The Next Decade
FORECASTING Architecture is a practice that is driven by projective thinking, by creating a potential reality for a time to come. Forecasting the time to-be is a difficult business. It seems that …
24 February: Seminar ‘Stock Market Urbanism’ / Magazine Launch
Bubbles and speculation are of all times. The 2008 financial crisis was largely caused by the subprime loan disaster in the United States. It turned out that housing was not anymore about …
交易”城市化
投机与泡沫已不是新名词。 2008年一场席卷全球的金融风暴源于发生在美国的次贷危机。如今，当我们谈论起住房，我们谈论升值与投资而社区关系、居住体验与情感已渐渐淡出我们的话题。 随着市场上热钱增多，很多年来，抵押贷款变得轻而易举。一方面市价标高，另一方面很容易取得贷款。这种向内膨胀并最终爆发的性质堪比上世纪30年代的金融危机，唯一的区别是：这一次的危机中政府缺乏有效的介入和干预。 我们不禁要问：源于美国的这场止赎危机中到底发生了什么？我们当如何看待当建筑不再是居住空间、工作场所和购物商店而仅仅是共供投资的对象？政府应当扮演的角色？我们当如何防微杜渐？同样的危机是否会在中国发生？这场讲座将会试图回答这些问题。 演讲与论坛嘉宾： Adam Bobbette，来自香港，有着哲学和文化研究背景的景观建筑师； Adrian Blackwell，艺术家、城市设计师，关注城市空间与政治经济的角力对城市规划的影响；Robert Chen，对谈嘉宾，来自上海，专注地产运营与开发。 讲座结束后将进行Scapegoat杂志的中国首发酒会，Scapegoat（替罪羊）杂志是一本独立运营的非盈利双年出版物。杂志意在探索设计实践、历史调查、理论探究的研究与发展的语境。 Adam Bobbette和Adrian Blackwell是Scapegoat杂志的创始人。 首发仪式上观众可以购得Scapegoat最新一期“Currency”与本期专题文章的中文版。 “交易”城市化 杂志《替罪羊笔记》中国首发 周日2月24日 下午三点 港大上海学习中心 虹口区北苏州路298近四川北路 地铁十号线天潼路站1号口步行3分钟
Opening and seminar ‘Olympic Cities’ – on show till 3/3
Opening, 26 January XML Principles Max Cohen de Lara (l) and David Mulder explaining their work Panel discussion ‘Mega-event Urbanism’ with (from left) Yin Luobi (philosopher, Tongji), Liu Yuyang (principal, ALYA), David …
26 January: Opening Exhibition ‘Olympic Cities’
Today, the Olympic Games are the biggest mega-event in the world. To analyse the phenomenon of mega-event urbanism, Dutch architecture office XML did a comparative study on Olympic candidatures. The results of …
26 November: XUK Architects & Z+L Thing Architects
On Monday 26 November, two founders of young Shanghai based firms – Liu Kenan, Atelier XÜK and Zhang Zhengyi, Z+L Thing Architects – will discuss low budget projects as part of the …
21 November: Lecture Hernan Diaz Alonso
On 21 November, we will have Hernan Diaz Alonso talk in the lecture series ‘In Form’. Diaz Alonso is the Principal of LA based office Xefirotarch and Chair of the Graduate Programs …
12 November: Lecture Jonathan Woetzel, Director McKinsey
As part of the series’ Follow the Money’, we will have a lecture by Jonathan Woetzel, Director with McKinsey & Company, Shanghai. The title of his lecture is “The Winning (and Sustainable) …
8 & 9 November: Informal Market Worlds
Informal markets have emerged as a vital part of cities around the world, from the new mega-cities of the Global South to the old centres of political and economic power. Spurred by …
5 November, 7.30pm: Co-Lecture Li Xiangning, Tongji & Stefan Al, HKU
On Monday November 5th we will have a co-lecture in the ‘Follow the Money’ series. Li Xiangning and Stefan Al will discuss two types of urban models, and their financial components: Factory …
3 November: Shanghai State of Affairs | Gensler & BENOY
Pudong Lujiazui CBD Skyline | October 20, 2012 The second installment of the 2012 Fall “Shanghai State of Affairs” lecture series by Bert de Muynck at the HKU Shanghai Study Center is …
1 November, 7.30pm: Lecture Esther Da Costa Meyer, Princeton
On Thursday November 1st we will have professor Esther Da Costa Meyer lecturing in our series ‘Follow the Money’. Professor Da Costa Meyer teaches modern architecture from the late eighteenth century to …