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Event Title
Eco-Urbanism: Towards Sustainable City Living
Date
23rd and 24th August 2010
Venue
The Auditorium, London ZEDpavilion, Shanghai Expo
Summary
The first day of this fascinating event will be a seminar featuring leading academics from The University of Nottingham and the five major schools of architecture and planning in China: Tsinghua, Tianjin, Tongji, South East and Nanjing. The focus will be on international best practice in eco-city planning and design.
The second day will be a workshop involving academics and leading representatives from municipal authorities in Shanghai who are looking to develop innovative ideas for real projects in the city.
A selected number of postgraduate taught and research students will be invited to attend. The evolving outcomes will be displayed during the day for the visiting public. In addition, there will be a two-day permanent exhibition of eco-city planning and design teaching and research from The University of Nottingham.
Full details of the programme can be downloaded here.
This event is now full.
Keynote speakers
Professor Tim Heath
Head of Department of Architecture & Built Environment,
The University of Nottingham, UK
Professor Yin Zhi
Vice-Dean, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University, China
Professor Zhu Neng
School of Architecture,
Tianjin University, China
Professor Dong Wei
Vice-Dean, School of Architecture,
Southeast University, China
Professor Qin Menghao
Director of Sustainable Building Research,
School of Architecture, Nanjing University, China
Professor Tang Zilai
College of Architecture and Urban Planning,
Tongji University, China
Studio Tutors (Coordinators for Day 2)
Dr Zhu Yan
Institute of Architecture,
The University of Nottingham, UK
Dr Tang Yue
Institute of Architecture,
The University of Nottingham, UK
Dr Katharina Borsi
Lecturer, Institute of Architecture,
The University of Nottingham, UK
Professor Guoyan Zhou
Director, Dept of Urban Planning,
School of Architecture and Arts,
Hefei University of Technology, China
Professor Sun Shijie
Deputy Director, Dept of Urban Planning,
School of Architecture, Southeast University, China
Professor Zhang Lei
Vice-Dean, School of Architecture,
Nanjing University, China
Ms Xuwei Xu
Lecturer,
School of Architecture,
Tianjin University, China