[edit] Sat, Aug 29th, 3pm: Visit to Professor Yung Ho Chang's studio near Yuan Ming Yuan
We are pleased to have Professor Yung Ho Chang, the Head of MIT's Dept of Architecture, to give us a tour of his architecture studio on Sat, Aug 29th at 3pm. Professor Chang was born in Beijing and the founder of one of the earliest international architect studios in Beijing, located at Yuan Ming Yuan. We will able to hear Professor Chang speak about a variety of interesting projects his studio has worked on, as well as seeing some of the actual models. This should be a very interesting and informative event, so pls RSVP to this event at kathy@xpdmedia.com.
A brief bio of Professor Chang below:
Yung Ho Chang, Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Architecture, comes to MIT 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 15 years before returning to Beijing to establish China's first private architecture firm, Atelier FCJZ. He has exhibited internationally as an artist as well as architect and is widely published, including the monograph Yung Ho Chang/Atelier Feichang Jianzhu: A Chinese Practice. His interdisciplinary research focuses on the city, materiality, and tradition. He often combines his research activities with design commissions.
You can read more about Professor Chang here:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/chang-main.html
http://int.kateigaho.com/mar04/architect-chang.html
Address for Professor Chang's studio:
Atelier FCJZ
http://www.fcjz.com
Tel: 86-10-82626123
Fax: 86-10-82622712
北京市海淀区圆明园东门内北侧一号院
Yuan Ming Yuan East Gate,
Northside, Yard No.1,
Hai Dian District, Beijing, China, 100084
RSVP: Kathy Zhang, kathy@xpdmedia.com