On 18 November, we will be continuing our Fall 2015 public program with a talk by Prof. Masami Kobayashi, architect, urban designer and professor of Meiji University at 7:30pm. This lecture will track the history of Edo/Tokyo and the …
On 24 March, we will be continuing our Spring 2015 public program with a talk by Prof. Dana Cuff, Director of cityLAB-UCLA and professor of architecture.This lecture will unpack the recent love affair between architects and the …
On 9 March, we will be continuing our Spring 2015 public program with a talk by Prof. Ir. Kees Christiaanse, Architect and Urban Planner, Future Cities Laboratory Programme Leader, founder and partner of KCAP at 7:00pm. He will explore …
On 2 February, we will be kicking off our Spring 2015 public program with a talk by Eva Franch i Gilabert, Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Storefront for Art and Architecture at 7:00pm. She will …
Who am I? In the twentieth century, this question tended to be answered with reference to a country. But nations are declining as a source of attachment, and many thinkers expected that …
On 24 April, we will host a lecture by Wang Shuo, founder of META Project, Beijing. Wang Shuo’s lecture ‘Mega City, Grainy Matter: the Urban Motivation of [META:HUTONGS]’ will set out to examine a series of urban …
On Monday 21 April, architect Li Hu, founder of OPEN Architecture, will be speaking about the office’s thinking on architecture and urbanism through their recent works. Against the backdrop of ultra fast …
Monday 14 April, we have researcher Tat Lam speaking about the collective related to the development of Shenzhen, in his lecture ‘Cities within a City: From Urban Voids, to Collective Urban Memories …
Next Tuesday, 8 April, we will continue our lecture series ‘Towards New Collectivism’ with social media specialist Isaac Mao, who will discuss ‘Design with Sharism’. While we are still lingering in the …
Monday 31 March, Fei Jun from China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Media Lab will lecture on ‘New Collectivism in Design.’ Fei Jun is specialized in the intersection of virtual space …
The Chinese collectivism was created upon Mao’s blueprint for modernization. This collectivism has a strong sense of authoritarianism. It was not only used for the revolution but also as a tool to …
Tuesday, 3 December we’re hosting the last event in our lecture series ‘Down to Earth’. We’re excited to finish the series with the launch of two (!) books with a focus on …
