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Videos by Ying Zhou

for the Panel "Confounding Existing 'Etiquettes': Probing the Institutions for Contemporary Visua... more for the Panel "Confounding Existing 'Etiquettes': Probing the Institutions for Contemporary Visual Art in the Global East" at the ICAS12, August 2021

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Books by Ying Zhou

Creative Alliances of Spatial Production in Shanghai's City Center Urban Loopholes, 2017

Urban Loopholes: Creative Alliances for Spatial Production in Shanghai’s City Center (Birkhäuser ... more Urban Loopholes: Creative Alliances for Spatial Production in Shanghai’s City Center (Birkhäuser 2017), probes cases from the until-now little-analyzed un-demolished remains of city center neighborhoods in Shanghai, and unpacks the seemingly anarchic and opportunistic urban spatial production system of the contemporary Chinese city to address what has perplexed Western public as well as scholars alike. Going behind the scenes in neighborhoods that increasingly appear like trend quarters in the West, the new book divulges how the effortless vibe that is experienced today were imagined, constructed, and then scripted. The constellation of actors, from the global network of multilingual cosmopolites to the dialect-speaking local party officials, form the malleable public-private alliances, which are producing the newest forms for urban reuse, creative production, consumption, and heritage protection.

The book proposes a theoretical framework of the urban loophole for understanding the success of China’s economic transition. Through specific cases from Shanghai, the analyses address the question of how global re-integration and economic liberalization was able to successfully take place so rapidly. Drawing on concepts from parallel disciplines of planning, geography, and political science that answer the same larger question, the urban loophole situates situates concepts such as adaptive governance and dual market in the architectural discourse through the lens of architectural spatial productions—the processes and pathways for creating built environments and the drivers and actors that propel these processes. Covering a breadth of topics from housing marketization, heritage conservation, gentrification, creative industries, and contemporary arts developments, the book contextualizes existing theories such as ‘gentrification,’ ‘creative cities,’ and ‘heritageization’ in the specificities of the Chinese transition economy and further defining concepts such as ‘preservation via inhabitation’ and ‘gentrification with Chinese characteristics.’

MetroBasel: A Model Of A European Metropolitan Region, 2009

"Published in the form of a full-colour comic strip and starring the characters Michel and Patric... more "Published in the form of a full-colour comic strip and starring the characters Michel and Patricia from Jean-Luc Godard's film Bout de Souffle, MetroBasel is a comprehensive urban study and portrait of Basel and its surroundings. Realised by the urban research unit ETH StudioBasel, the comic was conceived by Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, and Manuel Herz and produced by Manuel Herz and Ying Zhou, it narrates the city's architectural and urban history while analysing the region according to urban themes and activities such as living, working, moving, or recreation. At the same time it uncovers potentials and shortcomings, ideas and visions of how MetroBasel can transform itself and realise its full potential."

Chapters by Ying Zhou

The Grand Projet: Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects, 2019

Following the Opium War, Imperial China cedes Hong Kong to Britain. 1949 The People's Republic of... more Following the Opium War, Imperial China cedes Hong Kong to Britain. 1949 The People's Republic of China (PRC) is established. 1984 British-Chinese agreement for Hong Kong in 1997. 1989 0 On 4 June at Tian'amen Square, international confidence in China's reform is lost. WKCDA appoints Michael Lynch as its new CEO. 2012 Xiqu Centre in WKCDA selects Bing Thom Architects (now Revery Architects) and Ronald Lu & Partners as architects. 7 Dr. Uli Sigg, Swiss art collector of contemporary Chinese art, donates 1,400 works of his collection to M+. This museum in WKCDA aims to become Asia's regional museum for visual culture that is 'rooted in Hong Kong.' 7 Swiss architect Herzog de Meuron wins competition for designing M+. Herzog & de Meuron 2013 7 Foster + Partners scheme for WKCD is integrated into a development plan and approved by the Hong Kong Town Planning Board. The development plan defines loose zoning and non-building areas rather than massing and exact plot areas. HKSAR Town Planning Board 2014 Occupy Central 2015 7 CEO of WKCD Michael Lynch resigns and is replaced by Duncan Pescod, former HK bureaucrat. 8 Austin Station Development completed. Wikipedia user-Wpcpey edited by Desmond Choi 2016 7 Plans for a Palace Museum are announced in Beijing, which override plans by Foster + Partners. The local firm Rocco Design Architects is directly commissioned as the museum's architect. 2017 6 Beijing announces the Greater Bay Area Development Plan, integrating Hong Kong with other Chinese cities in the region and citing XRL and other cross-border facilities. PRC approves XRL Co-location arrangement, announcing that part of the underground area in the XRL Terminus will be part of Mainland China. This fuels public discontent in Hong Kong. 2018 Completion and opening of the XRL and XRL Terminus. 8 The Xiqu Centre opens as the first major performance venue of WKCD. 0 Conception 6 Design 7 Implementation 8 Operation 9 Implication 157 WK-H.