BAU Congress China 2023

August 3-5, 2023 | National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai)

Date

 August 3-5, 2023

Address

 National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) 

Organizer Bauwelt
Messe München
MMU BAU Fenestration Co.,Ltd

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About BAU Congress China

The important concurrent event of CADE architectural design expo is jointly organized by Bauwelt, an authoritative international architecture magazine, and Munich expo group, one of the world's leading international exhibition institutions, and its subsidiary in China, zoomlion (Beijing) international exhibition co., LTD.

The annual BAU Congress China international building technology conference, focusing on high-quality design, planning and construction, is an exchange and exhibition platform integrating innovative architectural ideas, high-quality architectural design, building materials and building technology for the rapidly developing Chinese market.

BAU Congress China will provide a high level of international experience exchange to provide feasible solutions for China's future architecture. The conference is not only a reflection of the overall construction market -- reflecting product innovation and industry prospects, but also can provide a new way of thinking for China's construction industry, which is currently facing many problems such as building quality, energy conservation, sustainable development and urban renewal.

 

What is it all about?

Architecture and urban planning in the 21st century

In the next 25 years, architecture and urban planning creating space for future generations to live and work in will change more dramatically than it has in the past one and a half centuries. The future of our built environment will look completely different than we ever imagined. And it is going to differ greatly from what we are building today. Why is that? A completely other way of living and working, changes in mobility and the responsibility to prevent global warming will transform our behaviour and along with this, architecture and cities. Altogether, the shift in the way we live and work, demographic transition and climate challenges make us rethink the way we design our common build future.

Topic 1: Urban Design and Public Life

The corona crisis has made it clear that public life prevailingly takes place in public space. Parks and streets have been celebrated as the places where society meets, exercises, and recreates. However, the idea of urbanity and the city as a shared space is challenged by uncontrolled growth, loss of pedestrian and historical structures. To embrace public life, urban design of tourist spots, local neighbourhoods and infrastructures in metropolitan regions and megacities must consider parameters like inclusiveness, identity, and vitality. How can physical movement be made accessible for all citizens? Which new urban design strategies can foster more flexible neighbourhoods? How may existing usage patterns inform urban design? The session presents exemplary public space and public architecture projects.

 

Topic 2: From High Speed to High Quality: Architecture for the 21st Century

Since the 1980s China has been undergoing an urbanization process at a speed that has not been seen equally in world history. Meanwhile, the country’s economy has entered a new era transforming from high-speed growth to high-quality development. Along with this, consciousness of quality and durability in architecture shifts, too. Moreover, such individual, timeless designs keep and develop the existing, historic contexts of our cities supporting cultural distinctiveness and social cohesiveness.

 

Topic 3: Architecture for People

Urban planning undertaken at a very large scale responds to the challenge of rapidly growing cities. But building at maximal height risks that big dimensions start dominating the city, forgetting the people using the architecture. Collective projects in a human scale are rare. But today, a new attitude is growing in architecture. Buildings are downsized, barriers dissolved, spaces for social meetings and affordable housing is being built. Architects increasingly make use of regional materials like tiles, rocks, bamboo, timber and rammed earth. The innovative reinterpretation of traditional building structures responds to climate matters and resource scarcity. There are questions to be answered: How can a new people-oriented architecture be embedded in the XXL city? Which small-scale qualities do buildings need to relate to human beings and ensure quality of life? What threatens respectively supports such public value-oriented projects? The session will introduce a number of ground-breaking works using the human scale as a standard for architecture.

 

Topic 4:  Architecture and Energy: Resilient and Sustainable

Today the ecological question of architecture and urban design can’t be reduced only to energy consumption anymore. This is an important factor, of course, in terms of CO2 emissions it is significant.But today we must consider, that our aims in terms of reducing energy consumption will be far away from being enough. We have to add resilient structures in architecture and urbanism. Resilient in the meaning of flexible and multi-usable for future needs of future generations. And in addition, we will have more than one single interpretation of sustainability. Buildings and urban structures are sustainable, only when the first life-circle period can be extended or renewed in multiple ways. This will challenge us in holistic thinking of optimization of architecture, urbanism, the selection of materials and components and the way we will design.

 

Topic 5: Smart Public Buildings

In the 21st century, everyday objects, architecture and entire cities start thinking themselves. Smart buildings promise comfort, convenience and resource conservation. They aim to maximise productivity and efficiency as well as providing a comfortable user environment. Not just private offices, but also public institutions like kindergartens, schools and hospitals increasingly integrate digital tools. This omnipresence makes the question of the power of technology to produce a better world crucial. What are the possibilities and limitations of technology? Which are the challenges for realising a smart building regarding hardware and software, design and physical environment? How can digital technologies help to improve the user experience?

BCC Opening Ceremony & IUPA Ceremony

Date: Thursday afternoon, August 3, 2023

Host: Boris Schade-Bünsow

Editor-in-chief, Bauwelt, Berlin

time Topic Guest
13:30 -14:15 BCC Opening Ceremony & IUPA Ceremony

LI Cundong

National Engineering Survey and Design Master
Secretary-General, the Architectural Society of China, Beijing

Stephen LU

Chief Operating Officer,Messe Muenchen Shanghai Co., Ltd. , Shanghai

Urban Design and Public Life

Date: Thursday afternoon, August 3, 2023

Host: Prof. LI Xiangning

Professor, Dean at Tongji University, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shanghai

time Topic Guest
14:15 -14:45 Tanks in the park

LI Hu

Founding Partner, OPEN Architecture, Beijing

14:45 -15:15 Desify the Future: Upcycling and Recycling in Architecture

Peter Chang

 Associate Directo, MVRDV Asia, Beijing

15:15 -15:45 Shaping the Future of Urban Life

Ralf Dietl

Associate Partner & Creative Director, AS+P Architects Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. , Shanghai

15:45 -16:15 How Large-scale Public Architecture Support Organic Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Development

SONG Guohong

Partner, General Manager of China Office, VALODE et PISTRE Architectes

RIBA Chartered Architect, Shanghai

From High Speed to High Quality: Architecture for the 21st Century

Date: Friday morning, August 4, 2023

Host: YE Yang

Director, Editorial Office, World Architecture Magazine
PhD , School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing

time Topic Guest
09:50 -10:00 Welcome Speech

YE Yang

Director, Editorial Office, World Architecture Magazine
PhD , School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing

10:00 -10:30 FROM MADE IN CHINA TO INNOVATED IN CHINA

DONG Hao

Co-founder and partner of Crossboundaries, Beijing

10:30 -11:00 Integrated Design by Digital Intelligence - A Vision for Next Generation Design Platforms

PENG Wu

Director, BG Research Institute, Glodon Company Limited, Shanghai

11:15 -11:45 Architecture for People – Being Contextually Nordic

LIN Jing

Senior Project Architect / Senior Associate,

SHL Architects, Shanghai
 

11:45 -12:15 Urban Renaissance:To the Premium of urban renewal and aspirations

WU Chen

Chief Architect, Chief planner, Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd
Chief Architect, Shougang Group, Beijing

Architecture for People

Date: Friday afternoon, August 4, 2023 

Host: Prof. ZHANG Ming 

Professor and PhD Supervisor and Director of the Landscape Faculty of Tongji university
Chief designer, Original Design Studio of Tongji design group, Shanghai

time Topic Guest
14:00 -14:15 Welcome Speech

Prof. ZHANG Ming

Professor and PhD Supervisor and Director of the Landscape Faculty of Tongji university
Chief designer, Original Design Studio of Tongji design group, Shanghai

14:15 -14:45 The Mountain Within——Exploring Nature-Based Architecture

Prof. LU Yichen 

Principal and Founder, Studio Link-Arc, Beijing

14:45 -15:15 Beauty of Architecture/Charm of materials

LI Chunchao

Marketing Director, NORTHGLASS GROUP, Tianjin

15:15 -15:45 Cultivating Connections with Agritecture

Stéphane Lasserre

B+H Principal, Design Director, Asia, Singapore

Architecture and Energy: Resilient and Sustainable

Date: Saturday morning, August 5, 2023

Host: Boris Schade-Bünsow

Editor-in-chief, Bauwelt, Berlin

time Topic Guest
09:50 -10:00 Welcome Speech

Boris Schade-Bünsow

Editor-in-chief, Bauwelt, Berlin

10:00 -10:30 The Stacked City: The Evolving Urban Typology and Public Life

MENG Yan

Principal Architect and Co-founder, URBANUS Architecture & Design Inc., Shenzhen

10:30 -11:00 The Practical Path to Zero Energy Buildings in the Extreme Climate of North & South Pole

PEI Linlin

Brand Marketing Director, Harbin Sayyas Windows Stock Co., Ltd, Harbin

11:15 -11:45 Bamboo Architecture Practice in China - Climate Adaptability Design for Tropics

Prof. SONG Yehao

Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University 
Deputy Chief Architect of Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Co-founder and principal of SUP Atelier, Beijing

11:45 -12:15 Where will the Façade go?

Owen Yu

Engineering and façade consultant, Shanghai

Smart Public Buildings

Date:  Saturday afternoon, August 5, 2023

Host: Prof. SONG Yehao

Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University 
Deputy Chief Architect of Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Co-founder and principal of SUP Atelier, Beijing

time Topic Guest
13:50 -14:00 Welcome Speech

Prof. SONG Yehao

Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University 
Deputy Chief Architect of Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Co-founder and principal of SUP Atelier, Beijing

14:00 -14:30 Building a Sustainable Future: Evolving Vertical Urbanism & New Hybrid Models Inspiring Change

Hasan A. Syed 

Principal, Design Director, Gensler, Shanghai

14:30 -15:00 Smart Solutions for High Quality Architecture

Magdalene Weiss

Executive Partner. Gmp,Shanghai

15:00 -15:30 Solar Ark 3.0: An ultra-high speed assembly of prefabricated UHPC hyperbolic smart building product

Prof.  ZHANG Hong

Head, Institute of Builiding Technology and Science, South East University (SEU), Nanjing

Boris Schade-Bünsow

Editor-in-chief, Bauwelt, Berlin

Profile

Bauwelt is one of the leading German architectural magazine published every two weeks. As StadtBauwelt last issue of each quarter focusses on current urban planning issues curated by the vice editor-in-chief of Bauwelt Kaye Geipel. First published in 1910 Bauwelt has its registered office in Berlin. With a total print run of approximately 12,000 copies, it features the largest job vacancy section of all German-language architectural and urban design journals. Bauwelt reports in a politically independent, critical, demanding and unbiased manner about contemporary architecture in Europe and around the world. Located in Gütersloh, the publisher of Bauwelt is known by the name Bauverlag BV GmbH and comprises 18 magazines on the subject of building topics. Boris Schade-Bünsow has been editor-in-chief of Bauwelt since March 2011.

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Professor LI Xiangning

Professor, Dean at Tongji University, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shanghai

Profile

Dr Xiangning Li is full professor in history, theory and criticism at Tongji University’s, College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is also assistant dean and director of international programmes there. He was a visiting scholar at MIT in 2006 and lectured in universities and institutes including Harvard University, Princeton University and the University of Southern California. As a critic, he is the Vice President and secretary General of architectural Review Committee of Architectural Society of China, and he is also a member of the International Committee of Architectural Critics. He has published widely on contemporary architecture and urbanism in China and he is the editor-in-chief of Architecture China, an international architectural magazine about contemporary architecture culture in China. Professor Li wasa curatorial committee member for the 2007 Shenzhen Biennale and 2008 Shanghai Biennale. He was curator of the exhibition of ‘From Research to Design’ in 2012 Milan Triennale, 2013 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale, 2013 West Bund Architecture and Contemporary Art Biennial, 2017 Shanghai Urban Space Art Season. He was also the curator of the China Pavilion at the Architectural Biennale Venice 2018.

Projects (selection)

2019 Local Architecture Strategies in the Context of Globalization
2018 Contemporary Architecture in China: Towards a critical Pragmatism
2017 Contemporary Chinese Architecture Reader 2014 Made in Shanghai
2011 Contemporary Green Buildings in China

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LI Hu

Founding Partner, OPEN Architecture, Beijing

Profile

LI Hu, founding partner of OPEN, is an internationally known architect, visiting professor at the Tsinghua University and Central Academy of Fine Arts, China. He is the former partner of Steven Holl Architects, and director of Columbia University GSAPP’s Studio-X Beijing.

LI Hu and HUANG Wenjing co-founded OPEN in New York City and established the studio’s Beijing office in 2008. Some major projects by OPEN include: Garden School/Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus, Tsinghua Ocean Center, Pingshan Theater, Tank Shanghai, UCCA Dune Art Museum, and Chapel of Sound. OPEN’s work has been widely and internationally recognized, with recent awards including the 2021 Arcasia Awards Gold, 2021 AR Future Project Awards (UK), 2020 Design for Asia Awards, 2019 LEAF Awards (EU), 2019 P/A Awards (USA), 2018 AIA Education Facility Design Award of Excellence (USA), and 2017 Iconic Awards Best of Best (Germany), among many others.

Projects(selection)

2021 Chapel of Sound, Chengde, China
2019 Pingshan Performing Arts Center, Shenzhen, China
2019 Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2018 UCCA Dune Art Museum, Qinhuangdao, China
2014 Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus, Fangshan, China

Peter Chang

Director, MVRDV Asia, Beijing

Profile

Peter Chang is Associate Director of MVRDV Asia. He is a RIBA Chartered Architect with rich experience of urban planning and architectural design in the Asian and Oceanic region. He is leading MVRDV Shanghai office for project management, coordination and supervision in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Peter joined MVRDV in 2018 and previously worked as senior architect with Steven Holl Architects for the delivery of international award-winning projects. Peter now is responsible for the growth of MVRDV Asia and the quality delivery of MVRDV projects in the Asian region.

Ralf Dietl

Associate Partner & Creative Director, AS+P Architects Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. , Shanghai

Profile

Ralf Dietl started to work for AS+P in 2009 as Associate Partner, Creative Director and has 17 years of experience in international projects in Europe, Asia, and Middle East. As a senior architect and planner, Ralf Dietl has lived in China and Germany for many years and is well versed in the culture of both countries. His extensive multicultural project background has made him the creative leader of many key national projects for AS+P China.

Selected projects

2020 Urban Design of Water Village Living Room, Yangtze River Delta, China, 1st Prize
2019 Urban Design of Xin Zhuang City Sub-Center, Shanghai, China, 1st Prize
2019 Urban Design of Yangpu Riverside South Part, Shanghai, China
2017 Urban Design of Yangpu Riverside North Part, Shanghai, China

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SONG Guohong

Partner, General Manager of China Office, VALODE et PISTRE Architectes RIBA Chartered Architect, Shanghai

Profile

Song Guohong is registered French architect and graduated from Ecole Nationale Superieure D’architecture et de Paysage de Bordeaux with master degree. In 2005, he joined Valode & Pistre and served as General Manager of China Office in 2007.

Valode & Pistre is one of the top ten famous architectural design firms in Europe and the largest one in France. Song Guohong has successfully promoted the firm’s business development in China with his excellent professional ability, management ability and leadership. He has completed dozens of diverse, well-known and influential architectural projects, establishing the firm's international reputation in China.

 

Projects(selection)

Built:

Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center
Sanya International Duty Free City
BOE Headquarters
Liaoning Cultural Venues

Under-construction:

Hangzhou Grand Exhibition Center
Haikou International Duty Free City
BOE (Chongqing) Intelligent System Innovation Center
Sanya International Duty Free City Phase I Plot 2
Jinan International Exhibition Center

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YE Yang

Director, Editorial Office, World Architecture Magazine PhD , School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Profile

Ye Yang is the director of the editorial office of the international known architecture magazine World Architecture (WA), which was founded in October 1980 and is directed by Tsinghua University. It is bilingual, published monthly, and distributed worldwide. WA is one of the largest architectural magazines in China. Before her thriving career as a journalist, Ye Yang was a heritage conservator after her master’s degree study on architectural history. Since the genesis of the International Urban Project Award, Ye Yang contributes her expertise to this German-Chinese cooperation. Also in the name of WA, she hosts lectures, organizes various exhibitions and competitions. WA is one of the most influential platforms of architecture ideas in contemporary China, and facilitates in-depth architecture debates in focusing on hot issues both inside and outside China. In 2002, WA set up the bi-annual WA Award for Chinese Architecture (WAACA).

 

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DONG Hao

Co-founder and partner of Crossboundaries, Beijing

Profile

Holds a Bachelor degree in Architecture from the Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering andArchitecture, and a Master’s degree in Architecture from Pratt Institute, New York, USA. He used to work in one of the biggest state-owned design enterprises, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD) after living and studying in the United States for almost 5 years. Hao is a co-founder and the managing director of Crossboundaries’ Beijing office.

Crossboundaries’ major projects include the Affiliated High School of Peking University, Chaoyang Future School, Aimer Lingerie Factory, Beijing Zhengtong BMW Museum, Soyoo Joyful Growth Center, Family box, Jiangsu Beisha & Shuoji Kindergartens etc. Crossboundaries’ work has been published across a range of leading industry magazines and is also frequently featured in online design media. We have received multiple international accolades, most recently including the 2018 and 2019 German Design Award, 2018 Architizer A+Award, 2018 Architecture MasterPrize, nominated for 2019 Architectural MasterPrize – eduction projects, nominated for 2021 DAM Prize, was selected as the“AD 100 designers”of year 2015 and 2017 as well as 2019. Hao has written for FT China’s education column, and is teaching at Tsinghua University, Peking University and the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), as well as participating as juror for the Architizer A+ AMP Architecture Masterprize Awards. Recently he has also taught Design Thinking at several innovative educational organizations, including the Affiliated High School of Peking University, China campus of the United World College, Moonshot Academy and IDEAS camp for younger students.

Projects (selection)

2020 Jinlong Prefab School, Shenzhen, China
2019 Pop-up campus – Infitity 6, Shenzhen, China 
2019 Jiangsu Beisha Kindergarten, Jiangsu, China
2018 ETU School, Beijing, China
2017 Chaoyang Future School, Beijing, China

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PENG Wu

Director, BG Research Institute, Glodon Company Limited, Shanghai

Profile

Peng Wu is a digital design promotor and teacher. He has been a guest lecturer for different universities in China and abroad, including the University of Hong Kong, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Academy of Art, Syracuse University, and etc.

He is also an architect and was the former senior project director of Gensler participated in the whole process of China's tallest landmark building - Shanghai Center. Applying the world's leading digital design technology, he systematically optimized the complex geometry of Shanghai Center.

As a senior expert in modern super mixed-use architecture, Peng Wu has been invited to lecture and speak at various universities and international forums.

While living and working in the United States, he has participated in the design and development of many technology parks in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. He has followed the technology development and trends of AEC industry in the Silicon Valley and been with strong passion for promoting the development of digital design technology in China

LIN Jing

Senior Project Architect / Senior Associate, SHL Architects, Perkins & Will, Shanghai

Profile

Jing Lin joined Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL) in April 2013. She is a senior project architect and senior associate.  

Jing Lin has been involved in and led a number of significant projects for SHL, including Shanghai Library East, Shanghai Dream Center, China Mobile Yangtze River Delta (Nanjing) Science and Technology Innovation Center, China Mobile Huai'an and Luoyang Call Centers, Shanghai Caohejing Guigu Building, Shanghai Caohejing Phoenix Park Phase II Office Headquarters, etc.

Jing Lin is the project architect of Shanghai Library East. From the competition to the schematic design, till the construction stage, she participated in the whole process of the project's architecture and interior design. Shanghai Library East opened in September 2022 and it is the largest library in China by single building area.

WU Chen

Chief Architect, Chief planner, Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd Chief Architect, Shougang Group, Beijing

Profile

wu Chen,architect planner,city scholar,Beijing strategic scientist, national special expert. Constructor of Chinese "urban reaeneration" theory and forerunner of practice.He is the architect and renter of the Beijing's highest building "China ZUN".The leading architect of TiananmenSquaresouth"Beijing Fun"Qianmen Dong Sanli River system,Nanjing South Station, Guangzhou South Station and other project. He push forward the concept of" symbiotic courtyard "in the old city of Beiling rejuvenation,which has a wide impact.He is the desiqner and
witnesses of Shougang which is the "new landmark of urban regeneration".Now he is the chief architect of Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute Co.Ltd,the chief architect of Shougang Group, the deputy of the National people's Congress and the standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's political Consultative Conference,and has won the honorary titles of "National May 1st Labor Medal" and "National Model of Labor".

Projects (selection)

2020 Shougang High-speed Wire Park 
2018 CITIC Tower, Beijing 
2012 Guangzhou South Railway Station(Central Canton Hall on the elevated level)
2010 Nanjing South Station

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Professor. ZHANG Ming

Professor and PhD Supervisor and Director of the Landscape Faculty of Tongji university Chief designer, Original Design Studio of Tongji design group, Shanghai

Profile

Dr. ZHANG Ming, professor and PhD supervisor and director of the landscape faculty of Tongji university, is winner of the architecture gold award from the 19th Asian Association of Architects and WAF annual award from the world architecture festival. As Chief designer of the Original Design Studio of Tongji design group he works on projects in the public space on the south section by Yangpu river and on south bank at Huangpu section by Suzhou River. Currently, the chief architect of art season 2019 for urban space in Shanghai, is serving as a professional member of architectural design for the science and technology committee of the ministry of housing and urban-country development. Further memberships and positions are: the competition committee of the architectural society of China, the science popularization Committee, the deputy director of building renovation and urban renewal committee, director of architectural creation academic department of shanghai architectural society, deputy director of the professional architectural design committee, member of Protection Committee for Historic District and Excellent Historic Building in Shanghai. He was awarded the title of “Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Architect in Shanghai” and “Outstanding Contribution Award for the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening of Shanghai Survey and Design Industry-Survey and Design Star” in 2018.

Projects (selection)

2019 Yangpu Riverside South Public Space
2012 Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art

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LU Yichen

Principal and Founder, Studio Link-Arc, Beijing

Profile

YICHEN Lu is the Principal and Founder of Studio Link-Arc, based in New York. The firm has completed cultural and institutional projects across the world. He is currently an Associate Professor at Tsinghua University and has served as a Visiting Professor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture and the Politecnico di Milano. YICHEN Lu received First Prize in the 2006 Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition and was one of ten architects named to Architectural Record’s “Design Vanguard 2015”. He has participated in many international design events including: an exhibition and symposium at the Harvard Graduate School of Design titled “Towards a Critical Pragmatism: Contemporary Architecture in China” in 2016; “A Retrospective on Ten Years of Practice in Eastern Contexts” at Yale School of Architecture in 2018; and ‘Architecture Across Cultures: The Chinese Vanguard’ at the AIA New York in 2019. He served as the chief architect for the China Pavilion for Expo Milano 2015. This groundbreaking project, China’s first free-standing Expo Pavilion outside its borders, opened to international acclaim in 2015.

Projects (selection)

2019 Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language School
2018 Archive Library
2015 China Pavilion for EXPO Milano

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LI Chunchao

Marketing Director, NORTHGLASS GROUP, Tianjin

Profile

Mr. Li Chunchao has been engaged in the glass processing industry for nearly 30 years. He has worked in Luoyang Glass Co., Ltd., and TIANJIN NORTHGLASS INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL CO., LTD  and he is engaged in the development of glass processing technology and marketing .

Projects (selection)

2020 to now, China National Convention Center, Beijing
2019 , Beijing speed skating oval , Beijing
2019-now, Shanghai Library,East Hall, Shanghai
2019, Museum of Art PuDong , Shanghai
2019 , Huawei Flagship store, Shenzhen
2015 , Guangzhou Kaihua International Building, Guangzhou

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Stéphane Lasserre

B+H Principal, Design Director, Asia, Singapore

Profile

Stéphane joined B+H in 2005 and has worked in B+H’s Toronto and Shanghai studios prior to taking on his role in establishing the Singapore studio in 2010. Throughout his career, he’s led planning and architecture projects throughout France, Canada, India and Greater Asia. His global experience has allowed him to take a people-first perspective on projects by being responsive to various contexts and cultures. Stéphane works closely with his clients to co-create a vision by participating in early strategic phases and programming to truly understand how experiential design can make a positive impact on the people we design for. His commitments to projects throughout the entire life cycle give him an in-depth understanding of processes and challenges in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector and a nuanced knowledge of how to embed principles of sustainability and resilience into each development. Stéphane’s career includes five years as a research engineer for the group Nemetsheck AG and he has also worked as a software editor for Allplan, Vector works and ArchiCAD. He has contributed to pioneering Information Systems for building construction, building information models (early BIM), cooperative work, remote collaboration, data normalization and data exchange standards (early IFC) and database integration. Stéphane has a passion for understanding how we can best leverage the tools we have at our disposal to ensure strategic, future-forward and inspiring solutions that speak to how spaces can best support people in living their best lives.

Projects (selection)

Under Construction Novotel Quang Binh Hotel & Residence Vietnam
2022 Tuan Chau Island Hotel, Museum & Observation Tower, Vietnam
2019  Next Hotel, Melbourne, Australia

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MENG Yan

Principal Architect and Co-founder, URBANUS Architecture & Design Inc., Shenzhen

Profile

Design Principal and Co-founder of URBANUS Architecture Et Design Inc. Many of MENG Yan's built works have become new landmarks of urban life, won prestigious awards. His works have been exhibited in international architectural exhibitions in New York, Berlin,Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon, Rotterdam Tokyo and other places and have been published in academic journals. MENG Yan's work has long focused on the key issues of China's urban development, including social and cultural issues of rapid
urbanization, high-density urban building typologies, Urban Village regeneration and preservation of historical area. He has led many urban design and research projects. MENG Yan is one of the chief curators for 2017 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism| Architecture (Shenzhen) and the chief curator of the Shenzhen Pavilion in 2010 Shanghai Expo. He was a visiting professor at the School of Architecture in the University of Hong Kong and Syracuse University.

Projects (selection)

Nantou Old Town Preservation and Regeneration
Yuehai Community Culture and Sports Center, Shenzhen 
China Merchants Historical Museum,Shenzhen
Kingway Brewery Renovation, Shenzhen URBANUS

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PEI Linlin

Brand Marketing Director, Harbin Sayyas Windows Stock Co., Ltd, Harbin

Profile

Pei went to Heilongjiang University in 2002 and majored in Journalism and Communications.

She has been engaged in brand management and marketing for more than ten years and successively awarded the “Quality Brand Recommender”, “Passive Architecture Special Committee Contribution Award”, “Integrated Marketing Golden Case in Practices”, “ADMEN International Award · Outstanding Contribution to Contemporary Brand Building for Youths”, etc. She joined Sayyas in 2018 and currently serves as the brand marketing director. Since 2018, she has participated in and guided Sayyas in the China Passive Architecture Summit, Summit on China’s Ultra-low Energy Buildings, Summit on Energy-efficient Buildings in Cold Regions, Zero-energy Buildings in China International Import Expo, Policy Forum on Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality, “Guangzhou Design Week”, “Design Shanghai”, Sino-Finnish Design Forum, and other brand marketing events and delivered speeches for multiple times, enhancing Sayyas’s influence in the ultra-low energy buildings. In 2019, she was invited to attend the International Passive House Conference and the Passive House Conference in Asia, establishing Sayyas’s position in the passive architecture sector worldwide.

Projects (selection)

2021 Construction of new Office Building, Stuttgart, Germany
2020 Port Tower HQ Qingdao
2020 Urban Planning Public Art Center / Pudong
2019 Westbund Art Museum

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Professor. SONG Yehao

Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University Deputy Chief Architect of Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co-founder and principal of SUP Atelier, Beijing

Profile

Song Yehao has been a tenure professor at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University since 2008. He is also deputy chief architect of THAD and cofounder and principal of SUP Atelier. Prof. Song focuses on sustainable theory and design within the scope of architecture, urban studies, and building technology, while highly promoting the combination of modern design and vernacular architecture in China. He is among the leading academic in sustainable architecture in China and key consultant for governments and authorities. Prof. Song also embrace the architectural practice and among his notable projects are Village Lounge of Shangcun (2017), THE-studio (2016), Central Canteen of Tsinghua University (2015), Waterfowl Pavilion of Beijing Zoo (2012) and Changshu Library (2006). His projects have been awarded worldwide, including a.o. the gold medal at ARCASIA Award of Architecture, winner of the engineering prize on the World Architecture Festival, first prize Excellent Design Award of the Ministry of Education in China, “project of the year” Architizer Award.

Projects (selection)

2018 Swirling Cloud The Information Pavilion for BJFU Garden Festival
2017 Village Lounge of Shangcun
2015 Central Canteen and Student Centre of Tsinghua University
2012 Waterfowl Pavilion of Beijing Zoo 2006 Changshu Library

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Owen Yu

Engineering and façade consultant, Shanghai

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Owen Yu joined Drees & Sommer Engineering Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in 2014, in 2017 he became a project partner, and in charge of Drees & Sommer Shanghai façade department in 2020. Over the years, he has been deeply involved in the field of engineering consulting, and he has a very good innovative concept and engineering spirit, and actively promotes the development and application of sustainable concepts and circular economy design principles in the façade design. Participated in the "Technical code for double-skin façade engineering" compiled by the Beijing decoration industry association in 2018, filling the gap in the domestic building decoration industry standards. Pay close attention to the relationship between cities and people, and actively explore the future development direction of the industry and advocate that design should follow the principles of sustainability, energy saving and environmental protection, and be applied to current design practices.

Projects (selection)

2021 Construction of new Office Building, Stuttgart, Germany
2020 Port Tower HQ Qingdao
2020 Urban Planning Public Art Center / Pudong 
2019 Westbund Art Museum

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Hasan A. Syed

Principal, Design Director, Gensler, Shanghai

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Hasan brings design leadership to a wide range of architectural and research-driven projects. He believes that design should combine aesthetics and elegance driven from performance and human emotional connection inspiring life, work and innovation. As a Principal Design Director in our Shanghai office, Hasan promotes a culture of design exploration and the open exchange of new ideas and is responsible for advancing each project’s design approach. To his role as a Firmwide Leader of Gensler’s Commercial Office Building Developers Practice, Hasan brings nearly thirty years of experience in concept design and project development. Hasan has assembled a portfolio that includes the design and planning of large-scale high-rise towers, office buildings, mixed-use developments, cultural projects.

Projects (selection)

2018 One Museum Place
2017 Johnson Controls Headquarters Asia Pacific
2015 Shanghai Tower

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Magdalene Weiss

Executive Partner, gmp, Shanghai

Profile

Magdalene Weiss has been in charge of gmp’s Shanghai office since 2004 and is a partner since 2021. She studied architecture in Stuttgart and Kassel and joined gmp in 1997. Over the years Magdalene led the design of a number of prestigious projects in China, including the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, the Suzhou Sports Park, the Changzhou Cultural Center, the Caohejing Xinzhou Mansion and the Poly Greenland Plaza in Shanghai. Aside of signature building designs Magdalene has also been responsible for several large-scale urban planning projects, including Zhangjiang Science City, Lingang Special Area and Xuhui West Bund according to holistic sustainable design principles.

Projects (selection)

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, China | 2008-2011
Suzhou Olympic Sports Center, Suzhou, China | 2012–2018
Caohejing Xinzhou Mansion, Shanghai, China | 2011-2017
Changzhou Culture Plaza, Changzhou, China | 2012–2020
Poly Greenland Plaza, Shanghai, China | 2012–2018
Suzhou Library phase II, China | 2014–2019

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Professor. ZHANG Hong

Head, Institute of Builiding Technology and Science, South East University (SEU), Nanjing

Profile

Zhang Hong is the registered architect at the national 1st level, the professor in the School of Architecture of Southeast University, director of the Institute of Building Technology and Science of Southeast University, director of the BIM-CIM Technology Research Center of Southeast University, director of the Institute of Industrialized Housing and Building Industry of Southeast University, and director of Southeast University Architectural Design and Research Institute Co. And he is also the director of Technical Expert Committee of China Survey and Design Association Building Industrialization Branch, the deputy director of Habitat Committee of China Real Estate Association, and the standing member of Expert Committee of Jiangsu Province Construction Industry Modernization Innovation Union.