NatureTecture @ MediaLab CAFA Beijing

Urban Garden Kit, Shenzhen, China, 2016

NatureTecture proposes how architecture will merge with green structures.

The accelerating developments in nature, bio-technology, technology and architecture are creating a new hybrid architecture.

Lecture NatureTecture @ Media Lab, Central Academy of Fine Arts, No.8 Hua Jia Di Nan Street, Chao Yang District, Beijing, P.R. China, 27 November 2017

Central Academy of Fine Arts

The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) is the only institution of higher education for fine arts under the administration of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. The academy has eight specialty schools: School of Chinese Painting, School of Plastic Arts, School of Design, School of Architecture, School of Humanities, School of Urban Design, School of Experimental Art, and Institute of Arts Administration and Education. Besides, the Fine Arts Research Institute, the School of Continuing Education, and the Fine Arts School Affiliated with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, also come under the umbrella of CAFA. The academy offers specialized secondary programs (the Affiliated High School of Fine Art), college certificate programs (the School of Continuing Education), undergraduate programs, Master’s degree programs, Doctoral degree programs, and visiting scholar programs. At present, there are 662 teachers and staff, over 4,700 domestic undergraduates and graduates, as well as hundreds of international students coming from a dozen countries.

Urban
Green
Kit

The Urban Garden Kit program at the Urbanism and Architecture Bi-City Biennial (UABB) brings together urban planners, architects and landscapers, artists and curators, game developers and communication experts and other creative professionals. Goal is the development of computer games for neighbourhood greening: The Urban Garden Kit fosters micro-gardens for two Shenzhen Urban Village blocks at No. 8-Lane 2, Chunjing Street Shenzhen – China’s Urban Village

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Concept NatureTecture @ Chamber of Architects, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 1 September 2009
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