{"438001":{"#nid":"438001","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Resilient Urban Systems: Eco City 2.0, Chongming, Shanghai","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECities as\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Esystems\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;-- of energy, materials, water, organism and informational flows -- are emerging as a fundamental research area for those working towards a sustainable and resilient urban future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECities are also seen as a form of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Emetabolism\u003C\/em\u003E, an analogy of organism that contains flows that are organized in complex forms over uncertain and stochastic processes. This perspective gives rise to questions central to sustainable urban design: What are the urban design strategies for cities to be more efficient in performance, more renewable in resource management, and more resilient in their systems behavior? What constitutes a new form of future cities that is ecologically and energy resilient to the changes needed for the post-oil urban era to come, and more importantly, how do we design for it?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe exhibition RESILIENT URBAN SYSTEMS represents an attempt of this intellectual agenda that is connected to the Sino-U.S. Eco Urban Lab, an international initiative jointly developed by Georgia Institute of Technology and Tongji University. It is composed of four sessions:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EStudio\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EResearch\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EDesign\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EImage\u003C\/em\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003Estudio\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;of International Urban Design in 2015 focuses on the design of urban metabolism, a sustainable future urban system using Shanghai\u2019s Chongming Eco Island as a demonstration test bed. Three teams from the two universities are involved, including Tongji\u2019s College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji\u2019s School of Economics and Management and Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Architecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eresearch\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;highlights the recent works and publications of the Sino-U.S. Eco Urban Lab. A method of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eurban design computational modeling\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;is tested, which by connecting modeling techniques and urban design. It investigates \u201c\u003Cem\u003Eflows in cities\u003C\/em\u003E\u201d, how ecology functions in contemporary urban systems including exchanges of energy, materials, water flows and human movement in cities, as well as how informational systems manage the process from data, performance-based analysis to design decision.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ed\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eesign\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;showcases a ten-year work of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEco Systems Design Studio (ESD)\u003C\/em\u003E, an urban design practice founded by Perry Yang from 2005-2014 that pursue the proposition that moves from \u201c\u003Cem\u003Elandscape as flows\u003C\/em\u003E\u201d to \u201c\u003Cem\u003Ecities as flows\u003C\/em\u003E\u201d, how the future urban form emerges from the operation of ecological and energy flows -- Landscape and city can be seen as an inherently flow-driven organization, and urban design should address physical, performative, and design dimensions of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eflows in cities\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Ecities as flows\u003C\/em\u003E, and looks at how urban design as an ecological intervention would play a role in shaping future sustainable urban forms by ensuring cities\u2019 high performance and systems resiliency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eimage\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;session displays recent works of the photographer Phillip Jones through his snapshots of Shanghai and China by imaging everyday and transforming urban scenes of the emerging urban phenomena. Jones\u2019 powerful, and sometimes strikingly poetic perspectives\u0026nbsp;provide reflections on contemporary meanings of urbanism in the context of China\u2019s rapid growth and de-industrialization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the Stubbins Gallery and upcoming exhibitions, please visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/stubbins\u0022\u003ECollege of Architecture\u0027s website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECities as\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Esystems\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;-- of energy, materials, water, organism and informational flows -- are emerging as a fundamental research area for those working towards a sustainable and resilient urban future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECities are also seen as a form of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Emetabolism\u003C\/em\u003E, an analogy of organism that contains flows that are organized in complex forms over uncertain and stochastic processes. This perspective gives rise to questions central to sustainable urban design: What are the urban design strategies for cities to be more efficient in performance, more renewable in resource management, and more resilient in their systems behavior? What constitutes a new form of future cities that is ecologically and energy resilient to the changes needed for the post-oil urban era to come, and more importantly, how do we design for it?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe exhibition RESILIENT URBAN SYSTEMS represents an attempt of this intellectual agenda that is connected to the Sino-U.S. Eco Urban Lab, an international initiative jointly developed by Georgia Institute of Technology and Tongji University. It is composed of four sessions:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EStudio\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EResearch\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EDesign\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EImage.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the Stubbins Gallery and upcoming exhibitions, please visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/stubbins\u0022\u003ECollege of Architecture\u0027s website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This Stubbins Gallery exhibition explores the idea of cities as systems -- of energy, materials, water, organism and informational flows."}],"uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-08-20 12:47:21","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:18:41","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-08-26T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-09-11T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-09-11T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-08-26 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-09-11 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-09-11 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"437991":{"id":"437991","type":"image","title":"stubbins gallery: resilient urban systems","body":null,"created":"1449256162","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:22","changed":"1475895176","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:56","alt":"stubbins gallery: resilient urban systems","file":{"fid":"203006","name":"stubbins_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stubbins_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stubbins_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":225854,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/stubbins_0_0.jpg?itok=EVy0BznV"}}},"media_ids":["437991"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100071","name":"eco urban lab"},{"id":"40501","name":"gallery"},{"id":"1557","name":"perry yang"},{"id":"167110","name":"SCaRP"},{"id":"167242","name":"shanghai"},{"id":"168048","name":"SOA"},{"id":"168074","name":"stubbins"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}