In the last 3,000 years, the history of humankind has been tied to the history of cities. With half of the world’s population living in urban settings now, it’s urgent that we examine them and update our understanding.
Artists in modern China have struggled for a position in Chinese society — despite restrictions on freedom of speech and resistance from the regime.
Architecture: 2008, China -discipline has started to shift from a quest for a certain local identity [mid 1990’s - early 2000’s] into acknowledging the social power of Architecture.
Education: This five architects we’ve chosen are all part of an extremely wide international network of influences, deeply rooted to the most relevant academic centres [Harvard, MIT] and close to the most renowned architects [Koolhaas, Herzog & De Meuron].
Agriculture: 30 years of fast-placed industrialization and urbanization cannot erase more than 9000 years of agri-culture. Is this destruction/construction cycle about erasing everything? Or is it just another manifestation of China’s agricultural intelligence?
Speed [in design and construction]: It isn’t only matter of opportunities and good reflexes: it’s also an issue of control and power. How does Chinese Architecture deals with this form of speed?
Opening-up: How is China dealing with the western affluence and their own potential influence?
Jiang Jun [Urban China] and Yu Kongjian [Turenscape] will be responding.
Installation I Was There, Chilean Souvenirs
Curator Mauricio Pezo
Co-curator Sofia von Ellrichshausen
Exhibittors Alejandro Aravena, Eduardo Castillo, Jose Cruz, Germán del Sol, FAR Frohn&Rojas, Sebastian Irarrázaval, Mathias Klotz, Alberto Mozó, Cecilia Puga, Smiljan Radic
This project is located on a site, with an area of around 1000m2, in Lugar das Carvalhinhas - Alvite, Cerva Parish, Ribeira da Pena Commune, Vila Real District…
What do you do with a remnant space only 2.4 meters (7 feet 10 inches) wide?
Search for ultimate living…
