(IN)TANGIBLE HERITAGE(S)
Abstract
During the 18th century, during the Qing Dynasty, many exchanges occurred between China and Western countries. At that time, Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) was very interested in the gardens of Versailles (1632-1662). He commissioned the Jesuit priests, Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766, Italian) and Michel Benoist (1715-1774, French) to built the Garden of Eternal Spring (Changchunyuan, 1747-1759), in the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyua,1709), where the emperor worked and lived. In The Eternal Springtime Garden were built the European palaces (Xiyanglou), a set of stone pavilions. Unfortunately, these buildings were plundered and burned during the Second Opium War in 1860. Although they are now incomplete, they can also show their original beauty. The construction of this garden is closely connected with diplomacy, politics and culture. Trade with other countries improved national development; therefore, the Qing Dynasty was the fastest and most modern period of development of ancient China. This work focuses on the study of the Garden of Eternal Spring, in the city of Beijing, analysing it from historical and cultural aspects, trying to identify its architectural elements of Baroque influence. Although the garden is now damaged, this study will use software to restore certain basic pictures for research purposes. The objective of this paper is to spread the knowledge of these architectures, which have practically disappeared.
Fanwei MENG, she is a PhD student at the Universitat Jaume I, Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design. In addition, with the title ¨Baroque and Neo-Baroque architectures in the provinces of Castellón (Spain) and Hei Long Jiang (China)¨ in her PhD essay. She graduated in Environmental art Design and Business Administration (2014) from the Dalian Polytechnic University(China). She has been awarded the Master of Arts in Future Design(2016) from the Teesside University(UK) and another Master of Environmental art Design(2017) from the Guangxi Arts University(China). She has been invited to give a presentation at The ¨4th China-ASEAN Architectural Art Forum and the 6th Conference of Sustainable and Creative Villages Research Seminar – Southwest China¨ (2019), additionally, she was invited to participate in the ¨Building and Management International Conference Madrid¨(2021) and gave a presentation and published articles with the title ¨Análisis del origen y la difusión del Barroco y su impacto en China¨. In addition to participating in international conferences, she also published some articles and books for her research.
Joaquín Ángel MARTÍNEZ-MOYA. He is a Technical Architect (1992) and Graduated in Building Engineering (2011) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Master in Renewable Energies from the San Pablo CEU University of Madrid (2012) and PhD by the Jaume I University of Castellón with his thesis “The architecture of the plundered Palacio Condal de Oliva through graphic legacy” (2017). PDI at the Jaume I University of Castellón since 2007, in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design; currently as PhD Contracted Professor.
Member of the research group “Architecture, Design and Heritage” of the Jaume I University, he has participated in the research projects “Aristadas vaults in the Valencian Gothic: virtual recreation from the geometric-constructive study for its diffusion in the communication networks ”(2012-2014) and“ the Renaissance: architectural mark in the province of Castellón. Footprints, traces, traces and vestiges ”(2016-2018). He has made teaching and research stays at other national and international universities. Author of numerous scientific publications in magazines, books and proceedings of national and international congresses related to graphic survey and architectural heritage.
Extensive professional experience in the field of construction, participating in the construction of buildings of various kinds: schools, health centers, public offices, fair pavilion, hospitals, university buildings, industrial warehouses, homes, etc., as well as participation in various rehabilitation and consolidation works of historical and heritage buildings (1992-2014).
María Jesús MAÑEZ-PITARCH. She is a Technical Architect (1994), Materials Engineer (2008), Official Master’s Degree in Building (2008) and PhD (2014) from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). This institution awarded her the extraordinary prize for her doctorate in architecture in 2015..
She has worked for more than twenty years in teaching, both in regulated and non-regulated education. In 2005 she began teaching at the Jaume I University of Castellón as an Associate Professor, in 2010 as an Assistant Professor, in 2015 as PhD Assistant Professor and since 2018 as PhD Contracted Professor, in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design, in the Architectural Graphic Expression Area, in the Higher School of Technology and Experimental Sciences. In these years she has been in charge of the implementation of various subjects and has participated in various projects and publications on educational innovation; obtaining for this work the educational innovation award in the call “XVI Edition of educational improvement awards” (Banco Santander-UJI 2016) and two second prize in the “Juan Manuel Raya” awards (APEGA 2012, 2016 and 2021). She currently teaches in the Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Architecture, the Bachelor’s Degree in Agri-Food Engineering and the Rural Environment, the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design and Product Development, and the University Master’s Degree in Design and Manufacturing.
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Friday 17th June, 2022