Year: 2022
Fieldwork in Beijing and Zhangjiakou (2021-2022)
From November 2021 to May 2022, Mengke Zhang went to China to conduct fieldwork in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, including one month of strict quarantine in the hotel according to China’s Covid prevention policy at that time. The 2022 Winter Olympic Games were held from February 4th to 20th, and then the Winter Paralympic Games from (…)
Workshop between EPFL and PoliTO
On Sep 13th 2022, associated PhD candidates from EPFL and PoliTO met online and in Lausanne for a half-day workshop as the continuation for the Turin workshop in July, with the participation of professors from China Room research center of PoliTo. After the first round of workshops in person in July in Turin, this second (…)
Webinar workshop, Tsinghua University and Politecnico di Milano
Florence took part of the international webinar workshop Dialogue on Winter Olympic Games: From Beijing to Milan: Design Innovations for Sustainability, organized by Tsinghua University with the collaboration of Politecnico di Milano, in May 12 2022. She presented a contribution with the title âUses of Cultural Heritage: The iconic case of Shougangâ. This contribution was (…)
RC21 Antwerp Conference, “Sensing the City”
Florence and Thierry took part at the RC21 Antwerp Conference âsensing the cityâ, in July 14-16 2021. They presented the research project with the title âBeijing Winter Olympic Games 2022, ecological civilization as a new step for extended urbanization to enhance consumptionâ. The presentation was part of the special session âExtended urbanisation: from State strategies (…)