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19/03/2026
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These seemingly opposing truths coexist, mirroring the rhythms of the natural world. Seasons shift and environments adapt, yet underlying patterns endure. This tension between change and continuity un ...
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What is 'coral-like growth'? In our practice, says Slow Coral principal Jinglei Xu, it represents an organic, incremental, and sustainable design strategy. He systematically outlines the practice’s ev ...
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This session will explore how circular design can act as a powerful driver of upstream innovation, transforming value chains and building resilient, future-ready industries. It draws on the Ellen MacA ...
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Zaha Hadid Architects has always been inspired by Nature and the evolution of the dynamic relationships that shape the world we live in today. The practice rejoices in promoting Zaha's original commit ...
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‘We explore how contemporary architecture engages with the relationship between nature and the artificial within the context of the Chinese conception of shan–shui (mountains and waters),’ says Meng F ...
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Sun Tower is an oceanfront public cultural facility in Yantai Yeda Development Zone, featuring outdoor theater, digital exhibition spaces, library, café and bar. Atop the summit is a unique semi-outdo ...
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The lecture will share over a dozen projects built by Wiki World around the globe in the past decade. It will discuss how thousands of families and children have been guided to reconnect with nature a ...
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Studio Qi’s work is generated predominantly in response to the natural world, landcape and wildlife. Studio principal Shanshan Qi explores and explains two projects: the Lone M Hotel, and the Stray Bi ...
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20/03/2026
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From the three dimensions of "why, what, and how," Prof Zhu explains that the circular economy will play a greater role in China's development in the era of existing assets, and will generate three im ...
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Snøhetta will explore how their designs fundamentally orchestrate human experience through spatial relationships. Moving beyond form and function, Snøhetta frames architecture as the art of in, out, u ...
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A true friend to Design Shanghai’s mission to explore the design connections between east and west, Wu Bin has brought his persuasive blend of traditional visual craft and what he calls ‘Modern Orientalism’ to the three interiors he describes here: his own Anji Retreat, the Wukang Road Retreat and the Meri Poodom Hotel.‘Modern Orientalism’ expresses the humanistic spirit, explores the relationship between human and nature, and integrates art into daily life. It is an engaging design language, a fusion of eastern and western cultures characterized by diverse thinking, drawing inspiration from traditional Chinese culture and art and striking a balance of rationality and sensibility.
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A big moment for Design Shanghai – Louise Yeung, distinguished partner at Foster and Partners, judged to be the world’s most sucessful architectural practice – explores and explains the studio’s appro ...
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As environment and climate continue to change, architecture must re-establish a deeper and more conscious relationship with nature and place. Lori, building engineer and R&D Manager at Mario Cucinella ...
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Renovates concrete ruin to bring pixelated community space to rural china.
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The design of Lanyu Emei Mountain Resort Hotel is rooted in the tranquil philosophy of architecture, transforming a group of abandoned buildings into a dwelling hidden in the mountains and forests—all ...
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The architects advocate integrating clear value concepts into holistic design thinking to deepen insights into the natural and cultural environments of a project. Dongxing Xijian's ‘No. 69 Zhongshan V ...
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This cluster of three pavilions incorporates lighthearted and playful inflatables intended to evoke clouds. Set among the rice fields of Dun'ao Village in Zhejiang Province, the Down in the Clouds pav ...
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Conceived in collaboration with artists Meilin Gao and Gang Xu, the Moon Pavilion project transforms an abandoned greenhouse, drawing from an ancient Chinese verse describing a poet, smiling and intox ...
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21/03/2026
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Michael Pawlyn has been at the forefront of nature-inspired and nature-driven design since his work with Nicholas Grimshaw on the famous Eden Project in the UK more than 20 years ago. Since then his p ...
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1. Passive design is a precise response to the local climate. Songjing organizes natural ventilation by leveraging its natural relationship with the mountainous terrain, while the Thai cliffside villa ...
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1. Conceptual Reconstruction: Moving beyond indicator-driven ‘green building’, we view the building as a ‘sensory device’ for refining and reconstructing natural laws, shifting from ‘technological eco ...
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Amid the global atmosphere of uncertainty, anxiety and technological unease, we assemble a panel of distinguished practitioners who all, in their own way, contribute to optimism and a sense of wellbei ...
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Inspired by Newton's apple tree, this passage elaborates on the inspiration source and ongoing reflections behind the design of DL Atelier.First trick: "Natural Symbols" – to create a certain ritual. ...
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The office, once conceived as a mere instrument of production, now occupies a central position in what we call ‘human ecology’. It is increasingly understood not as a passive shell, but as an active, f ...
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Pujiang Platform, a timber event pavilion and viewing structure embedded into the hills east of Pujiang, southwest of Chengdu, is conceived as an architectural extension of the terrain itself. The pav ...
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Artist and designer Ian Douglas-Jones explains the essence of ‘TRACERIES’, the group show he has co-ordinated for our satellite event ‘Design in the City’, exploring the interplay between light, matte ...
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