YEARBOOK 2016 - 2017 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

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2016-2017 YEARBOOK Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西 交 利 物 浦 大 学 建 筑 系
The Department of Architecture organized a series of 5 lectures during
the second semester of the 2016-17academic year.
In the first lecture (23 February), Nathalie Régnier-Kagan presented
“From the Housing to the City” which showcased the work of Kagan
Architectures, established by her and Michel Kagan in 1989, a practice
which focuses on social housing in urban contexts.
With the title “Ontological Response” (14 March), Zhu Xiaofeng discussed
the work of his office Scenic Architecture founded in Shanghai in 2004,
which has emerged as one of the most influential young practices in
contemporary China, with works widely published in international and
local professional media.
Li Zhang (27 March) used the concept of Playfulness to introduce the
work with of his firm Atelier TeamMinus, and his design philosophy as a
Professor at the Tsinghua University. Zhang Li’s research focuses on
pre-industrial oriental philosophy and its contemporary reinterpretation,
and with his partners at TeamMinus they have completed a variety
of buildings and urban renewal projects in China, which have been
published internationally.
The lecture of Sergio Pascolo (20th April) was organized on the occasion
of the his exhibition “Total Housing” at the Department of Architecture
(see in the following pages).
With the title “History Re-storied” (8 May), Wang Hui presented a
sequence of projects realized with his partners in the firm URBANUS,
including the regeneration Five Dragons Temple project in Ruicheng
City (2016) which gave rise to a heated debate on the protection and
regeneration of cultural relics in contemporary China.
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