workshop atelier/terrain jinze [qingpu - shanghai] 2008

October 30, 2008 (Qingpu - Shanghai, China)- Workshop_atelier/terrain de Jinze, Qingpu - Shanghai, 2008 by the UNESCO Chair on landscape and environment, the University of Montréal, Canada

This annual "Workshop_atelier/terrain" (WAT) is organized within the framework of the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design and will take place in China, specifically in the town of Jinze in Qingpu district in the large suburb of Shanghai.

Located at the western limit of the municipality of Shanghai, this Township is crossed by canals, lakes and wetlands. Its morphology and its urban architecture are very typical of Water-city of this area. The difference of this town it is that it is mostly rural. Its surroundings is agricultural and the aquatic environment is preponderant (marshes, canals, lakes, etc.).

Regarding the development issues of Qingpu District and its new city, town of Jinze seems dedicated to the enhancement of its territory, namely the rehabilitation of historic districts and its agricultural interfaces, its preservation of aquatic resources and its wetlands, and the sustainable development of its local economy industry and tourism).

Participating Universities
The WAT_Jinze (Qingpu-Shanhai) 2008 will gather approximately 45 students from 13 universities out of the CUPEUM's scientific networks:

the Department of Archithecture, College of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Tongji -China ;
the Departement of Landscape, College of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Tongji -China ;
the Department of Urban Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Tongji -China ;
the College of Engineering, Dept. of Architectural Engineering Yonsei University-Republic of Korea (ROK);

the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Damascus -Syria;
the Tunis National School of Architecture and Urban Planning (ENAU)-Tunisia;
the Dept of Urban Planning (DIPTU) at the University of Rome "La Sapienza"-Italy;
the Dept of Architecture (DiAR) at the University of Rome "La Sapienza"-Italy;
the Faculty of Architecture of Alghero at the University of Sassari - Italy;
the Faculty of Literature and Social Sciences at the Cadi Ayyad University -Morocco;
the Masters in landscape at the Institute of Fine Arts of the Lebanese University (UL) in Beirut-Lebanon;
the School of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Montreal (APA)-Canada;
the School of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Montreal (ARC)-Canada.