31 July: Urbanization in China: Past, Present, Future
On 31 July, HKU/Shanghai Study Centre will host a conference organized by Princeton School of Architecture, titled ‘Urbanization in China: Past, Present, Future’. Throughout the afternoon and evening, academics from all over the world will discuss urban issues
2pm Urban Past: History in the Modern City
Moderator: Alison Isenberg, Department of History, Princeton University
Prof. Janet Chen, Department of History, Princeton University “Shanghai’s Urban Past and Its Discontents”
Prof. Hou Li, Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University “Toward a Controlled Urbanization: Urban and Planning Policies in the First Thirty Years of PRC”
Prof. Kosei Hatsuda, Department of Architecture, University of Tokyo
Prof. Shin Nakajima, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo “Urbanism and Urban Planning in Non-Western Countries: Focusing on Japan and Tokyo”
Prof. Juan Du, Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong “Shenzhen: The Forgotten Urban Past of a Contemporary City”
5.15pm Modernizing Infrastructure in Old Cities: Communications, Housing, and Transportation
Graduate Student panel
Moderator: Keith Wailoo, Vice Dean, Woodrow Wilson School, and Department of History, Princeton University
Sean Chen, WWS, “Digital Urbanism: Smart Cities, Gigabit Cities, and Information Infrastructure in Redevelopment”
Lily Zhang, Architecture, “Housing in Japan: Cultures of ‘impermanence’ and ‘disposability’ revisited”
Gabriel Catapang, WWS, “Transit-oriented Historic Preservation: The Case of Washington D.C.’s East End”
6.30pm Urban Present: Global Urban Design Practice in China Today
Introduction: Esther da Costa Meyer, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
Keynote: “Asian Extra Large” Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Dean, School of Architecture, Princeton University
Moderator: Pascal Berger, Roundtable Discussants: Daan Roggeveen, Darren Zhou, Juan Du, Anderson Lee
Date:
Thursday, July 31
Venue
University of Hong Kong / Shanghai Study Centre
No. 298, Bei Suzhou Lu, Hong Kou District, Shanghai, China (Crossing Sichuan Bei Lu)
021 6307 7018
Subway:
Line 10, subway stop Tiantong Lu