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Molting City: Shenzhen Allegory Shortlisted in Cannes Film Festival
September 17, 2018 16:19To learn about the land dilemma in migration, the portraits of women in factory, and the future of different urban villages from a film.
Shenzhen Center for Design Will Keep Going
November 15, 2018 17:34Summary prepares one for the future. Happy new year!
Unbounded City- Exploration on Planning Strategy of Chinese University Campus
September 17, 2018 16:15In the process of pursuing modernization, China began the construction of new university campuses. These new campuses are usually planned in a way similar to the Forbidden City, which means they're separate from the surrounding environment. In this way, most university resources are limited inside the campus and are not accessible to surrounding residents. Such arrangement emphasizes the separation between the public and the private and creates a kind of discriminatory and exclusive urban atmosphere in the city. While recognizing the importance of border and re-examining its role in resources sharing, this article proposed a new planning model which is different from the traditional one. Rather than providing a "once-and-for-all" planning, the new model views real life as evolving and dynamic and re-examined it, then created a set of strategies for planners, urban designers, architects and landscape designers to redefine boundaries between the public and the private .
See how University Campus Planning of Community Residents Rocks the Stage!
September 17, 2018 16:15If there is a way to lower the technical threshold of planning and enable community residents to express their views on planning freely, what will they do?
Brief History of University Campus Planning: Localization and Urban Interaction
September 17, 2018 16:14The university carries the most important period of time in students lives. It is the place where they learn knowledge and pursue their dreams, or even have a few romances here. However, the design of many universities have some common flaws, which include too large spatial scale, lengthy streamline and depersonalized planning.
[Field Notes] First Phase of Research on Industrial, Commercial and Public Service Space in Urban Village
September 17, 2018 16:13Shenzhen Studies is an urban research platform affiliated to Shenzhen Center for Design, which focuses on exploration and research of topics such as urban renewal, migrant workers, affordable housing, and urban local culture. "Field Notes" is a section of Shenzhen Studies and mainly records the opinions and feelings of researchers.
[Book Launch] Q City-Shenzhen Architectural Guide and Q City-Shenzhen Urban Design Map
November 21, 2018 10:18In the afternoon of December 5th, 2015, the next day after the opening ceremony of 2015 Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Shenzhen Center for Design held the book launch for Q City-Shenzhen Architectural Guide and Q City-Shenzhen Urban Design Map at the café of Shekou Exhibition Hall. Linda Vlassenrood, project director of International New Town Institute, and Jeffery Johnson, director of Studio x of Columbia University and academic director of 2013 UABB, were invited.
Public Art in City
October 01, 2015 02:22At this time, art has developed a positive bond with the common folk and the public space. These works has reshaped the relationship between the artists and the audience, and the interaction between the audience and the works has become free and natural under the guidance of artists.
AFCD &LCSD Show you around HK's parks
November 21, 2018 09:58The Project of Urban Management Negative List has been dedicated to collecting various types of urban landscapes and urban space issues in Shenzhen, providing targeted methods for improvement and promoting public participation. The park section of this project includs a field study of good cases of Hong Kong, which is direct and practical.