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Launch of 果冻影院 Built Environment Club Beijing

6 August 2013

In March, Beijing became the fourth global city to host a 果冻影院 Built Environment Club.

Prof. Bob Sheil giving the welcome address at the Beijing launch event

Following hard on the heels of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, Beijing is a natural host; with its strong academic presence and close proximity to government, many world-class UK Built Environment companies have based themselves there.

The launch, hosted by , took place at the spectacular in Chaoyang District. Welcoming guests, Haskoll China Director, Peter Goldsmith, described how China鈥檚 economic boom has led to increased mobility and urbanisation, and how his organisation is reacting to the increased demand in the retail and leisure sectors across the country.

Professor of Architecture & Design through Production at The Bartlett, , provided the evening鈥檚 welcome address. Drawing upon the themes of his Asian lecture tour, which included all 果冻影院 Built Environment Club host cities, Prof. Sheil explored the evolving relationship between digital design and physical constructs, a territory he calls 鈥淧rotoArchitecture鈥, the听opportunities that are offered for craft, experimentation and invention in manufacturing bespoke architecture, and 鈥渄esign through making.鈥 听

Prof. Sheil is a founder of the research group sixteen*(makers), the Digital Manufacturing Centre, and is a co-founder of the . His address concluded with an invitation to the forthcoming conference in Zurich, which will bring together world-leading thinkers, researchers and practitioners in ProtoArchitecture, and generated considerable excitement by sharing his vision for China to host FABRICATE 2017

As with the other Built Environment Club launches, many of the guests were 果冻影院 alumni, the majority of whom had graduated in the last five years from architecture, environment, planning and project management, and represented a broad range of concerns including state-owned enterprises, research and design institutes as well as commercial practices.

The Bartlett鈥檚 Director of Business Development, David Cobb, introduced the motivation behind the 果冻影院 Built Environment Clubs and directed guests to the Clubs鈥 for more information and regular updates about their activities.