41. Typological DriftCities that produce only underwear, blue jeans and extras in domestic films are among the fascinating objects of study in Typological Drift: Emerging Cities in China by Shiqiao Li and Esther Lorenz. Journey with Unfrozen and Shiqiao Li to reveal the surprising urban realities of China that escape normative urban theories, with several stops along the way in philosophy and linguistics.
Typological Drift: Emerging Cities in China by Shiqiao Li and Esther Lorenz
Interviewee: Shiqiao Li is Weedon Professor in Asian Architecture, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, where he teaches history, theory, and design of architecture, and directs PhD in the Constructed Environment Program. He is author of Understanding the Chinese City (2014), Architecture and Modernization (2009, in Chinese) and Power and Virtue, Architecture and Intellectual Change in England 1650-1730 (2006). He recently contributed an essay to the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Architecture (2022).
Inro/Outro: “Drifted” by Groove Armada
Discussed:
Drift Triggers
Ten Thousand Things
Yiwu International Trade City
Borges: “The map of the empire is the size of the empire itself.”
Figuration
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Francois Jullien: The Silent Transformations
Nanhui New City
Hengdian World Studios
Minmetals Hallstatt
Thames Town
Lujiazui
The Bund
Tongji Architectural Design Group Co. Ltd.
# Philosophy of UrbanismA discourse exploring the theoretical implications of urban design and spatial organization influenced by various philosophical perspectives.
