Fieldwork in Shougang (June 2023)
In June 2023, Helena was able to conduct fieldwork in Shougang, after the country’s reopening to foreign visas. She visited the site together with Mengke and on her own and realized several interviews with stakeholders including members of the Shougang Group, Shougang Funds, consultants, architects, and users. This was the occasion to witness the site coming (…)
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 March (…)
Collaborative Field Trip (October 2019)
A second field trip was organized by the project partners and Swiss colleagues from ETH Zurich in October, 2019. Over the course of a week, Florence Graezer Bideau and Thierry Theurillat did fieldwork with Christian Schmid, Christian Kerez, and Liu Yiqiu in the capital city. Visits included the Caochang hutong, Xinjian village in the southern (…)
Firsts step on the field (Early 2019)
An exploration field trip was undertaken from January 28th to February 4th, 2019, to investigate the first hypothesis that Florence Graezer Bideau and Thierry Theurillat developed in their draft proposal. During that journey, they explored multiples areas selected according to the three main kinds of cultural heritage they have chosen for building their project’s narrative.On (…)