Across the chinese cities

A collateral event at the 14th Architecture Biennale, the exhibition, curated by Michele Brunello and Beatrice Leanza, recounts an interesting and original case of urban transformation in Beijing.

One of the events at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, "Across the Chinese cities – Beijing" curated by Michele Brunello (Dontstop Architettura) and Beatrice Leanza (director of Beijing Design Week), recounts an interesting and original case of urban transformation in Beijing, through an architectural installation that is both clear and well-contextualised.

Across the chinese cities, 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice

It tells of the district of Dashilar, an area inhabited by around 60,000 people that is characterised by the way it has managed over time to 'resist' the processes of demolition and vertical development that have taken place in the modern city nearby, also due to its specific vocation as an area of artisan production. This phenomenon is described with a simple installation that presents a chronological series of models/section at a scale of 1:500 representing a linear urban segment – the street – that runs around the district of Dashilar.

Across the chinese cities, 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice

Alongside the installation are a series of 'thematic' rooms that describe good practice in conservation, local production and pilot projects in the area. It concludes with a hall – separate from the rest – that describes a vision (developed by Zhikang Daj) of future urban growth, linked more to traditional logics and property development.

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Across the chinese cities, 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice


Across Chinese Cities – Beijing
Collateral Event of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition
Organization: Beijing Design Week
Curators: Michele Brunello, Beatrice leanza
Location: Arsenale Nord, Tesa 100    

Across the chinese cities, 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice
Across the chinese cities, Evento collaterale 14. Biennale di Architettura, Venezia