DESIGN & LIFE
ReTUMU Urban Rural Institute: What Can Design Do for Architecture Rebuilding
September 19, 2018 16:15Centered on the work of Volunteer Association of reTUMU Urban/Rural Institute, this forum was conducted by Huang Weiwen, the director of Shenzhen Center for Public Art. Bai Xiaozhi, a famous photographer and the co-founder of reTUMU Urban/Rural Instutute, Wei Puhua, the deputy director of the Institute of Culture of Shenzhen Academy of Social Sciences, and Luo Shusheng, the chief engineer of aid construction in Gansu, Wenchuan-earthquake-hit area participated and discussed the construction of the rural and marginal areas.
Urban Village and Urban Life
September 19, 2018 17:32Focus on urban villages and think about the relationship between urban villages and our urban life through expert interpretation, field observation and personal experience.
City ± Light
September 20, 2018 11:02Through exhibitions, open courses, tea party exchanges, sessions, interactive workshops and other activities, the public could be aware of the lighting needs in their daily lives, understand the basic knowledge of lighting, and experience the magic effect of lighting. These activities can truly connect design with life, to base design on life and to let it improve quality of life.
Let's Drop at Hakka Round Houses
September 20, 2018 15:58The thirty-year-implementation of the Special Economic Zone policy makes people believe that Shenzhen is a brand new immigrant city and ignore its history of human activity over 6700 years ago as well as the immigrant history of Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties that took place in many villages. The 14th "Design & Life" will bring you to the Hakka Round Houses in Shenzhen that bear hundreds of years of legendary history to explore the ancient immigrant history of Shenzhen.
Urban Park: Parlor of City
September 20, 2018 17:24The urban park is primarily a modern invention based on the ideas of equal rights. In the traditional hierachical society, there are only royal or private gardens exclusive to the privilged class. Nowadays, parks have become free and open to the public, and the life order and lifestyle of citizens have also gone through drastic changes. As the parlor of a city, how does urban park keep pace with time and continue to build a poetic urban life?
Meet Artists in New Who Art Village/ Wutong Mountain/ Dafen
September 20, 2018 19:28Does Shenzhen need artists? What do artists do in Shenzhen? This Design & Life will bring you to three artist commuties, namely New Who Art Village in Longhua District, Wutong Mountain Community in Luohu District and Dafen Oil Painting Village in Longgang District. We will enter the artists' studio and talk with them face to face, understand their life and creation, and have a glimpse of their art life in Shenzhen.