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RHEINSCHIENE NEWS

• 21 10 2011 RHEINSCHIENE architects bei der Urbantec 2011 in Köln

  Mr. Stefan Schmitz of RHEINSCHIENE architects will speak at the UrbanTec 2011 in Cologne on Wednesday Oct. 26th at 11h30.
  URBANTEC presents smart technologies for better cities.

  to learn more visit: www.urbantec.de

• 13 08 2011 RHEINSCHIENE architects commissioned with masterplan for Shanghai low-carbon farm

  RHEINSCHIENE architects have been commissioned with a 108ha master plan for a low-carbon farm on Chongming Island, Shanghai. It will be the second site for the famous Shanghai organic brand “Tony’s Farm”. The design will combine highly innovative organic agricultural production with hospitality uses, and thus make organic farming tangible to Shanghai’s city dwellers. The project was launched at an official press conference in the presence of government officials including the mayor of Chongming.

  In the words of Rheinschiene architects’ design director Christian Schaller:

  “Tonys farm will demonstrate that its innovative approach to industrialized agrarian production can be realized in harmony with a landscaping that respects the structure of the site, its geological formation, the exposure to the elements shaping it and the cultural traces left from past generations. It is by no means intended to design a nostalgic reproduction of the past. The aim is to create a modern type of agrarian landscape, demonstrating that the realization of the necessary facilities, buildings and infrastructures can be integrated in such a way that through innovative design，the result has the same quality as historical agrarian landscapes.”

  
  

• 28 06 2011 MOHURD Conference on Urban Development and Planning in Yangzhou

  On behalf of MOHURD and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Mr Christian Junge was invited to lecture at the 2011 Annual MOHURD Conference on Urban Development and Planning in Yangzhou. Mr Junge’s talk “Between European City and Chinese Eco City” explained how RHEINSCHIENE architects’ European cultural background is integrated and adopted to RHIENSCHIENE architects’ practical work in China, and how the experience of European, and in particular German urban development can contribute to Chinese Eco-City design in general.

• 03 06 2011 RHEINSCHIENE architects attended Green Building Conference in Nanning

  Mr Christian Junge, RHEINSCHIENE architects Beijing General Manager, was invited to speak at the Green Building + Technology Forum in Nanning, jointly organised by ECADI and the Nanning Urban Planning Bureau. Mr Junge’s speech explained how sustainable design solutions were included in RHEINSCHIENE urban design projects.

  
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• 26 04 2011 Visiting professor at the department of architecture of the China University of Mining and Technology

  

  RHEINSCHIENE – managing partner Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Schmitz was appointed visiting professor at the department of architecture of the university of Technology and mining in Xuzhou, province Jiangsu. He will lecture on “ecological construction“ and “sustainable urban development“.

  
  

• 25 04 2011 Prof. Martin Weischer and Christian Junge speak at Sino-German Low Carbon City Forum in Wuhan

  On behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) and the government of Wuhan city, RHEINSCHIENE architects were invited to speak at the Sino-German Green City Forum in Wuhan. Prof. Martin Weischer’s lecture titled “Life Cycle Cost Calculation and Benchmarking in the Real Estate Sector- a quantifiable input to sustainable planning” addressed the critical issue of including life cycle cost analysis in the assessment of sustainable design solutions. Mr Christian Junge, General Manager of RHEINSCHIENE architects’ Beijing office’s contribution “Between policy and design: approaches to low-carbon cities” demonstrated how contemporary approaches to sustainable urban design are included in the RHEINSCHIENE’s projects. The conference was attended by the German Secretary Of State at the BMVBS, Mr Jan Muecke, and high-level representative of the Wuhan city government.

  
  

• 01 02 2011 RHEINSCHIENE architects wishes you a happy Chinese New Year!

  We look forward to successfully working together.
  We have a new office address in 2011.

  
  

• 17 01 2011 RHEINSCHIENE architects has now moved to its new address

  Our new address is:

  RHEINSCHIENE architects GmbH

  Weißenburgstr. 30

  D-50670 Köln

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• 13 10 2010 RHEINSCHIENE obtains major master plan commission in Qingdao

  As a result of a major international design competition (in cooperation with Schuessler Plan and Atelier Dreiseitl), Rheinschiene architects obtained the commission to master plan a 169ha site around Qingdao’s new high-speed railway station. The master plan comprises the arrangement of various long-distance and local transport facilities, a business district, mixed-use quarters with residential and retail as well as hotel and conference functions.

• 17 05 2010 RHEINSCHIENE invited to speak at the 2nd Asia Eco Green Building Congress 2010

  The Asia Eco Green Building Congress -based on the theme “Build Green, We Shape a Better World”- was held at the Renaissance Hotel in Pudong (Shanghai) on May 13-14th. Rheinschiene Beijing’s studio manager Christian Junge held a keynote speech titled Projects for a Sustainable City in which he explained Rheinschiene’s approach to sustainable urban design. For more information about Christian’s presentation, please contact us at beijing@rheinschiene-architects.de.

  
  

• 11 05 2010 Tianjin Eco City is published in Greenbuilding

  Die aktuellen Ausgabe von greenbuilding berichtet über unser Projekt der Tianjin Eco City. Wir freuen uns, das Projekt auf der Titelseite zu sehen.

  Landflucht macht China zur größten Baustelle der Welt. Es wird damit gerechnet, dass bis zum Jahr 2030 mindestens 60 Prozent der Menschen in Städten wohnen werden. Schon heute werden in den städtischen Ballungszentren 75 Prozent der Energie verbraucht und 80 Prozent des CO2-Ausstoßes verursacht. Die nachhaltige Entwicklung von Städten und deren effiziente Energieversorgung ist für die Zukunft des Reiches der Mitte also von zentraler Bedeutung.

  Die Verstädterung zwingt dazu, urbane Zentren unter ökologischen, städtebaulichen und strukturellen Aspekten komplett neu zu erfinden – mit Aufträgen an weltweit agierende Architekten und Stadtplaner.

  more about Tianjin Eco City

  Here the publishing house offers an extract.

  Learn more about the journal greenbuilding

  
  

• 22 12 2009 RHEINSCHIENE as a member of the delegation

  As a member of the business delegation Mr. Schmitz of the RHEINSCHIENE architects accompanied Prime Minister Mr. Rüttgers on his visit to China from the 15-21 of November 2009.

  The aims were to improve and strengthen the economic relations between the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

  
  

• 14 12 2009 EcoCity+

  RHEINSCHIENE architects developed together with representatives of the Universities RWTH Aachen, Duisburg-Essen and the University of Applied Siences of Münster a project proposal for a cooperation of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with its Chinese partner provinces.

  The project is called EcoCity⁺ and provides knowledge and technology transfer for the planning and implementation of sustainable urban structures in China.

  EcoCity⁺ is a unique opportunity to combine our expertise in the field of renewable energies, energy efficiency and environmental protection, to work together with Chinese partners on a key project for the city of the future.

  
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• 26 10 2009 RHEINSCHIENE architects is sponsor of NAX (Network for Architectural Exchange)

  RHEINSCHIENE architects is new sponsor of the Network for Architecture Exchange (NAX).

  In 2002 the Federal Chamber of German Architects (Bundesarchitektenkammer – BAK) founded the Network for Architecture Exchange NAX (Netzwerk Architekturexport – NAX) for promoting the activities of German and foreign architects working abroad and for supporting internationally active developers and investors in their search for suitable architects and urban planners. The aim of NAX is to make the international exchange of planning services easier and to promote the professional mobility of architects and town planners.

  www.architekturexport.de