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Xu Tiantian
For many years, people have been moving from the countryside to the
big cities. The towns and villages they leave behind then not only
become structurally weak but above all desolate. This worldwide
phenomenon can also be observed in China. In the villages of the
southeastern Chinese county of Songyang, architect Xu Tiantian and
her office DnA_Design and Architecture have together with the
provincial government found answers to this structural change. Her
strategy, which she calls "architectural acupuncture", is not new,
and involves strengthening the identity of the villages with mostly
new cultural buildings and conversions and at the same time
promoting local crafts. The strategy, however, has resulted in
something that they didn't expect: People are starting to come back
from the cities. Initially, this was because of the pandemic, but
now they are also starting businesses and relocating the centre of
their lives back to the countryside. Is this the end of the task or
do we now need new strategies to turn small interventions into a
big transformation? That's what we talk about today with Xu
Tiantian, founding principal of DnA _Design and Architecture in our
podcast.
Sam Chermayeff
In 1963, the book "Community and Privacy: Toward a New Architecture
of Humanism" edited by Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander,
was published. In their detailed analysis, they propose a new kind
of urban order, structured to provide clearly delineated areas in
which different human needs – in hierarchies ranging from public
urban life to individual solitude – can be met without interference
or conflict with other activities. These are intended to create a
rational order of physical relationships based on human
qualities.
It's a coincidence that 61 years after the book's publication, we meet the publisher's grandson, Sam Chermayeff, in our podcast today to once again talk about community and privacy. Sam Chermayeff is also an architect, designer and educator and is particularly interested in how we can renegotiate private spaces to make our lives more open.
It's a coincidence that 61 years after the book's publication, we meet the publisher's grandson, Sam Chermayeff, in our podcast today to once again talk about community and privacy. Sam Chermayeff is also an architect, designer and educator and is particularly interested in how we can renegotiate private spaces to make our lives more open.
Chris Middleton
The best innovations are created together. That's why, for over
twenty years, Kinzo has been creating special places where people
come together and to which they like to return. Places that are as
individual and versatile as the users themselves. Their vision:
Creating places that everyone wants to go to. Spaces that attract
and inspire people again and again. Sustainable, functional and
unique. To do this, Kinzo looks at the city, the culture, the
architecture – and, of course, the users active within all three.
After all, their perspective is the most important planning tool.
This results in changeable spaces and new usage mixes, artificial
and non-commercial constellations and spaces that can
breathe.
Why it sometimes doesn't take much design to do this is what we talk about today with Chris Middleton from Kinzo in our podcast.
Why it sometimes doesn't take much design to do this is what we talk about today with Chris Middleton from Kinzo in our podcast.
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