‘Housing’ is a basic human necessity and has always been a critical subject of discussion around the world. With growing awareness of the gross inequalities created by neoliberal economies, significant attention has been placed recently on the housing conditions of those less privileged and marginalized.

From feudalism to socialism to neoliberal market economy, over the past century the traditional Hutong neighbourhoods of Beijing had gone through radical social, cultural and spatial transformations induced by the shifting of national political and economic paradigms. Under Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform, a large influx of rural-to-urban migrant workers have arrived in cities throughout China, posing new challenges in accommodating them.

In Beijing, many of those new urban inhabitants have found residency in the traditional Hutong neighborhoods, often replacing locals of their own generation migrating to newer, better served areas around the city. This has led to a concentration of marginalized communities – migrants and the elderly – within Beijing’s Hutong neighborhoods. The easing of national household registration policies, and the accompanying rights, as well as increased property rights for residents since 2011 has done much to empower those communities, and their continued existence is a testament to the community’s resilience. However, more investment is required to improve living conditions, and Dashilar – with one of the highest population densities in Beijing – is no exception.

The current situation in Dashilar is complex, and often, as soon as solutions are piloted both society and the economy have moved on. Ten years ago the threat was top-down development and urban renewal. Now, social and market forces at a granular level threaten authenticity. Yet, is this simply a threat to “preservation” of the old city, or is it an existential threat to life in the Hutong? Furthermore, how should Dashilar balance its future evolution with the preservation of its heritage and historical identity?

Operating within Beijing’s volatile property market, what Dashilar requires today is a strategy for bottom-up renewal of its residential housing stock that is sustainable, meets the expectations of residents, and does not create conflict. Unfortunately, many of the current discussions and debates are limited by more traditional and quantifiable definitions of informality. We hope that by focusing the debate on a specific case – Dashilar – we can redefine the terms of discourse and create a platform for expanding the discussion around the critical challenges confronting housing in the contemporary city today.

“住” 是人的基本需求，而且在世界各地一直以来都是关键的议题。随着新自由主义经济所带来的贫富悬殊问题越来越受到瞩目，弱势与被边缘化的群体的居住环境近年来更是吸引到各界的关注。

从封建主义到社会主义到新自由市场主义，上世纪以来中国政治与经济模式的变换给北京传统胡同社区的社会、文化与空间带来了猛烈的冲击。在 “改革开放” 的政策下，数以百万计的农村人口往城市迁移，如何安顿这庞大人口数量成为了新的挑战。

在北京，许多的新城市居民在传统的胡同社区找到了新住所，他们大多取代了与自己同属一代，但有能力搬迁到城市里更新颖、服务更全面的住宅区的原住民。这导致了被边缘化的群体 —— 新居民与长者 —— 在北京的胡同社区内各自聚集。自2011年起的一系列关于居民产权保障以及户籍政策的调整，让这些群体得以自强，他们持续的存在见证着社区的韧力。可是，要改善这些胡同社区的生活条件仍然需要更大的投资，而大栅栏作为北京人口密度最高的住区也不例外。

大栅栏当前的情况是复杂的，而且往往当一个解决方案实行之时，社会与经济现实已经变迁了。十年前，威胁来自于自上而下的大规模开发与城市更新；现在，社会性与市场力量在最细微的层面上威胁着原真性。但这仅仅是对老城的 “保护” 造成威胁，还是对胡同里面的生活本质构成威胁？再者，大栅栏如何在推动它的未来进化与保护它的历史价值之间取得平衡？

在不稳定的北京地产市场语境下，大栅栏迫切需要一个能让它持续发展、自下而上的更新现有住宅的策略，而且它必须能够满足居民的期望且不引发冲突。在现今很多的讨论和辩论里，“非正式” (informality) 这个词的定义被传统的、可量化的观念所限制。我们希望从大栅栏这个具体的案例出发，重启相关话题，打造一个讨论平台，扩大关于现代城市所面临的居住挑战的思考。

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 I: EXHIBITION 展览

Exhibition On View: September 23 - October 7, 2015. Daily 10:00-18:00

Exhibition Address: 122 Yangmeizhu Xiejie, Dashilar, Xicheng District, Beijing

FREE WALK-IN ENTRY

展览时间: 2015年9月23日至2015年10月7日 每日10:00-17:30.

展览地点: 北京西城区大栅栏杨梅竹斜街122号

Taking place in a vacant yet intimate former domestic residence in Dashilar, the temporary pop-up exhibition features film screening, installation, photography, and graphics by an ensemble of local and international artists, including Concrete Flux, Matjaž Tančič, Cai Yuanhe & Yuan Su, Li Peifeng, CUDI (Creative Urban Development Institute,) Matthew Niederhauser and John Fitzgerald. Their work meaningfully engages with the local inhabitants and neighbourhood, exploring themes about lives in-between staying and leaving, migration and adaptation. Through the dialogue between the “informal” living space and the exhibits, we hope to express “in-between” not merely as a spatial condition but also as a state of mind, and ask how this notion can be altered and pivoted as a strategy for sustainable development.

展览将在大栅栏一个已腾退清空的，却仍布满生活痕迹的小院里进行，呈现来自包括流泥，MatjažTančič，蔡远河＋袁素，李沛峰，CUDI (Creative Urban Development Institute)，Matthew Niederhauser 与 John Fitzgerald 等国内外的艺术家的影片、装置、摄影、出版物及版画作品。他们的作品，或深或浅地与这里的居民以及社区空间产生对话，探讨着生活中离开与停留、迁移与适应之间的话题。通过关于 “非正式” 生活环境的展览作品，我们希望表达“居住之间”不仅仅是一种空间氛围，也是一种精神状态，并提问这种观念如何能被改变、颠覆，以作为可持续发展的策略。

II: FORUM 论坛

Forum Time: September 26, 2015, 13:00-17:30

Forum Address: Quan Ye Chang 1F Octagonal Atrium, Dashilar, Xicheng District, Beijing.

Real-time language interpretation (EN/CN) will be made available. (ID required)

FREE ENTRY; RSVP REQUIRED: Please reserve seating on this booking page.

论坛时间: 2015年9月26日下午1时-5:30时

论坛地点: 北京市西城区大栅栏劝业场一层八角中庭 （北门入口）

现场将提供即时传译服务 （需出示身份证明文件)

请于本页面免费预订座位

Host/主持人:

Jeffrey Johnson (Director, Asia Megacities Lab / Studio-X Beijing, Curator)

Jeffrey Johnson (哥伦比亚大学 Asiia Megacities Lab / Studio X 北京, 总监，策展人)

Yijing Xu (Co-founder, SANS / Dashilar Platform, Curator)

徐轶婧 (SANS 创办合伙人 / 大栅栏跨界中心，策展人)

Neill Mclean Gaddes (Co-founder, SANS / Dashilar Platform, Curator)

Neill Mclean Gaddes (SANS 创办合伙人 / 大栅栏跨界中心，策展人)

Special Guests/特别嘉宾:

Amale Andraos (Dean, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)

Amale Andraos (哥伦比亚大学建筑、规划与保护研究院, 院长 )

Jorge Otero-Pailos (Associate Professor, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)

Jorge Otero-Pailos (哥伦比亚大学建筑、规划与保护研究院, 副教授 )

Jia Rong (Executive Director, Dashilar Project & Dashilar Platform)

贾蓉 (大栅栏更新计划 & 大栅栏跨界中心，执行负责人 )

 

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Forum Agenda

讲座议程

*Subject to minor changes

×不排除出现临时轻度修改

 

Session 1: Dwelling & Community (Chinese)

 第一部分:住宅和社区（中）

What are some of the most pressing issues regarding housing in Dashilar? Is the primary drive for space - where space is a commodity - hindering efforts for real improvements in living conditions for residents in places like Dashilar? When communities are constantly changing, and established modes of community representation do not react fast enough, how does participation in urban renewal occur?

在大栅栏地区最为迫切的居住问题是什么？作为商品的空间是否成为了首要的动力，推动了大栅栏等地区居民居住状况的改善？当社区在持续变化，现有的社区模式无法及时应对,城市更新又是如何发生的？

Respondent/ 回应人:

Jia Rong (Executive Director, Dashilar Project & Dashilar Platform)

贾蓉 (大栅栏更新计划 & 大栅栏跨界中心, 执行负责人 )

Guest Speakers/ 客席嘉宾:

Zhang Ke (Founder, Standard Architecture)

张轲（标准营造创办人）

Dr. Wang Yun (Vice-Dean, College of architecture and landscape architecture of Peking University; Founding Partner / Chief Architect, Atelier Fronti)

王昀 博士（北京大学建筑与景观设计学院副院长，方体空间主持建筑师）

Shi Jian (Architecture Critic and Curator; Planning Director, Is Reading Culture)

史建（建筑评论家、策展人，一石文化策划总监）

Dr. Shen Yuan  (CASS, Professor, Deputy Chair, Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University)

沈原 博士（清华大学社会学系教授, 系主任）

 

Session 2: Preservation & Identity (English)

 第二部分:保护和身份认同 （英）

What are the ramifications of preservation and cultural identity in the context of a living, dynamic community? How do actual identities of communities react to preservation efforts? How are these actions be exploited by the market, and if so is this to the benefit or determent of the communities involved?

在一个现存且动态的社区中，遗产保护的后果和文化认同是什么？真实的社区身份认同如何看待遗产保护措施？这些措施是否被市场利用，如果如此那受影响的社区将会受益抑或受到损害？

Respondent/ 回应人:

Jorge Otero-Pailos (Associate Professor, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)

Jorge Otero-Pailos (哥伦比亚大学建筑、规划与保护研究院, 副教授 )

 

Guest Speakers/ 客席嘉宾:

Wang Shuo (Principal, META-Project)

王硕（META-Project 创办合伙人）

Kuanghan Li (China Program Director, Global Heritage Fund)

李光涵（全球文化遗产基金会 中国项目主任）

Fang Zhenning (Artist, Architecture and Art Critic, Freelance Writer)

方振宁（艺术家、建筑及艺术评论家、自由撰稿人）

 

Session 3: Knowledge & Optionality (English)

第三部分:知识和选择性（英）

Apart from leaving, or continuing with the status quo, what other options are open to communities and individuals within changing spaces like Dashilar? To provide more options and agency, how do we transfer knowledge to the actors who need it most, and who should provide that knowledge?

除了舍弃或维持现状，社区和个体还有其他什么选择？为了提供更多选择和机制，我们应当如何将相应地知识传达给有迫切需求的参与者？谁又应该提供这些知识？

 

Respondent/ 回应人:

Amale Andraos (Dean, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)

Amale Andraos (哥伦比亚大学建筑、规划与保护研究院, 院长 )

Guest Speakers/ 客席嘉宾:

Dr. Tat Lam (CUHK Professor, Co-founder and CEO of Shanzhai City™)

林达 博士（香港中文大学教授，山寨城市™联合创始人兼首席执行官）

Andrew Bryant (Founder, Creative Urban Development Institute, exhibition participant)

Andrew Bryant（Creative Urban Development Institute 创办人，参展人）

James Shen (Co-founder, People’s Architecture Office and People’s Industrial Design Office)

沈海恩（众建筑、众产品创办合伙人）

 

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Organizers/ 主办方:

Dashilar Platform + Studio X Columbia University GSAPP

大栅栏跨界中心 + Studio X 哥伦比亚大学北京建筑中心

Sponsors/赞助方：

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation +

Columbia University Global Centers (East Asia)

哥伦比亚大学建筑、规划与保护研究生院

哥伦比亚大学全球中心 | 东亚

 

 

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