Press Kit | no. 5545-01
Press release only in English
Inaugural Sino-Europe Invitational Architectural Exhibition 2020-2021 (Shanghai)
Sino-Europe Architectural Center (SEAMC)
Vicissitude of Vision, an architectural dialogue through time and space
Co-organized by the Sino-Europe Architectural Media Center (SEAMC) and Sino-Germany Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture Association, the Inaugural Sino-Europe Invitational Architectural Exhibition 2020-2021 will open at the Roca Gallery in Shanghai on October 31, 2020, and will be free to the general public starting from November 1 to November 30 by reservation. The organizers plan to bring the exhibition to the Le Corbusier Gallery at the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, Germany in 2021.
China and Europe each have their own regional characteristics, cultural identities, and developmental processes. A great chasm exists between the two historical linages, yet, they had never ceased to interact. Through historical and social critiques against the educational, technical, intellectual as well as ethical establishments, European architects of the past generations had influenced and changed the course of architecture and urbanism in a deeply profound way.
Fast forward to the last 40 years, what China has faced and witnessed in terms of its opportunities and challenges in urban development, will surely present even greater changes to the urbanism and architecture of the future. In such a time of great change and uncertainty, Sino-Europe Architecture Media Center has the ambition to transcend the thought process that places emphasis on identity, politics, and differences, and to create a valuable and professional opportunity to put the contemporary architectural practice of Chinese and European architects on the same stage.
Based on two geographic regions—China and Europe—both possessing extended histories and sophisticated architectural cultures, by combing through the works and words of architects from the two regions, the Inaugural Sino-Europe Invitational Architectural Exhibition hopes to convey diverse, complex, sustainable, and thought-provoking architectural practices and positions.
Curated by renowned Shanghai-based architect-curator-urbanist Mr. Yuyang Liu, the goal of the Exhibition - in light of the global pandemic, with geopolitical, economic, and climate uncertainty - is to bring together 16 Chinese studios and 8 European studios to share their visions and works, and to establish common grounds by fostering mutual dialogues.
Forming a cross-national, cross-scale, and cross-dimensional set of “architectural dialogues”, works and words to be exhibited will center around the main theme—Vicissitude of Vision—and three underlying aspects: History, Moment, and Future.
Co-chaired by Mr. Johannes Kreissig, Chairman of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (German Sustainable Building Association), and Prof. Xin Ran, Dean of School of Design, Shanghai Jiaotong University, a panel of distinguished scholars from both Europe and China have been invited to serve on the Experts Committee, further providing critical viewpoints and comments on the exhibition, as well as to select the Sino-Europe Architecture Award winners.
"The value in architecture, as I see it, has always come from its response to life’s consolation and hope."
— Chief Curator, Yuyang Liu
In this unique architectural exhibition that links China with Europe, how shall one re-think the ontology, technique, and culture of architecture? And what will the invited architects bring about their responses and presentations? With the timely exhibition theme and the impressive list of participants, there is reason to believe that works as well as ideas to be presented will be worthy of the efforts and surpass all expectations.
Exhibition Theme: Vicissitude of Vision
Time: October 31st October to November 30th, 2020
31/10: Invited guests only;
01/11-30/11: Open to the public;
08/11 & 15/11 & 22/11 & 29/11: Closed on Sunday
Location:
Roca Shanghai Gallery (No.396, North Caoxi Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai)
Hosts:
Sino-Germany Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture Association e.V. (SGSUAA)
Sino-Europe Architecture Media Center (SEAMC)
Curator: Yuyang Liu
Supporters:
Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart City Hall
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB)
China Green Building Council German Branch
School of Design, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Royal Institute of British Architects
American Institute of Architects
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Organizers:
Sino-Europe Architecture Media Center (Shanghai)
Shanghai Yu Pu Culture Communication Co. LTD
About SEAMC, SGSUAA, DGNB (organizers):
SEAMC, short of Sino-Europe Architecture Media Center, is an international cultural organization jointly initiated by SGSUAA (Sino-German Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture Association e.V.), DGNB(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen), CGBC(China Green Building Council), Landsea.
The center was directly subordinated to SGSUAA, Sino-Germany Sustainable Urbanization, and Architecture Association. In the context of global cooperation and sustainable development, the center has long been committed to bilateral cultural exchanges and cooperation, especially in the fields of architecture, design, art, culture, and publishing. At the same time, the center will provide a communication platform for more talented new thinkers and young people around the world, and provide them with high-quality international resources and opportunities.
Contents included: academic research, media, and publication, International communication, contemporary group. We hope this exhibition to build a connection between contemporary China and Europe.
SGSUAA, short of Sino-Germany Sustainable Urbanization and Architecture Association, founded in Stuttgart Germany in 2014, aims at providing a communication platform for Sino-Germany suitable architecture to combine the theories, methods, and experience with national conditions and to provide references for environmental establishment and development. The association members come from various majors, including architecture, civil engineering, urban planning, landscape designing, construction equipment, energetic environment, and so on.
DGNB, the German Sustainable Building Council was founded in 2007 by 16 initiators from a variety of specialist backgrounds in the construction and property industry who wanted to do more to promote sustainable architecture in the future.
About the curator:
Yuyang Liu
Founder and Principal of Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
RIBA Chartered Member
Member of the Shanghai Architectural Society Academic Committee
Design studio advisor for a special program, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Master in Architecture 1997
UC San Diego, B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning 1992
Born in Taiwan and educated in the U.S., Mr. Liu researched with Rem Koolhaas and co-authored Great Leap Forward in 2001, a seminal work on the urbanization of China's Pearl River Delta. Having held a number of professional and academic positions in the U.S. and Hong Kong, Mr. Liu established his Shanghai-based Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects in 2007. Mr. Liu's notable research-based projects with the public interest and forward-thinking include Shanghai Contemporary Museum of Art (MoCA), Cidi Memo iTown in Beijing, Shanghai Minsheng Wharf Waterfront Landscape and Reconnection, and Shanghai Yangpu Waterfront Landscape and Connecting Infrastructure in Shanghai.
Web: http://www.alya.cn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Atelier-Liu-Yuyang-Architects-1411788865711408/
Instagram: atelierliuyuyangarchitects
About experts and special commentator:
Experts:
Johannes Kreissig
Chairman of the Expert Committee
Chief Executive Officer of DGNB GmbH
Yuyang Liu
Chief Curator
Principal at Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
Xin Ruan
Chair of the Jury
Dean at School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Guangqi Chair Professor of Architecture
Federico Bucci
Professor at Politecnico di Milano
Raoul Bunschoten
Professor at the TU Berlin
Liane Lefaivre
Chair of History and Theory of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna (Retired)
Lu Feng
The principle at Wuyang Architecture
Andong Lu
Professor, Head of Department, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University
Director, Univ. of Cambridge – Nanjing Univ. Research Centre on Architecture & Urbanism
Kai Wang
Associate Professor at College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
Academic Advisor of SEAMC
Special Commentator:
Alexander Tzonis
Professor at Tsinghua University
Professor emeritus at Delft University of Technology
About exhibitors:
China
Atelier Untitled Architects/ Hao Wang
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/capE-t8BmDE5Sixt7LTyqg
Atelier XÜK/ Kenan Liu, Xu Zhang
http://www.atelier-xuk.com.cn/
Atelier Z+/ Bin Zhang, Wei Zhou
http://www.atelierzplus.com/index.html
CUHK+UNITINNO/ Jingxiang Zhu
DC ALLIANCE · c+d Design Research Center/ Yi Dong
gad · line+ studio/ Fanhao Meng, Peidong Zhu
http://www.lineplus.studio/index.html
genarchitects / Beilei Fan, Rui Kong, Zhe Xue
iArchitectstudio/ Jiawei Chen
http://www.iarchitectstudio.com/
LUO studio/ Yujie Luo
MAT Office / Kangshuo Tang, Miao Zhang
O-office Architects / Jianxiang He, Ying Jiang
http://www.o-officearch.com/main.asp
Original Design Studio, TJAD/ Ming Zhang, Zi Zhang
https://www.archdaily.com/office/tjad-original-design-studio?ad_name=project-specs&ad_medium=single
RSAA/Büro Ziyu Zhuang/ Ziyu Zhuang
SUP Atelier of THAD/ Yehao Song, Jingfen Sun, Xiaojuan Chen, Dan Xie
Tanghua Architect & Associates / Hua Tang
Temp Architects / Fangji Wang, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Dong
Europe
Baumschlager Eberle Architekten / Dietmar Eberle, Beisi Jia
https://www.baumschlager-eberle.com/
Christ & Gantenbein / Christoph Gantenbein, Emanuel Christ
https://www.christgantenbein.com/
2Portzamparc / Christian de Portzamparc
https://www.christiandeportzamparc.com/en/
David Chipperfield Architects / David Chipperfield, Libin Chen
https://davidchipperfield.com/
Miralles Tagliabue EMBT / Benedetta Tagliabue
http://www.mirallestagliabue.com/
MVRDV / Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
Snøhetta / Robert Greenwood
Studio Moscatelli / Matteo Moscatelli, Stefano Moscatelli
https://www.studiomoscatelli.com/
Architectural Photography
Arch-Exist photography / Zhewei Su, Zhenhuan He
http://www.arch-exist.com/home.html
About Activities :
Opening Ceremony
October 31st 2020, 17:00-21:00pm(UTC+8)
Roca Shanghai Gallery
Seminar 1-Ontology and Edge
November 1st 2020, 14:00-16:00pm (UTC+8)
Roca Shanghai Gallery & Online
Seminar 2-Preservation and Regeneration
November 7th 2020, 14:00-16:00pm (UTC+8)
Roca Shanghai Gallery & Online
Seminar 3-Contemporary and Current
November 12th 2020, 18:30-20:10pm (UTC+8)
Roca Shanghai Gallery & Online
Seminar 4-Nature and Future
November 28th 2020, 14:00-16:00pm (UTC+8)
Roca Shanghai Gallery & Online
About Roca Shanghai Gallery
The Roca Galleries are architectonic spaces which express Roca’s will, as a leading company in the market, to maintain a constant dialogue with society and to create a knowledge exchange platform with professionals from the worlds of architecture, interior design, and management as well as those disciplines related to innovation or sustainability.
For more information
Media contact
- Sino-Europe Architectural Media Center (SEAMC)
- Lingning Xie, Head of SEAMC China Region
- seiae2020@seamc.com.cn
- +86 13621804387
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