movingcities.org » urbanism http://movingcities.org under re-construction!!! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:11:44 +0000 en hourly 1 Shanghai | Satellite Scan http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-satellite-scan-jan12/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-satellite-scan-jan12/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:18:26 +0000 bert http://movingcities.org/?p=12378 Line 6 to Holland Town | Shanghai, December 2011 While working on an article, for an upcoming issue of Bauwelt, on the European-themed satellite towns in Shanghai 上海 MovingCities went scanning the suburbs of the city. Taking the subway to the last stops on Line 9, Line 7 and Line 6 we arrived in Thames [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-satellite-scan-jan12/feed/ 0 Shenzhen | Scenes from the Street http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-street-scenes-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-street-scenes-nov11/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:00:58 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11658 Shenzhen | November 12, 2011 On our last day in Shenzhen 深圳, MovingCities strolled the streets, occasionally hovering on top of them, scanning the Super Skyline. Shenzhen 深圳 is not only a city of planning, progress and pompous towers, but foremost a city of people, intimate and public places, of pavements and shifting population patterns. [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shenzhen-street-scenes-nov11/feed/ 0 Shenzhen Planning Building | Urbanus Architecture & Design http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/spb-urbanus-nov11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/spb-urbanus-nov11/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:01:02 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=11653 Shenzhen Planning Building by Urbanus Architecture & Design | November 11, 2011 On Friday November 11, MovingCities paid a visit to the Shenzhen Planning Building 深圳规划大厦, designed by Urbanus Architecture & Design 都市实践. Located inside the building is the Shenzhen Center for Design 都市实践, a newly established NGO institute aiming to encourage and promote innovative [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/spb-urbanus-nov11/feed/ 0 Tōhoku Japan 2011 | by Sören Grünert [part II] http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/tohoku-japan2011_soeren-gruenert_2/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/tohoku-japan2011_soeren-gruenert_2/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:11 +0000 soeren http://movingcities.org/?p=11221 In August 2011, architect Sören Grünert spend one month in Tōhoku, Japan, as part of the relief efforts in the aftermath of the devastating March 11 eartquake and tsunami. For MovingCities he filed a double report.

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/tohoku-japan2011_soeren-gruenert_2/feed/ 0 Tōhoku Japan 2011 | by Sören Grünert [part I] http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/tohoku-japan2011_soeren-gruenert_1/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/tohoku-japan2011_soeren-gruenert_1/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:36:12 +0000 soeren http://movingcities.org/?p=11190 In August 2011, architect Sören Grünert spend one month in Tōhoku, Japan, as part of the relief efforts in the aftermath of the devastating March 11 eartquake and tsunami. For MovingCities he filed a double report.

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/tohoku-japan2011_soeren-gruenert_1/feed/ 1 China’s New Housing Agenda | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/china-new-housing-agenda-july11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/china-new-housing-agenda-july11/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:16:41 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=10610 Bezalel Papers on Architectures | issue#2, July 2011 If China will face a housing crisis in the future, it will be an affordable one. After decades of focusing on industrialization and urbanization, it may be well expected that in the coming decade the notion of “hybrid habitation” will become a new driver for China’s social-economical [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/china-new-housing-agenda-july11/feed/ 0 Surabaya | kampung Plampitan http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/surabaya-kampung-plampitan-july11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/surabaya-kampung-plampitan-july11/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:48:03 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=10482 kampung Plampitan | Surabaya, July 5, 2011 On July 5, MovingCities explored the kampung Plampitan with a group of local Surabayan architects. Some historical heritage sites – such as “Masjid Peneleh”, “Dutch Cemetery” and “House of Roeslan Abdul Gani” are located there. In May 2011 this kampung was the site of intervention for the “refugees [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/surabaya-kampung-plampitan-july11/feed/ 0 Surabaya | kampung Kebalen http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/surabaya-kampung-kebalen-july11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/surabaya-kampung-kebalen-july11/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:53:58 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=10435 kampung Kebalen | Surabaya, July 4, 2011 On July 4, MovingCities explored the kampung Kebalan in the center of Surabaya. We discovered canals, containers and even a wedding ceremony. This kampung was the recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1986, due to the implementation of the Surabaya Kampung Improvement Programme which started in [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/surabaya-kampung-kebalen-july11/feed/ 0 JR | City Faces | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jr-city-faces-publication/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jr-city-faces-publication/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:56:08 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=7796 JR | City Faces | MARK Magazine#30 Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published in a recent issue of MARK magazine an interview with French photographer and artist – and recipient of the prestigious 2011 TED Prize – JR. The publication is a follow-up on last October’s encounter with the ‘artivist’ while he and his crew [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/jr-city-faces-publication/feed/ 0 South Africa | Cape Town – by Mokena Makeka http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/capetown-mokena-makeka-jan11/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/capetown-mokena-makeka-jan11/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:26:34 +0000 mokena http://movingcities.org/?p=7393 Cape Town | January 6, 2011 “Cape Town’s physical identity as a city is a direct result of human intervention, namely architecture and how it collectively shapes and informs street life and the character of the city. With an abundance of historical architectural fabric in the central city, our buildings tell an interesting story of [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/capetown-mokena-makeka-jan11/feed/ 0 Maximum Life in Minimum Space | publication http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/maximum-life-publication/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/maximum-life-publication/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:51:29 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=7122 Macau | July 2009 How much space does the average man, woman or family needs in order to live comfortably? And how to define the average man, woman or family? Do we measure him, her and them in economical and financial terms or in terms of personality and their relationship with other people, with their [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/maximum-life-publication/feed/ 0 Yinzhou | urban change http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/yinzhou-urban-change-oct10/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/yinzhou-urban-change-oct10/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:00:09 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=7040 '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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/yinzhou-urban-change-oct10/feed/ 0 Shanghai | The Wrinkles of the City by JR http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-wrinkles-by-jr/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-wrinkles-by-jr/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:59:43 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=7010 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-wrinkles-by-jr/feed/ 2 Ningbo | Yinzhou New Town Skyline http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/ningbo-skyline-oct10/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/ningbo-skyline-oct10/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:45:28 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6969 '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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/ningbo-skyline-oct10/feed/ 2 Santiago de Chile | Two Tales http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/santiago-de-chile_lev-kerimol/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/santiago-de-chile_lev-kerimol/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:06:18 +0000 Lev http://movingcities.org/?p=6647 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/santiago-de-chile_lev-kerimol/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 Nanjing | Urban Planning Exhibition Hall http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nanjing-urban-planning-exhibition/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nanjing-urban-planning-exhibition/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:27:24 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=6127 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/nanjing-urban-planning-exhibition/feed/ 2 Shanghai >> Nanjing | by bus http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-nanjing-april10/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-nanjing-april10/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:57:16 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=5368 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 [...]

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]]> http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/shanghai-nanjing-april10/feed/ 0 Think Green Global Forum | review http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/think-green-global-forum-review/ http://movingcities.org/movingmemos/think-green-global-forum-review/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:00:09 +0000 movingcities http://movingcities.org/?p=5352 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: [...]

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