BE LAB SEQUENCE AND TIMELINE
March 30 – June 12 Pre-Studio Preparatory Seminar, UW (URBDP 598J) - Spring Quarter
May 5-9 China-US Professional Workshop on Regional Sustainable Development / Taoping-Snoqualmie Exchange Charrette, Seattle
June 25 – July 21 Field Studio in China - Summer Quarter A-term
June 25-26 Orientation at Sichuan University; study tours of urban historic preservation districts in Chengdu
June 27-July 5 Study Tours of Lijiang, World Heritage City, and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Wenhai Ecolodge, Yunnan province; Jiuzhaigou, World Man and Biosphere Reserve, and Dujiangyan hydro-engineering, World Heritage Site, Sichuan province
July 6-7 Survey of Zagunao Watershed Qiang and Tibetan Villages, Sichuan
July 8-12 Survey of Taoping Qiang Village,Sichuan
July 13-14 Taoping Charrette
July 15-16 Presentations to County Government and Village
July 17-20 Documentation and wrap-up, Sichuan University
September  30 – December 18 Full-quarter Studio, UW (URBDP 508) - Autumn Quarter

The BE Lab devoted three quarters of 2009 to address the challenges facing Taoping, and develop a model of resilient, sustainable disaster recovery for fragile mountain valley settlements throughout the region and beyond. The team organized a sequence of courses including: a preparatory seminar and expert workshop and charrette at UW in Spring Quarter; a Summer Quarter field studio with a study tour of cultural and natural heritage preservation districts and reserves in southwest China, and survey work and a design charrette in Taoping and the Zagunao River valley; and a 3-month design and planning studio at UW in the Autumn Quarter.

 
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