COMPLEX URBANISM

“… recent urban development discourse and highlight their identification of a new development model of “casinopolitanism” as particularly resonant…”

Complex Urbanism, Book Review, OCT 2021

Relearning the City and Public Space in the Greater Bay Area

“The main consideration of this chapter is the significance of public space in relation to the spaces of exception…”

The Emerging Public Realm of The Greater Bay Area, JUL 2021

The Armatures of a New Autonomous Urbanism

“Shaji village, a small township of 50,000 in the north Jiangsu Province next to the city of Xuzhou, came into focus…”

By Jason & David, Realtime: Making Digital China, MAR 2020

Belt and Road initiative: infrastructure as foreign policy

“The Chinese economic expansion plan takes the form of a constellation of relationships going beyond the infrastructures actually built…”

Domus, MAR 2019

Fringes of Technology and Spaces of Entanglement in the Pearl River Delta

“China's Pearl River Delta is a burgeoning megalopolis and a hotbed…”

Architectural Design, JAN 2019

The global village: building a future countryside

“No longer bucolic backwaters but networked centres for e-commerce, Chinese Taobao Villages…”

The Architectural Review, JUN 2019

China’s Greater Bay Area: connecting 60 million people

“‘Creative’ borders and colossal connecting infrastructural works characterise the world’s largest metropolitan area…”

Domus 1032, FEB 2019

The Šibenik Outsider Syndrome [SOS]

“Particularly of note is the reality of ‘EU snowbirds’, migrating south in the summer, escaping to the seaside spaces”

Alternating Currents, FEB 2019

What is the future of architecture? Vol. 2

“After a very successful first edition of the participatory book ‘What is the future of architecture?’ we are very happy to present – ‘What is the future of architecture? Vol. 2’…”

Crap Is Good, OCT 2017

MAKE_SHIFT CITY

“A new book Make_Shift City is out, examining a more informal urbanism that has been developing worldwide, particularly in Europe, since the financial crisis…”

Uncube Magazine, MAR 2014

China Rural Workshop

“As China’s urban population begins to overtake its rural population, the question of how to preserve the country’s remaining rural landscape has drawn national attention…”

Aformal Academy, JUN 2017

POVERTY DOESN’T HAVE TO BE UGLY

“Architect, urbanist and uncube correspondent Jason Hilgefort waxes lyrical about one of his favourite Viennese buildings: a stunning church designed by sculptor Fritz Wotruba…”

Uncube Magazine, OCT 2013

SEOUL REFLECTIONS

“To start off it must be stated that the Seoul Biennale is extremely impressive in its shear ambition. For a first time biennale its scope, goals, vision, actions upon the city…”

Architectuul., OCT 2017

Why Shenzhen Could Become China’s Urban Design Hub

“When I accepted an offer to curate a learning and community-engagement platform called ‘Aformal Academy’ for…”

Sixth Tone, JAN 2017

HIGH.LIghting

“Without a doubt, the High Line is one of the most iconic projects of this century. But more interesting than the design itself is how it has framed the relationship of spatial design…”

Viceversa, APR 2016

TAKING THE FIGHT INTO THE FUTURE

“The second New Generations Festival in Florence, saw a medley of workshops, presentations, discussions and sharing of experience between young architects…”

Uncube Magazine, DEC 2014

A CONSUMING SPECTACLE

“With MVRDV’s huge Markthal in Rotterdam just the most prominent recent example of the reworking or rebuilding of the market hall as destination…”

By Jason, Uncube Magazine, MAY 2015

AMSTERDAM ARK-ITECTURE

“De Ceuvel‚ a beached boat community in Amsterdam‚ is sailing through red tape and conventions to become a successful commercial city attraction…”

Uncube Magazine, OCT 2014