posts tagged ‘demolition’
Preservation Playground | publication
January 12th, 2012 • movingmemos, writings
Tags: construction, demolition, publications, shanghai 上海
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 in and reconstructed. Last summer MovingCities visited the place and now MARK magazine published the story. Preservation Playground is online. read more »
Xi’An | destroyed district(s)
June 13th, 2011 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: books, demolition, xi'an 西安
Xi'An erased | May 31, 2011
‘The High Price of the New Beijing‘ by Ian Johnson was just published in The New York Review of Books. In the piece, he assesses about six books on Beijing 北京 – all dealing with urban planning, art, destruction, architecture and urban renewal. A must read.
We’re reporting from Xi’an 西安 and on an encounter with local residents. read more »
10 X 2010 | MovingCities
December 24th, 2010 • movingmemos
Tags: construction, demolition
AAAA A quick MovingCities wrap-up of the past year. A selection of 10 posts representing the way we have experiencing cities, architectures, travels, projects, research and writing in 2010. As ever, the selection is a metropolitan mix of construction, demolition, interviews, being on-the-move, projects and publications. Click on any of the images below to find out more. read more »
Yinzhou | urban change
November 1st, 2010 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: construction, demolition, ningbo 宁波, urbanism, yinzhou 鄞州
'Yinzhou New Town' - Ningbo's Yinzhou District | October 10, 2010
Now the 2010 Shanghai 上海 World Exhibition is officially over and the theme of “Better City, Better Life” has been discussed from all possible angles, it is time to figure out how to implement all that has been said, pondered upon and promised. As can be seen from the picture above, the World’s Exhibit mascot – Haibao (meaning the treasure of the sea) – has not only been roaming the Expo site, but also has been acting as a treasurer for urban change and territorial renewal in Ningbo’s Yinzhou District 宁波市鄞州区. read more »
Shanghai | The Wrinkles of the City by JR
October 22nd, 2010 • 2 comments architectures, cities, movingmemos
Tags: demolition, exhibition, performance, shanghai 上海, urbanism
JR at work | Shanghai, October 21, 2010
This week the French photographer and artist JR is working in and with the city of Shanghai on a project called The Wrinkles of the City 城市肌理. The anonymous artist hit this week the international spotlights, as he received the 2011 TED Prize for his work. In preparation for his upcoming show at Magda Danysz Gallery in Shanghai, JR and his crew were working in a dilapidated area in Shanghai. MovingCities joined the artist on site, conducted an interview and returned with snapshots. read more »
