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

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SPRING 2007

More and more cities have recognized the potential cultural collateral that hosting an art biennale produces. This has created a proliferation of biennales worldwide. With this increased number, the event of the biennale has become arguably a single homogenous experience. Few have successfully differentiated themselves from others. The studio was challenged to redefine the event and physical environment of the biennale.

SPRING 2008

FALL 2008

Instructor: Jeffrey Johnson

During the past two decades, China's economic growth has fueled an unprecedented urban expansion. Never before, at this scale and sustained pace, has the world experienced such a project. This growth is projected to continue at an accelerated pace as more and more rural Chinese migrate to the urban areas. By 2030, China's urban population could balloon to almost 1 billion people, nearly double what exists today. This seminar will explore how the mechanisms of this rapid urbanization have created new urban models, and how the resultant forms and patterns might influence cities of the future as the world becomes ever more urbanized.

'Leisure City', Urban China Magazine Issue 26: 'Parallel Universe'

The Hainan Summer Workshop's 'Golf City' project has been featured in an article written by Jeffrey Johnson.

The Mega-Block Charrette newspaper, an exhibition 'catalog' containing submissions and texts, the mega-block city collage centerfold, and commentary from China Lab and the jurors, is now available.

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Thanks again to everyone for your participation and amazing work. After much deliberation, the jurors have recognized the following projects. It should be noted that many additional projects received votes from the jurors and that the voting was very competitive.Jury comments on the winning schemes will be posted here shortly. The competition has also been submitted to Urban China Magazine for possible publication. Additional news on exhibitions and publications will be posted on this website in the coming month.

FEBRUARY 15-17, 2008

E-mail if your team would still like to participate.

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Thank you all for your submissions to the charrette. The level of participation and the quality of the entries has been phenomenal, and we are looking forward to presenting your projects to the jury.

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Conversation with Yung Ho Chang, Qingyun Ma, Ackbar Abbas, Doreen Heng Liu, and Mark Wigley

Date: February 16, 2008, 1-4 PM

Location: Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, Columbia University

Organized by: China Lab, GSAPP, Columbia University