A strange symphony of snapshots -like slowing down and speeding [...]

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