posts tagged ‘workshop’

NAi China workshop | intro

China to build 10m affordable homes in 2011 | China Daily, March 10, 2011
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, and a Chinese real-estate developer, to develop solutions for China’s pressing affordable [low-income, low-cost] housing situation. From April 24-26, the first NAi-China workshop is taking place in the China Academy of Art, School of Architecture 中国美术学院建筑艺术学院 in Hangzhou 杭州. read more »

Transit Labour | fieldtrip

Billboard on the way to Songjiang | June 26, 2010
Billboard on the way to Songjiang | June 26, 2010

“Songjiang, the Expo trip destination City” – featured one billboard along the way to Songjiang District 松江区, an Industrial Zone in the outskirts of Shanghai. Another one: “China Superhuman Group”. China’s highways are excellent lines of investigation to understand the course of its culture, construction and commerce. As part of the Transit Labour-project, last week MovingCities joined on a field trip to the Shanghai Meadville Electronics IT facility. Snapshots while monitoring city building and circuit board manufacturing. read more »

China Summer Workshop | announcement

Beijing Second Ring Road | 2008
Beijing Second Ring Road | 2008

Upcoming Saturday July 18th MovingCities will hold a short presentation as part of the China Summer Workshop in Beijing. Taking place at the Abitare Courtyard, the meeting is organized by European Alternatives and supported by Abitare China and the China-Europa Forum. The 2-day workshop will be looking at the role of the intellectual and the artist in a European and Chinese context, with a focus on questions of nationalism, globalisation, and the meaning of public space and urban context. read more »

Urban Panorama | TIMC09!!! workshop, exhibit & party

THIS IS MY CITY 09 我的城市!!! banner | Albergue SCM patio  (source: +853)
THIS IS MY CITY 09 我的城市!!! banner | Albergue SCM patio (source: +853)

After Friday’s city tour (part I & II), Saturday was the  TIMC09!!!-event second day devoted to the collaborative works on the Urban Panorama Workshop. After a full day of observation, a short day of interpretation and speculation. At the end of the day, a party at Macau’s Albergue showcasing artists from Hong Kong and Beijing. read more »

Urban Panorama Workshop | TIMC09!!! city tour (part II)

Urban Panorama Workshop | Macau, July 3, 2009
Urban Panorama Workshop | Macau, July 3, 2009

The afternoon chapter of Macau’s rooftop expedition (see morning tour) brought us to the rooftop of a residential building at Av. Ouvidor Arriaga, another one at Artur Tamagnini Barbosa and to the lounge bar ‘The View’. From the last one, located in The Sands complex at NAPE, one could see what happens when Alvaro Siza Vieira‘s 1983 Macau City Expansion Plan meets the generic demands of the city’s gaming industry. We concluded the day at Guia Hill, where astronomer Tânia Sales Marques gave a short presentation. read more »

« older entries

newer entries »