Guangming: New Radiant City
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July 01 2019 Guangming: New Radiant City Alexander D'Hooghe, Alexander D'Hooghe Alexander D'Hooghe is professor in Architectural Urbanism at MIT where he directs the "platform for a permanent modernity". D"Hooghe recently started a design office called 'ORG' with projects in the Low Countries. His books include Public Form (2005), and Volume no. 9 (2006), a theme issue on the redevelopment of the American suburb. He is preparing the publication of his PhD, 'the Liberal Monument". His work has been published in AA files, Archplus, Block, Perspecta, Places, New Geographies, etc. D'Hooghe worked with Rem Koolhaas, Marcel Smets and Wiel Arets. He holds degrees from Harvard and Leuven. He studied and taught at the Harvard Design School, the University of Leuven, and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Mark Jarzombek, Mark Jarzombek Mark Jarzombek is the director of the program in History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art at MIT's Department of Architecture. He has worked on a range of historical topics from the Renaissance to the modern period and his textbook entitled Global History of Architecture, coauthored with Vikram Prakash and Frances Ching, will be published soon. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Yung Ho Chang, Yung Ho Chang Yung Ho Chang, Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Architecture, came to MIT in September 2005 from Peking University where he was Head and Professor of the Graduate Center of Architecture. He received his MArch from the University of California at Berkeley and taught in the US for 11 years before returning to Beijing to establish China's first independent architecture firm, Atelier FCJZ. He has exhibited internationally as an architect as well as artist, including four times in the Venice Biennale, and is widely published, including the monographs Yung Ho Chang/Atelier Feichang Jianzim: A Chinese Practice, and Yung Ho Chang: Luce chiara, camera obscura. He was the curator of the first Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in 2005 and was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2006. His work has received a P/A citation in 1996, a UNESCO Promotion of the Arts award 2000, a Business Week/Architectural Record design award and an Academy Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2006. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Sarah Dunbar, Sarah Dunbar Sarah Dunbar is an MArch student at MIT. She holds a BA in Studio Art and East Asian Studies from Oberlin College and was recently awarded a Schlossman Research Fellowship to conduct research on the Qingzang railway, a new line running from central China to Tibet. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Margaret Hwang Margaret Hwang Margaret Hwang is currently a candidate for a Masters in Architecture at MIT. Originally from Washington D.C., she holds a Bachelors of Arts in Visual Arts from Brown University. Her cultural and architectural interests have led her to work with distinctive artists and architects in Shanghai and Beijing, China and Taipei, Taiwan. In 2006, she was the winner of the Marjorie Pierce/Dean Wilham Emerson Fellowship Award. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Alexander D'Hooghe Alexander D'Hooghe is professor in Architectural Urbanism at MIT where he directs the "platform for a permanent modernity". D"Hooghe recently started a design office called 'ORG' with projects in the Low Countries. His books include Public Form (2005), and Volume no. 9 (2006), a theme issue on the redevelopment of the American suburb. He is preparing the publication of his PhD, 'the Liberal Monument". His work has been published in AA files, Archplus, Block, Perspecta, Places, New Geographies, etc. D'Hooghe worked with Rem Koolhaas, Marcel Smets and Wiel Arets. He holds degrees from Harvard and Leuven. He studied and taught at the Harvard Design School, the University of Leuven, and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. Mark Jarzombek Mark Jarzombek is the director of the program in History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art at MIT's Department of Architecture. He has worked on a range of historical topics from the Renaissance to the modern period and his textbook entitled Global History of Architecture, coauthored with Vikram Prakash and Frances Ching, will be published soon. Yung Ho Chang Yung Ho Chang, Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Architecture, came to MIT in September 2005 from Peking University where he was Head and Professor of the Graduate Center of Architecture. He received his MArch from the University of California at Berkeley and taught in the US for 11 years before returning to Beijing to establish China's first independent architecture firm, Atelier FCJZ. He has exhibited internationally as an architect as well as artist, including four times in the Venice Biennale, and is widely published, including the monographs Yung Ho Chang/Atelier Feichang Jianzim: A Chinese Practice, and Yung Ho Chang: Luce chiara, camera obscura. He was the curator of the first Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in 2005 and was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2006. His work has received a P/A citation in 1996, a UNESCO Promotion of the Arts award 2000, a Business Week/Architectural Record design award and an Academy Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2006. Sarah Dunbar Sarah Dunbar is an MArch student at MIT. She holds a BA in Studio Art and East Asian Studies from Oberlin College and was recently awarded a Schlossman Research Fellowship to conduct research on the Qingzang railway, a new line running from central China to Tibet. Margaret Hwang Margaret Hwang is currently a candidate for a Masters in Architecture at MIT. Originally from Washington D.C., she holds a Bachelors of Arts in Visual Arts from Brown University. Her cultural and architectural interests have led her to work with distinctive artists and architects in Shanghai and Beijing, China and Taipei, Taiwan. In 2006, she was the winner of the Marjorie Pierce/Dean Wilham Emerson Fellowship Award. Online Issn: 2572-7338 Print Issn: 1091-711X © 2008 Alexander D'Hooghe, Mark Jarzombek, Yung Ho Chang, Sarah Dunbar, and Margaret Hwang2008Alexander D'Hooghe, Mark Jarzombek, Yung Ho Chang, Sarah Dunbar, and Margaret Hwang Thresholds (2007) (33): 16b–19b. https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00601 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Alexander D'Hooghe, Mark Jarzombek, Yung Ho Chang, Sarah Dunbar, Margaret Hwang; Guangming: New Radiant City. 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