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Jan 6 - (Th): THE OLD + NEW ELEMENTS 五行与新四行
Group activity (groups of 3): Brainstorming sustainablity. What is it? Record your thoughts on an index card. Where do you see it (or absence of sustainability) in your hometown?
Ezio Manzini, Design, When Everybody Designs: An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation, tr. Rachel Coad (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2015), Introduction, pp 1-6. (UA Library internet access) SUB
KEY WORDS
sustainability －可持续性
five elements -- 五行
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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Jan 11 - (Tu): MINING CHINA
Elizabeth Economy, “A Legacy of Exploitation,” in The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010), excerpt 59-78 (Moodle) SUB
Yifu Dong, "Coal, Which Built a Chinese City, Now Threatens to Bury it," New York Times (6 October 2015)
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The Great Leap Forward 大跃进 (1958-59)
Fu Baoshi 傅抱石 (1904-65), A Glimpse of the Coal Capital (1961)
Jan 13 - (Th): SHANGHAI'S QUARRY GARDEN
Design & Violence, eds. Paola Antonelli and Jamer Hunt (New York: MoMA, 2015) (Moodle)STUDY IMAGES
IM Pei, Suzhou Museum (2002-06)
VIDEO: Reclaiming the environmental legacy of the Great Leap Forward: The Quarry Garden in the Shanghai Botanical Garden
KEY WORDS
quarry 采石场
mining industries 矿业
land reclamation 土地开垦
park 公园
Chinese garden 中国园林
Songjiang, Shanghai 上海市松江区
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Jan 18 - (Tu): BEIJING CAPITAL SPRAWL + URBAN PLANNING
Wu Hung, Remaking Beijing (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005), "Coda: Entering the New Millenium, 235-244 (Moodle)
OPTIONAL: Wade Shepherd, Ghost Cities of China: The Story of cities without people in the world's most populated country (London: Zed Books, 2015), CHAPTER 3 "Of New Cities and Ghost Cities" (UA Library eBook) ; Christopher Brisbin, "Law, Culture and the Humanities." Lost in Translation: A Critique of Copyright and the Aesthetics of Re-production in China 14(2): 282-299. 2018
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Rem Koolhaas/OMA, CCTV Tower in Beijing 中央電視台總部大樓Herzog & De Meuron Architekten, Arup Sport and the China Architecture Design and Research Group, BEIJING OLYMPIC STADIUM 北京奧運會体育场
Atelier Feichang jianzhu, Today Art Museum (aka Pingod) (website is in Chinese and English)
Jan 20 - (Th): BEIJING PLUG-IN PROJECT
Charles Samuel Johnston, “Towards a theory of sustainability, sustainable development and sustainable tourism: Beijing’s hutong neighborhoods and sustainable tourism,” Journal of Sustainable Tourism 22, no. 2 (2014): READ EXCERPT 195-201. (UA Library eJournal)
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Song Dong, The Wisdom of the Poor (2005-06)
VIDEO: The Mirrored Cube: Tradition and Innovation through Co-Design
KEY WORDS
courtyard －院子/四合院
mirror －镜子
collaboration －合作
co-design －合作设计
modular －模件化的
participation －参与
user-oriented －用户导向性的
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Jan 25 - (Tu): CONSTRUCTION + AIR POLLUTION
Bruno Latour, "Air," in sensorium: embodied experience, technology, and contemporary art, ed. Caroline Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003), 104-107 (Moodle)
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Ma Qingyun/MADA s.p.a.m. 马达思班DnA Architecture, Bamboo Theater, Hengkeng Village, Zhejiang Province (metabolic architecture)
Wen Fang, Maskbook (2015-present)
Jan 27 - (Th): SUZHOU: 3D PRINTING & ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Andrew Scott, "Design Principles for Sustainable Urban Housing in China," in Sustainable Urban Housing in China: Principles and Case Studies for Low-energy Design, eds. Leon R. Glicksman and Juintow Lin (Dordrecht: Springer, 2006), pp. 24-43. (UA Library eBook) SUB
OPTIONAL: Bianca Bosker, Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in Contemporary China (Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2013), chapter 5. (UA Library eBook).STUDY IMAGES
"Here's How China Built a Skyscraper in under 3 Weeks: PHOTOS." The Real Deal: New York Real Estate News (March 10, 2015).
Xing Danwen, Urban Fiction (2004) 邢丹文
Xing Danwen, Urban Fiction (2004-present)
KEY WORDS
sustainable housing ﹣可持续住宅
large-scale 3D-printing﹣大规模3D打印
Georgian-style architecture-乔治亚式建筑
architectural mimicry in Suzhou﹣ 苏州的仿制建筑
London Bridge in Suzhou - 苏州的山寨建筑
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Feb 1 - (Tu): TEA
Shijiu Yin, et. al., "Consumers’ purchase intention of organic food in China," Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 90, no. 8 (June 2010): 1361-67. (UA Library eJournal).
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Gu Wenda 谷文达 explore site and look for artworks featuring tea as a medium
Feb 3 - (Th): YOUR ORGANIC LIFESTYLE: RICE
Bruce Nussbaum, "IR8," in Design & Violence, eds. Paola Antonelli and Jamer Hunt (New York: MoMA, 2015), 48-51. (Moodle)
Qian’s Gift as described in a Packaging Award website: http://www.packagingoftheworld.com/2015/07/qians-gift-organic-rice.htmlKEY WORDS
organic 有机
authentic 真实
sustainable packaging 包装材料的可持续性
consumer 消费者
VIDEO: Organic Design
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EXPLORATORIES ON THE FIVE ELEMENTS: OLD FORMS DUE BEFORE LECTURE EMAIL TO GTA
Feb 8 - (Tu): Edward Burtynsky's MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES (2006)
GTA short guest presentation on Burtynsky
Sarah Milroy, "Burtynsky's view of China Rising," The Globe and Mail (October 15, 2005)
STUDY IMAGES:
Edward Burtynsky's website
Feb 10 - (Th): BOTTLED WATER
Abigail Barnes, Wei Cao, "Muddy Waters: The Public Health Risks and Sustainability of Bottled Water in China," Vermont Law Review 38, no. 4 (2013-14): read excerpt 971-995 and conclusion on pp. 1024-25 (UA Library eJournal)
OPTIONAL: Kitsis, J. (writer), Whately, F. (director and producer (2010). BBC LIQUID GOLD, Episode 1. In series "The Foods That Make Billions," Crossley-Holland, D. (executive producer).
KEY WORDS
bottled water 瓶装水
contamination 污染
marketing 市场营销
industry transparency 行业透明度
regulation 规章
VIDEO: Bottled Water in China: The Clear, the Blue and the Murky
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Feb 15- (Tu): Review: The Five Elements: Old Forms
Feb 17 - (Th): Midterm exam
Mar 1 - (Tu): GARBAGE
Joshua Goldstein, “Waste,” Oxford Handbook of The History Of Consumption (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 326-347. (Moodle)
OPTIONAL: Plastic China IDFA documentary, 2016
OPTIONAL: 《垃圾围城》Beijing Besieged by Waste (Garbage) 王久良 作品
VIDEO: WASTE
Mar 3 - (Th): ECO LAB
Ezio Manzini, Design, When Everybody Designs: An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation, tr. Rachel Coad (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2015), "Visual Tools for Social Conversations," pp. 133-47. (UA Library eBook)
You will begin working in small labs within the class on the final course project.The ECO LAB will meet again during class time on March 18 and April 1, and at the end of the term each lab will present its project to the entire class. See Requirements page for more details.
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Mar 8 - (Tu): THE STORY OF YOUR WHITE T-SHIRT
Mattias Wallander, "T-Shirt Blues: The Environmental Impact of a T-Shirt," Huffpost Green (September 2, 2012).
Karin M. Ekström and Nicklas Salomonson, "Reuse and Recycling of Clothing and Textiles—A Network Approach," Journal Of Macromarketing 34, no. 3 (September 2014): excerpt pp. 383-386, Table 2 on p. 389, Table 3 on p. 391, Conclusion on p. 396 (UA Library eJournal)
Browse articles on The Guardian's sustainable fashion blog
Check out Shanghai's GREEN INITIATIVES program
OPTIONAL: "The True Cost" documentary (2015)
KEY WORDS
fast fashion 快速时尚
international production 国际产生
organic cotton 有机棉布
closed loop 闭环
downcycling 降级回收VIDEO (Tu): The Story of Your White T-Shirt
Mar 10 - (Th) HOT HAUTE COUTURE & TEXTILE WASTE
Lorraine Chow, "Who's Really Paying for Our Cheap Clothes?" EcoWatch (April 20, 2015)
OPTIONAL: Christina Dean, "You are what you wear," TED Talk
OPTIONAL: EcoChic Design Awards 2017 Grand Final Show
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KEY WORDS
Textile waste- 织物浪费: a material that is deemed unusable for its original purpose by the owner. Textile waste can include fashion and textile industry waste, created during fibre, textile and clothing production, and consumer waste, created during consumer use and disposal.High fashion or haute couture- 高级时尚: high end fashion that is constructed by hand from start to finish, made from high quality, expensive, often unusual fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable sewers, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques.
Textile recycling- 织物回收: the method of reusing or reprocessing used clothing, fibrous material and clothing scraps from the manufacturing process.
Garment life cycle- 时装寿命周期: There are 8 major stages in the lifecycle of any garment: conception, materials creation, garment production, shipping, marketing and sale, use, maintenance and disposal. The ideal garment life cycle is one where the disposal of the garment feeds back into the creation of something new.
Fashion cycle- 时尚周期: the amount of time it takes a fashion trend to emerge, peak and fall out of style. Many factors such as culture, religion, war and society determine how long a specific trend spends in the fashion cycle. The average fashion cycle is one year.
NGO/ Non-government Organization- 非政府组织: an institution that is not associated with a particular government or corporate entity. They tend to operate as nonprofit organizations and often they work for political, environmental or social change.
Eco-sustainable fashion- 生态可持续性时尚: complete garment lifecycle using organic, fully recyclable or renewable resources throughout the supply chain; minimizing and eliminating waist during garment production; green retailing practices, fully reusable, recyclable or compostable materials at the end of a garment’s life-cycle. Transparency and traceability are important throughout the process.
Ethical fashion- 伦理时尚: the aspect of responsible fashion that deals with the relationship binding the company and ‘society.’ Ethical fashion includes: labour and human rights; governance, anti-corruption, and fair practices; society and community development; product and consumer-related responsibility; along with relationships with suppliers.
VIDEO (Th): EcoChic & Redress: Ideas of sustainability as illustrated through textile waste
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Mar 15 - (Tu): PLASTICS
The GTA will give short presentation on design using ocean plastic and lead discussion about plastics.
Benjamin Haas, "China's informal army of recyclers keep plastic bottles out of landfill," The Guardian (June 28, 2017)
Adam Minter, "How Beijing--and the Rest of China--Recycles Plastic [Excerpt]," Scientific American (November 8, 2013)
Katie Patrick, "21 Reasons Why Plastic Bottles Ruin Everything: Recycling Won’t Fix It, Zero Waste Will," Huffpost (November 17, 2016)
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Mar 17 - (Th): ECO LAB PREPARATION
Session to consult with each other and the GTA and to make final plans about next week's ZOOM presentations
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Mar 24 - (Th): ECO LAB PRESENTATIONS BEGIN VIA ZOOM
Mar 29 - (Tu): ECO LAB GROUP PRESENTATIONS VIA ZOOM Mar 31 - (Th): ECO LAB GROUP PRESENTATIONS VIA ZOOMWeek Thirteen: ECO LABS
Week Fourteen: PEOPLE 人
Apr 5 (Tu):
Bob Duggan, "Did the Most Political Artist on Earth Just Sell Out?" Big Think: Picture This.
"CHINA’S WEALTHY OPEN MINDS TO ‘EXPERIENTIAL’ LUXURY" Jing Daily: The Business of Luxury in China (February 3, 2014).
Joseph Nechvatal, "Paris Department Store Kite Display Marks New Low for Ai Weiwei," Hyperallergic (Septuary 26, 2016).
Sim Shuan,"CHINA TO GET A TASTE OF MONET… AT A MALL" Jing Daily: The Business of Luxury in China (February 26, 2014).
KEY WORDS
consumerism 消费主义
experiential luxury 體驗式奢侈品 or 奢華體驗 depending on the nature of the product
function 功能
site-specificity 区位专属性
post-studio art 后工作室艺术VIDEO: Ai Weiwei at Le Bon Marché
Apr 7 (Th): FACTORY DREAMING
Leslie T Chang, Factory Girls (New York. Spiegel & Grau: 2008), 98-119. (Moodle)
OPTIONAL: "I am Fan Yusu" (2017 English translation); 我是范雨素 (2017 original Chinese text)
VIDEO: Cao Fei's WHOSE UTOPIA? (2006)
Final exam study guides will be distributed on the last day of class.
THE FINAL EXAM IS SCHEDULED TBA
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