Bolchover, Joshua P.

DipArch UCL, MA Cantab, ARB
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Joshua Bolchover is currently an Associate Professor at The University of Hong Kong. His current research focuses on the complex urban-rural ecology of cities. He set up Rural Urban Framework with John Lin in 2005 with the remit to create a not-for-profit agency as a platform for design and research. Their projects have been internationally exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2016, the Design Museum London 2016, and The Chicago Biennale 2015. RUF’s work has been awarded the RIBA International Emerging Architect Award 2016 for the Angdong Hospital, The Curry Stone Design Prize 2015, The Ralph Erskine Prize 2014 and has received third place commendations for the Architectural Review’s Healthcare and Schools Award. Joshua’s recent publications include Border Ecologies: Hong Kong’s Mainland Frontier, Birkhauser, 2016, Designing the Rural: A Global Countryside in Flux, Architectural Design 2016, and Rural Urban Framework: Transforming the Chinese Countryside, Birkhauser 2013.
Studios
Architecture & Urban Design I (ARCH 4001)Joshua Bolchover
MArch Studios2012-13

Rural Urban Ecology: Central’s Operational LandscapesJoshua Bolchover
MArch Studios2017-18

Landfill by DefaultJoshua Bolchover & Minjung Maing
MArch Thesis2017-18

Island DefenderAndrea Pinochet & Joshua Bolchover
MArch Thesis2018-19

The Delivery CityAndrea Pinochet & Joshua Bolchover
MArch Thesis2018-19

Anticipating The UrbanJoshua Bolchover
MArch Studios2018-19

Settling the Nomads (2016)Joshua Bolchover
MArch Studios2016-17

Settling the Nomads (2015)Joshua Bolchover
MArch Studios2015-16

Support Structures for LivingJoshua Bolchover
MArch Studios2019-20

Research
Incremental Urbanism: Ulaanbaatar`s Ger SettlementsJoshua Bolchover
Rural Urban Lab

Mulan Primary School and Educational Landscape DesignDorothy Tang , John Lin & Joshua Bolchover
Rural Urban Lab

Border EcologiesJoshua Bolchover
Rural Urban Lab

Mulan School Educational LandscapeJoshua Bolchover

Incremental Urbanism: Ulaanbaatar’s Ger SettlementsJoshua Bolchover

The Angdong HospitalJoshua Bolchover

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