movingcities.org » projects http://movingcities.org under re-construction!!! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:11:44 +0000 en hourly 1 Finland/Shenzhen Architecture Tour | day 2 http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-2/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-2/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:41:10 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12056 Finland-Shenzhen Architecture Tour by MovingCities | December 8, 2011 The second day [see day one] of the Finland/Shenzhen Architecture Tour presented a diverse Shenzhen 深圳. Starting in the VANKE Shenzhen headquarters, the group of 20 Finnish architects moved on to Shenzhen Tower (441.8 meter) and via the Shenzhen University – Dept. Arch ended up in [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-2/feed/ 0 Finland/Shenzhen Architecture Tour | day 1 http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-1/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-1/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:06:08 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=12050 Finland-Shenzhen Symposium on Architectural Competitions | December 6, 2011 During the opening week of the 2011 Shenzhen-Hongkong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, MovingCities toured a group of 20 Finnish architects around in Shenzhen 深圳. The first day of the two-day program [see day two] started in the Shenzhen Center for Design 都市实践 with a discussion/presentation on [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/finland-shenzhen-tour-day-1/feed/ 1 FI-SZ Symposium on Architectural Competitions http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/fi-sz-symposium-arch-2011/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/fi-sz-symposium-arch-2011/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:13:08 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11763 Finland-Shenzhen Symposium on Architectural Competitions | Shenzhen 6th Dec 2011 MovingCities presents/organizes/debates tomorrow, Tuesday DEC 6th – at Shenzhen Urban Planning & Land Resources 深圳规划大厦, the ‘Finland-Shenzhen Symposium on Architectural Competitions’ 深圳×芬兰建筑设计竞赛座谈会邀请. The symposium is hosted by the Shenzhen Center for Design 都市实践 and supported by Helsinki World Design Capital 2012. Info, background and program [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/fi-sz-symposium-arch-2011/feed/ 0 Hong Kong University | appointment http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/hong-kong-university-sep11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/hong-kong-university-sep11/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:39:35 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=10840 Fall 2011 Special Lecture Series | HKU Shanghai Study Center, 2011 From September 2011 onwards, Bert de Muynck | MovingCities has been appointed ‘assistant professor’ at the The University of Hong Kong – Faculty of Architecture, teaching the course on ‘Architecture Theory and History [20th Century]‘ at HKU Shanghai Study Centre. We’re very pleased to [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/hong-kong-university-sep11/feed/ 0 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 NAi China workshop | day III http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-3-april11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-3-april11/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 01:40:25 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8857 NAi China Housing workshop | Tuesday April 26, 2011 The third, and final day of the “NAi China Housing workshop” went further, deeper and broader into understanding the potential of bringing in social/affordable/low-cost/low-rent housing in the context of the VANKE 万科 Xianghe-project. Snapshots while Dutch and Chinese architects are discussing masterplans, manuals and methodologies. During [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-3-april11/feed/ 0 NAi China workshop | day II http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-2-april11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-2-april11/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 01:06:11 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8765 NAi China Housing workshop | Monday April 25, 2011 The second day of the “NAi China Housing workshop” comprised of a series of housing-related project presentations by Dutch and Chinese architects, followed by discussions, brainstorms and sketching sessions. During the morning program, Mao Daqing 毛大庆 [Executive Vice President, Vanke Co Ltd, President of Beijing Vanke [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-2-april11/feed/ 0 NAi China workshop | day I http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-1-april11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-1-april11/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 11:28:29 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8626 CN-NL Housing Symposium | Sunday April 24, 2011 On Sunday April 24, the “NAi China Housing workshop” launched with a symposium at the China Academy of Art Hangzhou [CAA] School of Architecture 中国美术学院建筑艺术学院. Review of a day in 37 snapshots. 王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波王波 The symposium started with introductions by Mr. Eric Verwaal, Consul General of the Kingdom [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-workshop-day-1-april11/feed/ 0 NAi China workshop | symposium http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-symposium-april11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-symposium-april11/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:37:02 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8519 CN-NL Housing Symposium | Sunday April 24, 2011 On Sunday April 24, the “NAi China Housing workshop” will kick-off with a symposium at the China Academy of Art Hangzhou [CAA] School of Architecture 中国美术学院建筑艺术学院. Program and details after the break. CN-NL Housing Symposium | Sunday April 24, 2011 CN-NL HOUSING SYMPOSIUM | Sunday April 24, [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-symposium-april11/feed/ 0 NAi China workshop | background http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-background-april11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-background-april11/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:42:17 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8455 China Social Housing Building Plan | source; ChinaTells There are several sources one can look into while conducting research on China’s current housing situation. In preparation for the “NAi China Housing workshop” we tagged our daily news-resources [China Daily, Foreign Policy, Global Times, ChinaTells and others], scanned our library and talked to people. 4 examples. [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-background-april11/feed/ 0 NAi China workshop | intro http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-intro-april11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-intro-april11/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:19:55 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8390 China to build 10m affordable homes in 2011 | China Daily, March 10, 2011 During the past few weeks, we’ve been working, co-organizing and pre-producing the upcoming “NAi China Housing workshop.” This 3-day workshop is a continuation of previous collaborative efforts between the Netherlands Architecture Institute [NAi], a select group of Dutch and Chinese architects, [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-intro-april11/feed/ 0 MOVINGCITIES is moving http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/movingcities-is-moving-april2011/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/movingcities-is-moving-april2011/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:52:36 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8341 View on Shanghai from MovingCities' studio | April, 2011 MovingCities loves relocating, resettling, packing in and packing out. After living and working for about one and a half year close to Jing’An Temple, MovingCities recently moved to the Embankment Building on North Suzhou Creek Road. Built in 1933-35, and designed by Palmer & Turner, upon [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/movingcities-is-moving-april2011/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 Shanghai | DOMUS architecture guide http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-domus-architecture-guide-march11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-domus-architecture-guide-march11/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:39:46 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=8274 Shanghai Art Museum | July, 2010 About one year ago, DOMUS contacted MovingCities with the request to select, photograph and localize in Beijing 北京 and Shanghai 上海 40 architectural projects for an IT application specially intended for i-phone© and ipad© products. The app [$4.99, in English and Italian] is now out! Details and preview after [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-domus-architecture-guide-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 NAi China Program | day III http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day3/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day3/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:36:31 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6846 Roombeek culture cluster by SeARCH | Enschede, September 1, 2010 After Rotterdam and Amsterdam, there was Enschede, located in the North-East of the Netherlands. The final day of the NAi China Program [day 1 & day 2] consisted of a visit to the city’s Roombeek area. Here, in May 2000, a catastrophic fireworks explosion occurred [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day3/feed/ 0 NAi China Program | day II http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day2/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day2/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:58:27 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6844 Amsterdam | August 31, 2010 On the second day of the NAi China Program [day 1] we visited a couple of classic housing projects [MVRDV's Parkrand, the 1990s KNSM-island developments,...] and large residential areas in transformation [Amsterdam West, areas along the riverbanks of the IJ,...], all located in Amsterdam. Background and snapshots. In the introduction [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day2/feed/ 0 NAi China Program | day I http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day1/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day1/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:20:28 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6840 NAi Archives | August 30, 2010 About one year ago, the Netherlands Architecture Institute [NAi] asked MovingCities if we would be interested to set up a so-called “NAi matchmaking”-program in China. The program is part of the new international agenda of the NAi and has the ambition to instigate collaborations between Dutch and Chinese architects. [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nai-china-program-day1/feed/ 2 Design for Daily Life | seminar http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/design-for-daily-life-seminar/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/design-for-daily-life-seminar/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:49:30 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6804 Zibo | September, 2009 On Friday September 17, MovingCities is co-organizing the “Design Dialogue: Design for Daily Life” at the Dutch Design Workspace in Shanghai. The seminar consists out of three sessions of two short presentations, one by a Dutch, one by a Chinese designer, each time followed by a discussion. The seminar is set-up [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/design-for-daily-life-seminar/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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