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 one (…)
Virtual workshop about ongoing projects run by Beijing22
On October 22nd 2021, a workshop was held with our cultural association’s partner Beijing22, led by Ana Eschbach and Antonie Angerer. Due to the difficulty of accessing China since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, this workshop took place in a virtual format. Its aim was twofold.First, to share the findings of the (…)
One-day workshop with Nicolas Godelet
On November 1st, the EPFL team met Nicolas Godelet in Lausanne for a one-day workshop, with the participation of associated PhD candidates from ETHZ and PoliTO, in person or by zoom.Nicolas Godelet, as an architect and founder of Ng-Lab, has been involved in the renovation project of Shougang since the beginning in 2006. His long-term (…)
Kick-off Meeting
The kick-off meeting for this project was organised on December 9, 2020, with the participation of the EPFL team members, Florence Graezer Bideau, Thierry Theurillat, Helena Roux & Zhang Mengke, as well as all the partners, including Zhang Li (Brian) from Tsinghua University, Michele Bonino from PoliTO, Christian Schmid from ETH Zurich, Wu Fulong from (…)
Sino-swiss workshop
On October 28th, 2019, the research team took part in all-day meeting with different departments related to urban planning and city conservation at the Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design. The purpose of this meeting was to share approaches to urban planning in each context (China and Switzerland), and discuss current related projects. (…)