Suzhou and Hangzhou: An Introduction with Bert de Muynck
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Bert is an architect and writer, and holds MAs in architectural engineering (Catholic University Leuven, Belgium) and cultural sciences (Free University Brussels). Born in Belgium, in the past decade he has lived and worked in architectural consultancy, writing, and academia in Amsterdam, Beijing, Shanghai, and now Lisbon, where he relocated in 2018. He is the co-director of "MovingCities", an independent research organisation investigating the role that architecture and urbanism play in shaping the contemporary city. Bert lived in China from 2006 to 2018, where he held academic positions at The University of Hong Kong (2011-14), China Academy of Art (2013-16), and Xian Liverpool University (2015-18). He has been a Context expert since 2013 (Shanghai and Lisbon) focusing on architectural and urban history and development. He is a prolific writer and public speaker in the field of architecture, urbanism, and culture.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
Amazing introduction to these two Chinese cities! I knew nothing about them but Mr de Muynck did a fantastic monk of presenting the history of them. Mr de Muynck is an architect who lived in China for years and I love his use of many slides to show the architecture of these cities! He has a great use of maps so you can see where the cities are located when he discusses the use. He follows up his lecture with additional readings or videos that there was not enough time for and which shed light in these cities. Also appreciated the discussion of Chinese architecture as it is very different from US architecture. Great lecture!
I have visited these two cities, and learned about their layouts and historical background. There were numerous photos of the cities in the 1920's which were interesting, but I would have liked more scenes of the gardens, West Lake, "the Venice of Asia", etc., in modern times.