posts tagged ‘urbanism’
Santiago de Chile | Two Tales
August 2nd, 2010 • cities, contributors, movingmemos, travel
Tags: construction, politics, santiago, urbanism
Alejandro Aravena & Ricky Burdett | London School of Economics | by Levent Kerimol
While in Chile, MovingCities sporadic contributor Levent Kerimol visited the much acclaimed Elemental’s La Pintana and Lo Espejo housing projects and scanned Ciudad Abierta – Valparaiso University’s architectural playground (dixit Diego Grass Puga). Levent files a report and tells two tales of how an architect’s attempts to change the world are obstructed by his ego. read more »
Beijing | Gulou Hutong(s)
July 21st, 2010 • 1 comment cities, movingmemos
Tags: beijing 北京, demolition, urbanism
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 days D+STREAM picks up Hutong Cemeteries; the New York Times reports on it [same old, same old] and MovingCities revisits the Gulou area. read more »
Beijing | Do You Hutong?
July 15th, 2010 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: beijing 北京, demolition, urbanism
Lumicang Hutong | Beijing, July 5, 2010
Do You Hutong? [看！胡同] – 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 to support awareness around this subject is our yearly coverage of the current debate and some snapshots. MovingCities features the Lumicang Hutong. read more »
Nanjing | Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
June 16th, 2010 • 1 comment cities, movingmemos
Tags: maquettes, nanjing 南京, urbanism
Urban Planning Exhibition Hall | Nanjing, April 9 2010
There are many ways to get a grip on the immensity of any Chinese city. One way to understand the development – besides driving through, seeing from a rooftop or by wandering around – is to head to the local urban planning museum. Typically these spaces exhibit the largest scale-model you ever saw, while the corridors are draped with explanations about planning strategies, new iconic buildings and historical developments. read more »
Shanghai >> Nanjing | by bus
June 10th, 2010 • cities, movingmemos, travel
Tags: nanjing 南京, on-the-move, shanghai 上海, urbanism
Shanghai - Nanjing | April 7, 2010
As we’re resuming posting and tweaking the site, we start with a few snapshots from our April trip from Shanghai [上海] to Nanjing [南京]. After the train, a semi-parallel set off pictures shot from the bus: villages, malls, highways, fields and factories. In no particular order; China’s highways are construction-site corridors. read more »
Think Green Global Forum | review
April 18th, 2010 • events, movingmemos, works
Tags: lectures, nanjing 南京, seminar, urbanism
Think Green Global Forum | Nanjing, April 7-9 2010
[re-post] MovingCities is back after an unforeseeable website tech-up. The coming period might still see some glitches, tweaking, weird invasions and interruptions as we go along. But let’s proceed, lifting off under cloudy skies, scanning and investigating the state of urbanization, picking up where we left: the Think Green Global Forum in Nanjing. Background on the Forum and the ‘Green Building and Architecture’ session. read more »
Nanjing | Think Green Global Forum
April 7th, 2010 • events, movingmemos, works
Tags: lectures, nanjing 南京, seminar, urbanism
Think Green Global Forum | Nanjing, April 7-9 2010
[re-post] A quick announcement about the Think Green Global Forum, organized by New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), that is taking place the upcoming days in Nanjing. Bert de Muynck | MovingCities will hold a presentation during the “Green Building and Architecture” session hosted by Frank Mruk, Associate Dean NYIT, Architecture & Design. More info after the break. read more »
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