Urban planning: Is sustainable urbanisation possible in China? Sat Feb 15, 3pm

[Beijing Community Dinner]

Hello all,

Having invited him to speak for over several years now, one of the most interesting architects/urban planners in China has taken up my invitation to talk about urbanisation and planning, this Sat, and I thoroughly recommend you attend. To reserve your seat register via online link below or email fcca...@gmail.com 

Mark

Is sustainable urbanisation possible?

China's centrally planned economy has allowed for the largest and fastest urbanization effort in human history. Yet in mapping China’s urbanisation over the last ten years architect and urban planner Neville Mars maintains that even heavy handed mega-scale projects are at the mercy of a more organic form of urban growth. 
Mars will look at current approaches to urban planning in China and will also discuss the role of the much-hyped ecocity and how cities in China and India are adapting their urbanization models given challenges like chronic pollution. Mars will explain how a more holistic approach to planning is required, replacing “instant and static cities in China with evolving and maturing solutions”.

DATE: Feb. 15 (Saturday)
TIME: 3-4:30pm
VENUE: Face Bar, 26 Dongcaoyuan, Gongti Nanlu
ENTRANCE: free to FCCC members, 80 RMB at the door for non-members
REGISTRATION: online at www.fccchina.org/events/15022014/

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Neville Mars is a Dutch architect and planner in China. In 2003, he founded the Dynamic City Foundation (DCF), an urban research and design platform focused on China's rapidly changing urban environments. Author of "The Chinese Dream: A Society Under Construction", Mars has served since 2009 as the principal of Mars Architects in Shanghai. Trained at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Mars started his career with the office of Rem Koolhaas OMA in Rotterdam, working on projects such as the Guggenheim Museum Las Vegas, Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, and Rotterdam Central Station.

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