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Rural Moves, the Songyang Story – Exhibition

The exhibition Rural Move – The Songyang Story, curated by Eduard Kögel, is now taking place at Aedes Architecture Forum and will be going on until the 17 June, 2018. The exhibition presents nine realized projects of Beijing architect Xu Tiantian (DnA_Design and Architecture), and elucidates them with models, plans, and photographs as well as by means of a film installation that presents the new architecture and the culture and history of Songyang, located in southwest of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. With round four hundred villages, the region extends over the valley along the Songyin River and surrounding mountain areas.

In recent years, Songyang has already become a popular travel destination. Meanwhile, a new lively socioeconomic structure has developed as a result of various modernization measures. In order to provide further incentives to ‘remain’ as well as for city residents to return, the government has been working with Xu Tiantian on further strategies for the overall development of Songyang.

Xu Tiantian has already realized a wide range of architectural interventions on a micro-level in cooperation with the respective village communities, the municipal government, and local craftspeople. These include the ‘Brown Sugar Factory’ in Xing Village, the village community centre in Pingtian Village, and a teahouse and a pavilion in Damushan Valley (all located in Songyang surroundings). The architect found her inspiration for the designs of all of the buildings in the built history of Songyang, and supplemented it with additional elements and contemporary functions. This has consequently led to dynamic and organic growth in the rural region and offers the new generation of modern rural residents concrete perspectives.

Date: From March 17 to June 17, 2018
Venue: Aedes Architecture Forum, Christinenstr. 18-19, 10119 Berlin       
Organizers: Aedes Architecture Forum, exhibition curated by Eduard Kögel
Architect: Xu Tiantian
Link to catalogues: http://www.aedes-arc.de/cms/aedes/catalogues?id=16447373
See full program: http://www.aedes-arc.de/cms/aedes/de/programm?id=18225832

 

EVENT DETAILS

Date:

March 17, 2018 to June 17, 2018
Exhibition
  • 2018/03/17 - 2018/06/17

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  • Berlin

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  • Aedes Architecture Forum

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