Project excerpt from the RIBA Book of Abstracts: “Such was the speed and intensity of Manchukuo’s encounter with modernity and its distinction from western precedents, the Japanese branded it ultra-modernism. Ultra-Modernism in Manchukuo was ideologically ubiquitous and became manifest in urban planning, architecture, transportation, photography and film - all essential facets of modern metropolitan life in Manchukuo...After more than a decade of research culminating in the recent publication of the first book to focus exclusively on architecture and modernity in Manchuria, this work not only fills a conspicuous gap in existing architectural knowledge and challenges the modernist canon, but also provides important context to the rising tensions in the region, the seeds of which were sown in Manchuria.”
- Dr. Edward Denison, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK
- Guang Yu Ren, Independent Researcher, UK
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- Winners of the 2017 RIBA President's Medals for Research, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 - 17:01