A Structure of Feeling – On a New Generation of Architects in China

Aedes Berlin

On the eve of the opening, participating architects reflect on architecture in a changing China.

Aedes

Twenty-five years ago, Aedes presented TUMU, an exhibition that brought a generation of young independent Chinese architects to international attention for the first time. A Structure of Feeling builds on that legacy, turning its gaze towards a new generation working under changed conditions. The title draws on Raymond Williams’ concept of the ‘structure of feeling’: a shared experience in the process of becoming, which resists straightforward description. The exhibition follows the traces of that shared experience, making them legible through concrete works – as a snapshot of shifting architectural practice.This accompanying talk brings together perspectives on the adaptive reuse of existing structures, the transformation of rural areas and emerging forms of spatial production at a moment when a period of rapid expansion in China is giving way to a more differentiated mode of development. The discussion opens these positions, with their insights and challenges, to a broader international debate.PROGRAMMEWelcome and Introduction Dunya Bouchi, Aedes Berlin Gao Changjun (Kris), Curator, ShanghaiShort presentations<ul><li>Bu Xiaojun &amp; Zhang Yingfan, Atelier Alter Architects, New York/Beijing</li><li>Fan Beilei, genarchitects, Shanghai</li><li>Meng Fanhao, line+ studio, Hangzhou &amp; Shanghai &amp; Hong Kong</li><li>Liu Kenan, Atelier XÜK, Shanghai</li><li>Shui Yanfei, Yanfei Architects, Shanghai</li><li>Qi Shanshan, Studio QI Architects, Hangzhou/New York</li><li>Zhuang Ziyu, BUZZ | Büro Ziyu Zhuang Architects, Beijing/Shanghai/Berlin</li></ul>Discussion<ul><li>Gao Changjun (Kris), Curator, Shanghai</li><li>Erhard An-He Kinzelbach, Founder, KNOWSPACE, Berlin / Professor, Department of Architectural Design and Building Construction, Bochum University of Applied Sciences</li><li>Eduard Kögel, Curator and Urban Planner, Berlin</li><li>Binke Lenhardt, Co-founder and Partner, Crossboundaries, Beijing / Frankfurt a. Main / Professor Sustainable Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund</li><li>Wilfried Wang, President of CICA / Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai</li><li>moderated by Jacopo Benedetti, Assistant Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai / Academic Editor of A Structure of Feeling</li></ul>Followed by a preview of the exhibition A Structure of Feeling and a get-together

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