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How to Undertake Urban Planning in Era of Big Data? —Inspiration from 2014 Annual National Planning Conference
September 26, 2014 18:14The conference shared the concept of big data and its development model in the context of China. The most interesting part is the collection, sharing and discussion of existing cases of big data development.
Sculptures for Whom?
September 26, 2014 00:31"Why would I put sculptures at home? It's already crowded." "The sculptures are just for ornament. They're useless, and you can’t truly appreciate them." ......When the sculptures enter private space, is it possible to explore a visually satisfying scene and resonates with the life experience of people living in the space? Here is opinion from Wang Haitong of the Art Department.
Feng Guochuan: Design Competition Turned Into Landscape
November 19, 2018 17:13Taking competition in Shenzhen as an example, I actually question the design competitions across the country in the context of landscape competition. I hope that architects will not waste their talents on building illusory stages for the power, and I suggest competition organizers who are fanatically obsessed with such competitions calming down.
Looking into Venice Biennale 2014
August 29, 2014 22:46Koolhaas chose the "Fundamentals" as the theme of the 2014 Venice Biennale. For the first time, he examined the buildings in an anatomic way and delved into the elements of architecture that architects face every day but tend to ignore. He aimed to return to the "fundamentals" of building itself and to explore the possibilities of "modernity", then discuss them as globalized elements of architecture. This is exactly the reflection of new modernity in the context of globalization.
Why Did They Choose to Be on the Road?
August 29, 2014 01:25Editor's Note: Liu He, a colleague born in the 1990s, visited "nearly everywhere in western China" and returned, all tanned. What did this young man want to share about his self-abuse tour? Every one of us wanted to know.
Preface: Figure and Height
August 28, 2014 23:36Editor's Note: This article is a preface of Sun Zhenhua to August Newsletter for the Shenzhen Center for Public Art. The picture is On Qi Utensil by Xia Hexing.
Invisible City: Nine Aspects of Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB) in a Decade
July 26, 2014 00:41The article introduces the UABB, which was founded in 2005 and has been focusing on urban and urbanization. In the past decade, in terms of urban concepts and methods, it has shown nine characteristics that need to be futher reflected on: curation application, urban openness, urban spontaneity and subjectivity, urban daily life, urban foundation, urban life cycle, urban and rural agriculture, urban architecture, urban knowledge sharing and education.
Preliminary Preparations for the 15th Anniversary of One Day of People in Shenzhen
June 28, 2014 01:42Interview with models for the sculputre exhibition fifteen years ago.
Preface: Summer Solstice
June 27, 2014 00:35Reviewing of the past, thinking of the present and visions of the future were coming up with the muggy winds during summer solstice in the south.
Return to Fundamentals of Life - Reading in June
June 27, 2014 00:27The past era is solid and sturdy, while the modern society is liquid and fluid, compounded by the immediacy and fragmentation of reading and socializing in the time of new media. All are "flashing" together, and "flashing" away.