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Workshop on the Anthropocene and Public Space in China
On October 11th, 2023, a workshop took place at EPFL with Jérémy Coeval, a French architect and scholar specialised on the Urban Anthropocene. The one-day workshop had a dual focus. First, we explored the intersection between recently promoted policies of ecological civilisation, and the application of the Anthropocene concept in China. Second, we aimed to (…)
RC21 Melbourne Conference, “Resurgent Authoritarianism”
Florence and Huishu took part at the RC 21 Conference “Resurgent Authoritarianism: The Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies”, in XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, 26 June-1 July 2023. They presented the research project with the title “The leisure activities in community “vacant” lots: how the grassroots practices appropriate (…)
TICCIH 2022 Congress, “Industrial Heritage Reloaded”
Florence and Huishu moderated the session “The role of mega-event to enhance industrial heritage in urban (re)development” in TICCIH Congress, UQAM, Montreal, Canada, August 31, 2022. In this session, they also presented the research project with the title “Mega-event reinforced industrial heritage transformation: a typological matrix between narratives and practices”. Meanwhile, Helena presented her research (…)
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 “Uses of Cultural Heritage: The iconic case of Shougang”. This contribution was (…)
RC21 Antwerp Conference, “Sensing the City”
Florence and Thierry took part at the RC21 Antwerp Conference “sensing the city”, in July 14-16 2021. They presented the research project with the title “Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022, ecological civilization as a new step for extended urbanization to enhance consumption”. The presentation was part of the special session “Extended urbanisation: from State strategies (…)
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 (…)
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. (…)