Complex Cities Ping-Yi Wu
Thomas Paul
She formulated a spatial strategy for Tainan, in Taiwan, combining strategic urban development, public transport and local design interventions tp strengthen its cultural and built heritage.
He tackled the problem of how to plan and design in the context of demographic decline, using a rural village in the Northeast of the Netherlands as a case study.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tainan, Taiwan
Xiao Liang
Hanne van denBerg
Taiyüan, Shanxi, China
Delft, The Netherlands
She came up with a spatial strategy for integrating different social groups in Shanghai, China, through intelligent use of the public space.
She prepared a detailed study on how to integrate informal settlements into the formal city by using upgrading strategies, having an informal settlement in Buenos Aires as a case study and area of intervention.
Isabela Ledo
Chaoran Sun
She dealt with challenges and opportunities arising from the organization of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, emphasizing the social legacy of the Olympic games as an asset for the city
He devised a spatial strategy for a large metropolis in China by using concepts and practices related to polycentric urban development.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hu Tuofu Beijing, China
Beijing, China
He tackled the problem of rural migrants to Chinese cities and came up with strategies to integrate them into social networks and urban systems of interdependency and economy.
Hangga Hadi
Jing Su
Surabaya, Indonesia
Beijing, China
He devised a strategy for the regeneration of the historical centre of the city of Surabaya, in Indonesia, preserving the rich architectonical and urbanistic heritage of the city.
She dealt with the problem of low-income graduates living in informal communities in the periphery of great Chinese cities, and emphasized bottom-up approaches for planning and designs in informal settings.
Yuli Zhou
Shuying Yu
Angela Lopez
She prepared a transport oriented regional plan and a local design for the city of Xining in the eastern part of China, incorporating the idea of one-hour regional commuting.
She devised a regeneration plan for the Chinese city of Tangshan, deeply affected by earthquakes, taking liveability and sustainability as guiding parameters.
She came up with a sustainable spatial strategy for water management in a developing metropolis, using water as an important design element.
Beijing, China
Mexico City, Mexico
Beijing, China
Vytautas Buinevičius
Wang Jingya
Manuel Felix
She tackled the issue of planning intentions vs. planned realities, developing an insight into the way facilities and functions are located and what makes vibrant centres in Jinan, China.
He prepared a plan to integrate the peri-urban settlements of Mexico City into a regional network by proposing the transformation of low-density monofunctional gated communities and the reconnection of informal settlements .
Beijing, China
Kaunas, Lithuania He developed a study and intervention strategy for the restructuring, revaluation and revitalisation of the socialist housing estates in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania.
Mexico City, Mexico
Jue Wang
Yahui Huang
She dealt with the transformation of historical districts in Beijing, using identity and regeneration strategies as a framework for action.
She developed a comprehensive spatial strategy for the development of the urban fringe for the city of Xi’an in central China.
Beijing, China
Xian, China
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