Join Taiwanese architect Tsaiher Cheng for a discussion on contemporary cities as a part of a release event for Cheng’s new book “Red Light City.”

    With research on five cities — Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Montreal and Taipei — this book reveals that red light districts are the specific outcome of the history of the place and of its sex industry, the morphology of the city, the legal status of sex work, cultural understandings, city planning, and market forces. But at the same time, regardless of the huge differences, the book also makes clear that sex work has a deep impact on the city’s urban form and its spatial organization and distribution — even in places where sex work is officially illegal.

    Time: 7:30 p.m., Feb. 24

    Venue: Future+ Cone Space, Block A, 8 Zhongkang Road, Shangmeilin, Futian District (福田区上梅林中康路8号雕塑家园A栋未来+学院圆筒)

    Metro: Line 4, Shangmeilin Station (上梅林站), Exit C

    (SD News)