Adapting Villages Workshop 2019

Rural villages are changing at an unprecedented rate. Today, the notion of “rural condition” is rife with preconceived ideas that have little in common with everyday country life. Adapting Villages Workshop 2019 is interested in exploring “actual” rural conditions with real-world examples of villages, understanding how and why they transform, as well as how they adapt and calibrate.

The workshop is structured over two days. The first day features 12 international academics and professionals who will present positions based on first-hand experience. Each presentation will fall into one of these three categories: Heritage/Modernization, Economics/Sustainability, and Community/Society. The second day will see each guest speaker collaborate with a team of 4 registered students, establishing a position for the future of rural villages through the production of a book chapter. Each chapter will be assembled into a final “Adapting Villages” book that will be printed and exhibited in one day.

Adapting Villages Workshop 2019 serves as a platform for students and professionals to collaborate, exchange ideas and debate what is happening to rural villages around the world today, establishing a design thinking strategy for how villages can adapt in the future. To participate, please register at the official website: www.adaptingvillages.com.

Organisers

Prof. Peter W. Ferretto, School of Architecture, CUHK

Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, CUHK

Research Team: Liu Ziwei, Milly Lam, Wang Haoran

Tutors and Speakers

Peter W. Ferretto, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ling Cai (蔡凌), Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University

Haoru Chen (陳浩如), Professor, School of Architecture, China Academy of Art

Jingru Cyan Cheng (程婧如), Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Architecture, Royal College of Art

Shin Egashira, Unit Master, Diploma Unit 11, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK

Tat Lam (林達), CEO, Shanzhai City | SZC, Hong Kong; School of Architecture, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

John Lin (林君翰), Director, Rural Urban Framework, Hong Kong; Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong

Jiansong Lu (盧健松), Professor, School of Architecture, Hunan University

Maggie Ma (馬潔怡), Founder, DOMAT, Hong Kong; School of Architecture, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Project Little Dream, Registered Charity, Hong Kong

Ben Stringer, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Westminster

Zhengxu Zhou (周政旭), Lecturer, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

Jingxiang Zhu (朱競翔), Associate Professor, School of Architecture, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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