designboom talks at UCCA during beijing design week 2013

designboom talks (with editor-in-chief birgit lohmann) at UCCA during beijing design week 2013

from 26 September to 3 october 2013, beijing design week (BJDW) returns with a promising programme cultivated by the new creative director, beatrice leanza.

DESIGN HOP

long-term renovation projects for the hutong district dashilar will see contributions from renowned local architects such as zhang ke, matali crasset, michael young, local creative studio jellymon, liang architecture, MARS architects (neville mars) and URB (the research bureau of URBANUS), while proposals for the improvement of public infrastructure, such as parking zones, urban furniture, public transportation and even public toilets, will be presented in yangmeizhu hutong by luca nichetto, archea associati, URBANUS, CAFA media lab, people’s architecture studio, and ARUP. alongside renovation projects, design hop: dashilar will present a wide program featuring contemporary craft showcases, historical exhibitions, and urban and architectural research from local and international studios.

for three years, designboom has been actively involved in the beijing design week celebration, taking the lead on the attempt to explore the potential of chinese creativity, supporting the local design force collectively by hosting a number of interesting architecture and design events in the chinese capital. once again we will be part of the UCCA talk series with two different presentations. if you are in town, we warmly invite you to join us on wednesday and saturday next week:

2013.9.25 wednesday 10:30-12:30
speaker: zhang ke (standardarchitecture, BEIJING), wang hui (URBANUS, BEIJING), james shen (people’s architecture office, BEIJING), bea leanza (curator of BJDW 2013)
moderator: birgit lohmann (editor-in-chief of designboom)
free entrance

2013.9.29 sunday 10:30-12:30
speakers: matali crasset (FRANCE), neville mars (DCF dynamic city foundation, NL-BEIJING), luca nichetto (ITALY), bea leanza (curator of BJDW 2013)
moderator: birgit lohmann (editor-in-chief of designboom)
free entrance

where:
UCCA auditorium

ullens center for contemporary art
798 art district, no. 4 jiuxianqiao lu 
chaoyang district, beijing, china
driving directions & map

the UCCA talks series includes:

09.24 1:30~3:30p.m ‘hutong anatomy – preservation, friend or foe?’ in collaboration with abitare china magazine

09.25 10:30~12:30a.m talk in collaboration with designboom, guest speaker zhang ke

09.26 10:30 ~12:30a.m ‘wallpaper* remade in china”, organized by wallpaper* magazine

09.29 10:30~12:30a.m talk in collaboration with designboom, guest speakers matali crasset, neville mars, luca nicchetto and michael young

10.02 1:30~3:30p.m the dashilar VI project – a conversation between kenya hara and liang jingyu

beijing design week
september 26th – october 3rd

beijing design week (BJDW) stands to enliven china’s capital with a unique city-wide showcase of initiatives celebrating creativity and innovation from the design field at large.