CREATION OF SPATIAL VALUE

Taking into account efficient, centralized, top-down development models, CBC believes that urban and rural development needs to prioritize more profound, subtle human factors. The research conducted by CBC reflects specifically on how to achieve a delicate balance between issues of social development, economy, culture and ecology; an approach that hopes to obtain a new position outside of the traditional urban-rural relation and to generate new possibilities in the field. CBC summarized this series of actions as the Creation of Spatial Value. The main strategy is to exert the power of design, and architects as a whole; taking advantage of community building and promotion, whilst drawing upon resources of design, culture and community, in order to explore a more bottom-up and acupunctural approach and therefore address urban and rural issues in an innovative way. The exhibition is curated by Peng Lixiao, Director of CBC (China Building Centre), Chief Editor of Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine. Two villages, Louna International Architects’ Village and Xiamutang Village were selected as examples to showcase innovative rural revitalization models.