PSU-China Innovations in Urbanization Program

Jingzhou is an ancient city about 230 km west of Wuhan. It was the capital of 20 kings for 411-plus years of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BCE - 256 BCE). It was also one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China referenced in Chinese historical texts, such as the Tribute of Yu, Erya and Rites of Zhou. [ 513 more words ]

Travel to JingZhou (荆州) Jingzhou is an ancient city about 230 km west of Wuhan. It was the capital of 20 kings for 411-plus years of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of the Zhou Dyn…

Tongji University, one of the top schools in China for Architecture. Every summer the school offers a revolving design summer school based on landscape design, architecture and urban planning. This year was architecture’s turn, with the theme of rehabilitating built heritage within the pinching grip of urbanization. I was lucky enough to be selected as a student participant. The chosen site of this year’s program was Nanxun and Lianshi, two small water towns just to the south of Taihu Lake, China’s third largest freshwater lake. [ 660 more words ]

2018 Tongji CAUP Design Summer School Tongji University, one of the top schools in China for Architecture. Every summer the school offers a revolving design summer school based on landscape design, architecture and urban planning. This…

Thanks for clicking! Since this is my first time “blogging” and this is also your first time to read my stuff; let’s set expectations! Think about a bar, now lower it, and after lowering dig deep and bury it. Done? Ok, cool. As you may imagine by now, I’m not a writer. When I say that I’m not a writer, is because I’m truly not, at least not a good one for this kind of stuff. [ 609 more words ]

So China… Thanks for clicking! Since this is my first time “blogging” and this is also your first time to read my stuff; let’s set expectations! Think about a bar, now lower it, and after lowering dig deep a…