Design Shanghai 2025 Global Design Conference Schedule

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Global Design Conference Introduction

11:00 – 11:15

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director
The New Urbanism and the Natural World

11:30 – 12:15

Changrui FU, Associate Partner, MAD
The New Urbanism and A Redefined Community

12:15 – 13:00
Panel Discussion: Country and City, Country in City

13:00 – 13:45

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director

Changrui FU, Associate Partner, MAD

Bai LI, Founding Partner and Lead Architect, Architecte D.E.

He BAI, Founder, Xian Architects

Yanshi WANG, Founder, Xian Architects
Wellbeing, Luxury and Sustainability Home from Home - Urban and Rural

15:45 – 16:30

Wendy Saunders, Co-Founder & Principal Architect, AIM ARCHITECTURE

Vincent de Graaf, Co-Founder & Principal Architect, AIM ARCHITECTURE
Lunch Break

13:45 – 14:30
Panel Discussion: Public, Private, Rural and Urban Communities

16:30 – 17:15

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director

Craig Miller, Partner and Project Leader, Heatherwick Studio
The Bookshop as a Personal Space - as a Cathedral, as a Country retreat, as a Piece of History

15:00 – 15:45

Li HUA, Founder, Principal Architect, TAO(Trace Architecture Office)

Xiang LI, Founder & CEO, X+Living

Global Design Conference Introduction

10:30 – 10:45

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director
Workplaces for a Different Social Vision: Hub for Social Entrepreneurship and Activism

11:15 – 12:00
Lunch Break

13:30 – 14:15
Homage to Ceramic Tradition

14:45 – 15:15
Sitting Reading Under a Tree: A New Vision for Libraries

15:15 – 15:45

Robert Greenwood, Partner, Director for Asia Pacific, Snøhetta
Cultural Hubs: Classicism, Tradition, Modernity and Legacy

15:45 – 16:30

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director

Yun LU, Founder/ Principal Architect, MUDA-Architects

Xuewan YANG, Founder, Aurora Design
Civic responsibility plus the "Greenest Building in the City"

12:00 – 12:45

Satoshi Ohashi, Director (China), Zaha Hadid Architects
Panel Discussion: Infrastructure, Legacy and Nature

12:45 – 13:30

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director

Paul Priestman, Chairman and Creative Director, PULI innovation

Ole Scheeren, Chief designer, Buro Ole Scheeren

Global Design Conference Introduction

10:30 – 10:45

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director
Materials, Craft, Art, Culture

11:15 – 11:45

Yan WANG, Partner and Chief Architect, GOA
RETAIL: Responsive Buildings: Humanity & Technology

11:45 – 12:15

Mo ZHENG, Founder and Chief Architect, AntiStatics; Lecturer, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Lunch Break

13:45 – 14:30
Panel Discussion: Tech, Nature and Art

13:00 – 13:45

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director
Panel Discussion: Joyful Architecture, Tech, Nature and Art

12:15 – 13:00

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director

Craig Miller, Partner and Project Leader, Heatherwick Studio
Serenity 2: With Technology: A CNC Machined Pavilion Modelled on Birds' Nests and Eggshells

15:45 – 16:15
Panel Discussion: Designing the Inner Space - Art & Community

16:15 – 17:00

Aidan Walker, Design Shanghai Forum Programme Director

Weishi WANG, Founder and Lead Architect, CocoonStudio
Serenity 1: A Circular Skylight Illuminates a Cave-like Meditation Space

15:15 – 15:45
Contemplation, Calm, Serenity, Inner Space, Redesigning Design, Redesigning Ourselves

14:30 – 14:45