Beijing

SUMMER 2009

June 15–July 10.
The four-week workshop will take place in Beijing, China, and will build on a number of research topics on large-scale development established during the previous China workshops as well as expand into new territories of urban investigation.

SPRING 2009

Megablock to Metablock from China Lab on Vimeo.


Columbia + USC Joint Summer Workshop 2008, Beijing


The June 2008 workshop has concluded with the presentation of the Columbia team's proposal, 'Mega-Block to Meta-Block'. A publication documenting the site research and proposal is forthcoming.

On June 23rd, 2008, Jeffrey Johnson, Director, and Tat Lam, lead researcher, presented China Lab's recent investigations to CAFA's School of Design.


>> Download presentation PDF


Video of the event will be posted soon.

GSAPP students:

Apply to participate in a 4-week workshop of urban research and speculative remodeling of Beijing's Northwest First Quadrant.

Contact Jeffrey Johnson at jj2235 at columbia.edu by April 9th for further information.

June 9 - July 4
Participating teams: USC School of Architecture, Beijing Urban Planning Committee, Tsinghua University, Columbia University, Seoul National University
1st & 2nd-year M.Arch. students eligible