The Possibility of Materials - Space Installations Themed Salon

Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 | Salon4, 6.2H

How materials help architects realize beauty, texture and emotion in creative designs?

CADE will continue to work with young curator Mr. Gao Changjun to design special exhibition of the Possibility of Materials - a space installation exhibition showcasing the unique and creative installations designed by the leading architects using selected special materials. Professor Li Xiangning from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University will be the general counsel, and Mr. Gao Changjun will be curator.

Themed as Shelter, the space will be designed by architects including Shui Yanfei, Zang Feng, Meng Fanhao, Liu Kenan and a 5D team using different materials to present different scenarios and creating a spatial aesthetics via  design and materials. Five unique spatial installations with a strong interactive function that allows visitors to probe the projects and experience them in different dimensions. It will be a special experience to explore the infinite possibilities of space and materials.

 Gao Changjun

Shui Yanfei

Zang Feng

Meng Fanhao

Liu Kenan & Zhang Xu

5D Team

概念海报

The concept of posters

效果图

A rendering of the space installation "Material Possibilities"

The Possibility of Materials will be debuted at the space installation section during CADE  (August 3-6, 2023 at National Convention and Exhibition Center Shanghai). The interactive installation allows visitors to understand the project profoundly, experience and touch more dimensions of materials, and explore the infinite possibilities of space and materials.

Instead of using ordinary structural materials most used in engineering practice, the exhibition will select more expressive enclosure materials which are highly recognizable and more flexible to shape the space. Based on the theme Shelter, the architects from five design firms will select one kind of the materials including glass, membrane, stainless steel, ceramic brick and bamboo to compose different shelters with different scenarios.

The Space Installation Exhibition of CADE attempts to re-establish the connections and loop of the pre-feedback. It aims to support material manufacturers to carry out R&D breakthroughs from the design dimension and to allow architects to fully participate in this R&D breakthrough experiment, so that the experiments and innovations with construction materials will become more diversified. One of the basic characteristics of the installation is to emphasize the integrity of the environment and to focus on the interaction between the audience and the project. Focusing on the materials, it may be possible to make the audience have a new look at the traditional or modern architecture.

Beyond Material - Space Installations Themed Salon

Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 | Salon4, 6.2H

 Organizers: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
MMU BAU Fenestration Co., Ltd.

time Topic Guest
10:00 -10:05 Welcome speech

ZHANG Yi

CEO, MMU BAU Fenestration Co.,Ltd.

10:05 -10:10 An Overview of the Exhibition

GAO Changjun

Curator

10:10 -10:30 A Slice of Transparency - Glass Device

SHUI Yanfei

Chief Architect, NATURALBUILD
Master of Architecture, Princeton University, USA
Visiting Professor, School of Architecture, Syracuse University, USA

 

LI Chunchao

Marketing Director, Tianjin NorthGlass Industrial Technology Co.

10:30 -10:50 Roll & Fold - Fabric Unit

ZANG Feng

Founder & one of the Chief Architcs, People's Architecture Office / People's Architecture Products
National Class I Registered Architect
Master of Architecture, Peking University

HUANG Yong

General Manager, SergeFerrari China  

10:50 -11:10 Tornado - Stainless Steel Fixtures

XU Xunjun

Co-founder / Design Director, Supercloud Studio

WANG Zhaodong

General manager, Nanjing Chooshine Technology Group Ltd.

11:10 -11:30 The Brick^N - Brick Device

MENG Fanhao

Co-founder & Chief Architect, Line+ Studio
National Class I Registered Architect, Senior Engineer, Licensed  Architect, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

 

LI Xingchang

China Representative, Wienerberger 

11:30 -11:50 A Could of Bamboo - Bamboo Device

LIU Kenan

Cheif Archtect, Atelier Xuk
Design Instructor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

 

XU Hengsheng

Shanghai Moso New Decoration Material Co. Ltd.