CHAO ZHOU JOB CREATION PROJECT
Place-Making is a new type of Urban Planning. The physical infrastructure has to be in place of course, but the vitality of the urban economics and the creation of value are also components which really make a "place to live". Job building is part of the process.
「場域創生」是一種新型態的城市規劃。實體的基礎設施當然必須到位，但是城市經濟學的生命力和價值創造也是真正構成「場域創生」的組成部分，而創造就業機會則是「場域創生」過程的一部分。
This live project is a dynamic example of Place-Making. The city of Chao Zhou has been a centre of craftsmanship in southern China through several dynasties of emperors. Many jobs in the city still depend on the crafts industry. However the products of the craft workshops have little appeal to the new China or to the global markets of the 21st century. As demand drops away, the workshops loose customers and the traditional skills disappear.
這個項目就是「場域創生」最生動的示範。歷經數個朝代，潮州曾經是中國南方重要的手工藝中心，時至今日這個城市的許多工作仍然依賴傳統手工業，但是，潮州手工藝工作室所生產出來的產品對新世代的中國市場或二十一世紀的全球市場幾乎沒有吸引力。 隨著需求的下降，工作室失去了客戶，傳統技能也逐漸消失了。
This project aims to redefine the crafts profession with innovative new designs and to establish a thriving base for the up and coming generations. Time is running out for the aging generation of crafts people, and to stimulate a new thriving environment for the future of the skills and professions of the crafts, new input is being put in place.
這個項目旨在經由引進創新設計重新定義手工藝品行業，並為子孫後代建立產業繁榮的基礎。現仍在職的手工藝職人隨著年齡的增長逐漸凋零，我們彼此都感覺到傳統技藝傳承所剩的時間已不多了，為了能夠順利傳承傳統技藝和手工藝職人的未來發展，我們正在投入新的想法和策略以期開展新的榮景。
Architect Frederick Rickmann, ThinkingUrban, is at the forefront of this truly urban planning project. We inject new designs and promote the commercial viability necessary for the city to maintain the values of its skills. The first steps are already collecting acclaim and recognition. The Beyond Art exhibition premiered the artistic skills of Chao Zhou at the Pallazzo delle Stelline in Milano in November 2014. Much to the delight of the most discerning of the Italian art world.
Thinking Urban 的建築師 Frederick Rickmann 站在這個真正的城市規劃項目的最前方，我們將創新的設計和傳統技藝結合並利用工業設計的專業讓作品具有商業化的可能，這麼一來潮州技藝的價值得以保留。我們踏出的第一步已經贏得了讚譽和認可。「藝外」展覽於2014年11月在義大利米蘭的Pallazzo delle Stelline首次展出潮州的手工技藝。這讓具有高度鑑賞力的義大利藝術界感到非常高興。
Since then, the exhibition has toured internationally from London to Shen Zhen.
此後「藝外」赴英國倫敦再回到中國深圳進行了國際巡迴展覽。