2015-09 Pamphlet / Statement Draft 1.0 : MAKING | MAPPING | MEDIATING

THE ETERNAL UNDER FAST CONSTRUCTION CONTEXT

by Fei LI

“The time of history is too coarse and brief to be an evenly granular duration such as the physicists suppose for natural time; it is more like a sea occupied by innumerable forms and a finite numbers of types.” George

THE ETERNAL UNDER FAST CONSTRUCTION CONTEXT

by Fei LI

“The time of history is too coarse and brief to be an evenly granular duration such as the physicists suppose for natural time; it is more like a sea occupied by innumerable forms and a finite numbers of types.” George

The tell-the-tale detail


  ‘……That is to say the “construction” and the “construing” of architecture are both in the detail. Elusive in a traidtional dimensional definition, the architectural detail canbe defined as the union of construction, the result of the logos of techne,

The tell-the-tale detail


  ‘……That is to say the “construction” and the “construing” of architecture are both in the detail. Elusive in a traidtional dimensional definition, the architectural detail canbe defined as the union of construction, the result of the logos of techne,

Amber: Enjoyment of History


WHAT? Rome: relics in subway construction; Twin Stations, Sporaarchitects Cities such as Rome, Beijing, Istanbul, and Xi’an with the world heritages have splendid history but are short of solutions of conflicts between underground relics and outspread subway lines. These cities

Amber: Enjoyment of History


WHAT? Rome: relics in subway construction; Twin Stations, Sporaarchitects Cities such as Rome, Beijing, Istanbul, and Xi’an with the world heritages have splendid history but are short of solutions of conflicts between underground relics and outspread subway lines. These cities

Towards a New Tower


Le Corbusier was celebrating technological progress and defined the forms of architecture for the era he lived in. How can we make use of the 21 century trends in technology, sustainability and even economics in order to create more exciting

Towards a New Tower


Le Corbusier was celebrating technological progress and defined the forms of architecture for the era he lived in. How can we make use of the 21 century trends in technology, sustainability and even economics in order to create more exciting

BLURRY BOUNDARY

by Yu Gong

          WHAT   There is a tendency that the boundary of space are becoming more and more blurred. As the complexity of modern life brings various activity, space is required to be inclusive. Through the analysis

BLURRY BOUNDARY

by Yu Gong

          WHAT   There is a tendency that the boundary of space are becoming more and more blurred. As the complexity of modern life brings various activity, space is required to be inclusive. Through the analysis

WAR ARCHITECTURE


‘Cogito ergo sum’ (I think, therefore I am) by Rene Descartes Human beings have the natural instinct to create artefacts, tools and mechanisms to protect their own survival. This is human nature. In other words, artefacts and tools represent unity

WAR ARCHITECTURE


‘Cogito ergo sum’ (I think, therefore I am) by Rene Descartes Human beings have the natural instinct to create artefacts, tools and mechanisms to protect their own survival. This is human nature. In other words, artefacts and tools represent unity

FROM IMAGINATION TO HYPERREALITY


“To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a ‘mummified’ way”.            

FROM IMAGINATION TO HYPERREALITY


“To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a ‘mummified’ way”.            

Revitalization of forgotten urban fabric


Revitalization of forgotten urban fabric “I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.” “You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have

Revitalization of forgotten urban fabric


Revitalization of forgotten urban fabric “I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.” “You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have

deformity ON SALE


“Use value was formerly implicit in exchange value. In terms of the spectacle’s topsy-turvy logic, however, it has to be explicit – for the very reason that its own effective existence has been eroded by the overdevelopment of the commodity

deformity ON SALE


“Use value was formerly implicit in exchange value. In terms of the spectacle’s topsy-turvy logic, however, it has to be explicit – for the very reason that its own effective existence has been eroded by the overdevelopment of the commodity

The Within


Jewish Museum Berlin, Daniel Libeskind ‘Architecture maintain a profound lack of character without even the hint of any feeling is not a lack of position or an accidental design flaw but rather a commitment to a once progressive but now

The Within


Jewish Museum Berlin, Daniel Libeskind ‘Architecture maintain a profound lack of character without even the hint of any feeling is not a lack of position or an accidental design flaw but rather a commitment to a once progressive but now