posts tagged ‘ningbo 宁波’
Yinzhou | counting the people
November 3rd, 2010 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: ningbo 宁波, on-the-move, yinzhou 鄞州
Ningbo's Yinzhou District | October 10, 2010'
Who are the people of China? Who are the people constructing, demolishing and sweeping the Chinese city? Where do they live? Soon we’ll know. At least how many people live in China’s urban areas. While the state is counting its people, we are busy taking pictures… A Ningbo’s Yinzhou District 宁波市鄞州区.-selection. 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 »
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 »
Ningbo | Yinzhou New Town Skyline
October 19th, 2010 • 2 comments cities, movingmemos
Tags: ningbo 宁波, skyline, urbanism, yinzhou 鄞州
'Yinzhou New Town' - Ningbo's Yinzhou District | October 10, 2010
The Yangtze River Delta is one of the bustling building centers of China where not only cities such as Shanghai 上海, Nanjing 南京 or Hangzhou 杭州 are transforming and creating new business and civic (sub)centers but where also the connections in-between them (railroads and highways) are being optimized. A few weekends ago, MovingCities went to Ningbo 宁波 – integrated into the so-called 2 hours economic circle of which Shanghai is the core – and came back with snapshots from paradise: Yinzhou New Town (District) 鄞州区. read more »
Amateur Architecture Studio | publication
April 20th, 2009 • architectures, movingmemos, writings
Tags: architecture, hangzhou 杭州, interviews, ningbo 宁波, publications
Wang Shu | Amateur Architecture Studio
Mark Magazine has in April/May 2009 its 19th issue out. Bert de Muynck | MovingCities contributed to it with an interview with the Huangzhou based Chinese architect Wang Shu (Amateur Architecture Studio) called “Local Hero”.
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