BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20990@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Reconnecting with China: Where architecture meets reflection DTSTAMP:20260420T192811Z DTSTART:20260513T180000Z DESCRIPTION:How building in China reveals new ways of seeing our cities and ourselves.\n\nArchitecture is not a practice that operates in isolation\, architecture reflects\nculture\, societal values and objectives. Architec ture promises ideals: creating\ncities of the future\, designing for a bet ter world. But how do those ideals hold\nup in a time of fragmentation and friction? And what does the way we practice\narchitecture tell us about t he society we work in? In his recently published\nbook Reconnecting with C hina\, John van de Water shows how building in China is\nnever only about China but it is also about ourselves\, our cities and our\nfuture. Sometim es difference brings us closer in ways that agreement never can.\nThis nig ht he discusses his book with Dutch experts that have worked in China\,\na s well as Chinese architects that have travelled in opposite direction to\ npractice architecture in the Netherlands. For a discussion blending lived \nexperience with critical reflection on architecture and the societies it shows\nus.\n\nTogether with John van de Water Auteur 'Reconnecting With C hina' en founding\npartner bij Next Architects\n[https://www.nextarchitect s.com/nl/about/team-china/] Carolyn Leung Founding\nPartner / Architect at Superimpose Architecture [https://www.superimpose.nl]\nChun Hoi Hui Co-fo under at Spring Onion Atelier\, Urban Designer at MVRDV\n[https://www.link edin.com/in/chun-hoi-hui/] Yang Zhang Co-founder at Spring\nOnion Atelier\ , Architect at UNS Jammy Zhu Co-founder at Spring Onion Atelier\,\nAssocia te at MVRDV [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jammy-zhu-4765b556/]\n\n\nABOUT T HE SPEAKERS\n\nJohn van de Water has worked as architect in China for the past twenty years as\na founding partner of Next Architects. He works ther e together with his partner\nJiang Xiaofei and together they have realised numerous projects such as the\nLucky Knot Bridge and the China Rose Museu m. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/reconnecting-with-china-where-architect ure-meets-reflection GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,discussion,eastern docklands,physical sp ace X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:How building in China reveals new ways of seei ng our cities and ourselves.

Architecture is not a practice that operat es in isolation, architecture reflects culture, societal values and object ives. Architecture promises ideals: creating cities of the future, designi ng for a better world. But how do those ideals hold up in a time of fragme ntation and friction? And what does the way we practice architecture tell us about the society we work in? In his recently published book Reconnecti ng with China, John van de Water shows how building in China is never only about China but it is also about ourselves, our cities and our future. So metimes difference brings us closer in ways that agreement never can. This night he discusses his book with Dutch experts that have worked in China, as well as Chinese architects that have travelled in opposite direction t o practice architecture in the Netherlands. For a discussion blending live d experience with critical reflection on architecture and the societies it shows us.

Together with John van de Water Auteur 'Reconnect ing With China' en founding partner bij Next Architects Carolyn Leung Founding Partner / Architect at Superimpose Architecture Chun Hoi Hui Co-founder at Sprin g Onion Atelier, Urban Designer at MVRDV Yang Zhang Co-founder at Spring Onion Atelier, Architect at UNS Jammy Zhu Co-founder at Spring Onion Atelier, Associate at MVRDV

About the speakers

John van de Water has worked as architect in China for t he past twenty years as a founding partner of Next Architects. He works th ere together with his partner Jiang Xiaofei and together they have realise d numerous projects such as the Lucky Knot Bridge and the China Rose Museu m.

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