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Welcome to people's architecture
August update! In this issue we will give you an overview on select
activities, exhibitions, and contemporary events in China, as well as
related people's architecture activities. For further
information please contact us.
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__________________________________ PEOPLE'S EXHIBITIONS
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BUILDING
ASIA BRICK BY BRICK
The
Shanghai Exhibition has successfully finished! With the support of
Tongji University students of Architecture, the TEACH THROUGH PLAY
education program was a complete hit. Please visit the BABB blog for
their ideal Shanghai LEGO city.
For the upcoming Beijing TEACH THROUGH PLAY education program, people's architecture will be working with
students from the School of Architecture at North China University of
Technology.
SHCONTEMPORARY ART
FAIR
SHANGHAI
EXHIBITION CENTER
BOOTH W2-2527
SEPTEMBER 6 -
9, 2007
ArtAsiaPacific
and people's architecture will present
BUILDING ASIA BRICK BY BRICK at the ShContemporary Art Fair
at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.
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_____________________________________ CHINA EXHIBITIONS
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GET IT LOUDER 2007
GUANGZHOU | SHANGHAI | BEIJING
GIL opens
this month at the SOHO Shangdu in Beijing. More info >>
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________________________________________ CHINA GLOBAL
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AND -
INTERDISCIPLINARY CREATIVE ARTS FROM CHINA
AEDES EAST | INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
AEDES AM PFEFFERBERG
| CHRISTINENSTR. 18 - 19 | BERLIN | GERMANY
SEPTEMBER 18 -
NOVEMBER 8, 2007
AND
is an interdisciplinary exhibition that conveys and simulates the
discussion and debate among a group of individuals in different
creative fields about the nature of the contemporary Chinese culture as
China is experiencing one of its greatest social and economical
transitions today, through their work. The show presents Yung Ho CHANG,
an architect, LIU Suola, a musician and author, LIU Zhizhi, a graphic
designer, and WANG Yiyang, a fashion designer, as each tries to borrow
from or exchange ideas with others and further ventures out into
territories less familiar to themselves, such as film and industrial
design. The theme AND expresses the productive yet complex relationships
between these independent practices and collectively reveals a rich
dynamics that define the cultural landscape in present-day China. More info >>
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_______________________________________ CHINA CURRENT
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ULLENS
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
Designed by Ma Qingyun and opening this fall, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is situated in a
5,000 square meter Bauhaus styled factory building in the Dashanzi Art
District in Beijing. Aiming to be China's most comprehensive institute
for contemporary arts, the Ullens Center plans to engage a wide
audience through a variety of activities and facilities: three
exhibition halls will show cutting edge contemporary art from China and
around the world; a cultural events programme will engage people with
film, music, and dialogue; a contemporary art library will be the only
one of its kind in Beijing; and an education programme will bring
people into closer contact with the art, the artists, and their ideas. More info >>
TRAFFIC
MEDIATIONS IN BEIJING
Peoples
Daily reports on how most Beijingers were in favor of the recently
tested traffic control measures
which would curtail air pollution and traffic congestion during next
summers Olympics. As a result of these successful trials and to
maintain momentum, the government unveiled a new bike rental program to Beijing residents. This program already
proving quite popular in certain sectors of the city where it exists,
the city plans to soon make 50,000 bikes available for rental at the
cost of 100 yuan for a one-year contract or 20 yuan per day.
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____________________________________ SUSTAINABLE CHINA
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BEIJING'S WIND POWER STATIONS
China
Development Gateway features an article about Bejing's first wind power
station. On July 23rd, the first of thirty-three wind
turbines was installed at the Guanting wind power field, with power
suppy to Beijing estimated to begin at this years end and supplying
100,000 households. Currently, forty-four wind power stations exist nationwide,
and it is expected that the new wind power field will cut back the use
of coal by 50,000 tons annually, thereby reducing carbon dioxide
emissions by 100,000 tons; sulfur dioxide emissions by 782 tons; carbon
monoxide emissions by 11 tons and nitrogen oxide emissions by 444 tons.
Once complete, the Guanting wind power field will have a capacity for
generating 1.26 million kilowatts- the tenth largest in the world, and
the third largest in Asia.
CHINA'S
FIRST LEED CERTIFIED BUILDING
Backing
up a couple of years to provide a bit of eco-historical information,
China's first LEED Certified building became operational in 2005.
Achieving a LEED Gold rating, the eight story office tower is located
in downtown Beijing and was created under the guidance of the Natural
Resources Defense Council and the American-Chinese Coalition Organized
for Responsible Development in the 21st Century [ACCORD21]. Since going
on-line, the 130,000 square foot building has used 73% less energy and
60% less water than a conventional office. NRDC profiles the building
further here >>
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__________________________________________ CHINA BLOGS
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CHINALYST
A blog of
blogs, Chinalyst is an
informal community for China related English bloging. The goals of the
community are to encourage the growth and development of English content
about China and to serve as a platform for finding and discussing
up-to-date China related information and news. Chinalyst provides a
steady stream of updates from members blogs writing about China.
NAME.
CALLING.
Floating
around on various news sites, blogs, and even Archinect, Ai Wei Wei
discusses his opinions of the Beijing Olympics and bad directors- watch
the video clip here, read more about
it here. In other news,
a Chinese couple annoyed government officials by attempting to name their child
"@". The father explained that "a" and
"t" can be pronounced in such a way as to sound like the
phrase "love him"- no word yet as to if the name was rejected
by officials.
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