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Jul 26

From Urban Commons to Rural-Urban Commoning

This article was compiled from a talk delivered online at the Village Commons Symposium, a hybrid event hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, on 29 April 2023. Thank you to friends at the University of Hong Kong for this wonderful opportunity to join a conversation on…

Commons

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From Urban Commons to Rural-Urban Commoning
From Urban Commons to Rural-Urban Commoning
Commons

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May 28

Placemaking without Borders

This article was compiled from a keynote lecture delivered at the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture 2021 Conference, on 6 May 2021. Thank you to the conference organizers for inviting me to speak today. Since I received the invitation last December (2020), I have been hoping for a travel…

Placemaking

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Placemaking without Borders
Placemaking without Borders
Placemaking

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Apr 7

Occupy Pillow Fight?

This article was originally published as a blog post on the website of Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibilities (ADPSR) in April 2012, only a few months after the Occupy Wall Street movement. Public spaces in New York City were still heavily guarded at the time. Union Square is…

Public Space

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Occupy Pillow Fight?
Occupy Pillow Fight?
Public Space

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Nov 26, 2022

Ghostly Cities, Asian Futurism?

This article was a transcript of a presentation delivered as part of a panel titled “The Spectral Terrain) at the 2021 Asian Art Biennial in Taichung, Taiwan. October 30, 2021. Thank you to Thanavi Chotpradit (and Tessa Maria Guazon) for the invitation to join this event. Unlike others on this…

Asian Urbanism

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Ghostly Cities, Asian Futurism?
Ghostly Cities, Asian Futurism?
Asian Urbanism

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Jul 5, 2022

當設計不再只服務權勢

When Design No Longer Serves Just the Powerful 原載於《台灣建築》2022/6 (№321)「共好 X 設計」特刊 二〇一一年的佔領華爾街運動中,「我們是99%」成為一句響亮的口號。簡單易懂的一句話,呈現了新自由主義的制度下,社會不均與貧富差距的惡化。在「我們是99%」的號召下,佔領華爾街行動點燃了全球新一波 …

社會建築

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當設計不再只服務權勢
當設計不再只服務權勢
社會建築

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Jun 23, 2022

設計師.侯平治

Ping-Chi Hou, Designer, 1939–2022 侯平治,室內設計師、業餘攝影家,彰化鹿港人,畢業於彰化中學與國立師範大學美術系,曾任職東方廣告公司立體設計部。1967年獲得 Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft (CDG) 基金會獎學金,赴德國福克旺設計學院 (Folkwangschule für Gestaltun …

室內設計

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設計師/侯平治
設計師/侯平治
室內設計

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Feb 8, 2022

魅影城市、亞洲未來?

Ghostly Cities, Asian Futurism? 本篇為「月兔之歌」2021年國立美術館亞洲雙年展論壇第三場「幽冥之域」(The Spectral Terrain)上所發表英文講稿的譯本。 首先,感謝策展人Thanavi Chotpradit的邀請,這次的雙年展中,我既不是策展人也不是參展藝術家,不過我在從事空間專業工作之餘,也有幾次 …

Futurism

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魅影城市、亞洲未來?
魅影城市、亞洲未來?
Futurism

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Dec 3, 2021

不義地景與正義長弧:

公民與專業者如何面對中正紀念堂這一題 一九八〇年落成的中正紀念堂,歷經了國民黨在台灣的獨裁統治,以及解嚴後的政治開放與民主轉型。如今,台灣已經成為自由開放的社會,甚至常被外界形容為民主的堡壘或燈塔,但這個民主堡壘上,一座戒嚴時代紀念獨裁者的紀念堂,卻依然佔據著台北市中心二十五公頃的巨大的公園用地。雖然「大中至正」四個字已換成「自由廣場」;雖然這裡也乘 …

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不義地景與正義長弧:
不義地景與正義長弧:

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Dec 23, 2020

越界的建築

《作為隱喻的建築》推薦序 — 建築是一門歷史悠久的行業。自古以來,小至居所,大至城市,它的觸角無所不及。建築創作是藝術、也是技術,每一件建築作品往往代表一種理念與價值。而建築的營造更可能涉及了複雜的政治、社會與經濟的運作。 也難怪,建築經常被作為隱喻,從地基、樑柱、牆壁到屋瓦,每一個結構與部位均有其言詞與文化上的寓義。建築的形式與興衰,更往往被賦予多重的符號與想像。 在《作為隱喻 …

Karatani Kojin

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越界的建築
越界的建築
Karatani Kojin

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Sep 22, 2020

Democracy, Equality, and (Counter) Public Spaces

This is a transcript of a talk given at the “Putting Public Space in its Place,” a Harvard Conference on Public Space, March 7–8, 2013. The presentation was a part of a session titled “Public Space, Democracy, and Equality: For the People, By the People, Of the People?” joined also…

Public Space

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Democracy, Equality, and (Counter) Public Spaces
Democracy, Equality, and (Counter) Public Spaces
Public Space

7 min read

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