Lecture Go West at Tongji University, May 19

Posted: May 17th, 2010 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Background | Tags: lecture, Tongji | No Comments »

How does Kunming deal with its history?
Where in Shijiazhuang can you find farmers?
What is the relation between modern architecture and urban villages in Lanzhou?

The Go West Project tries to answer these and more questions in a lecture at Tongji University / College of Architecture and Urban Planning, this Wednesday. The lecture will give an overview of urbanization in China, and will deeper go into three phenomena in three different cities in central and western China.

DETAILS

May 19, 10.00 AM

College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University
Auditorium Hall, Building B
1239 Siping Road
Shanghai
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The Go West Project is a crossover research project between architecture and journalism that studies new metropolises in Central and Western China. It analyzes urban and social developments in the world's fastest urbanising region.
Journalist Michiel Hulshof and architect Daan Roggeveen founded the Go West Project in Shanghai in February 2009. This website gives an overview of ideas, pictures, articles and opinions related to the cities.