Poetic Imaginations
Interweaving Architecture With Traditional Values
On the occasion of the opening of the Aedes exhibition Poetic Imaginations by Studio Zhu Pei, Beijing, Martino Stierli, MoMA’s Chief Curator for Architecture and Design, will engage Zhu Pei in a conversation about how his designs generate an intrinsic connection between architecture and local culture, geography and nature.
Imperial Kiln Museum, aerial view, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, CN; Studio Zhu Pei © Tian Fangfang
Date: Friday, 16 February 2024, 17:00
Place: Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Christinenstr. 18–19, 10119 Berlin
Introduction
While the built environment in China has undergone rapid transformation, architect Zhu Pei has reflected on historical-philosophical ideas of harmony between people and nature and weaving traditional architectural knowledge into contemporary spatial solutions. In his design guidelines, he takes recourse to traditional and regional building concepts that emphasize the relationship to the environment and simultaneously take into account contemporary requirements and cultural expectations.
Programme
Welcome
Hans-Jürgen Commerell_Director ANCB Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin
Introduction
Eduard Kögel_Urban Planner and Curator, Berlin
Lecture
Zhu Pei_Studio Zhu Pei, Beijing
Talk
Zhu Pei_Studio Zhu Pei, Beijing
Martino Stierli_Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Followed by the public exhibition opening Poetic Imaginations – Interweaving Architecture With Traditional Values at Aedes Architecture Forum.
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About the Exhibition
The Beijing-based Studio Zhu Pei translates traditional values of building culture into a contemporary and poetic architectural language. It places particular emphasis on the appreciation of nature as well as the cultural and social aspects of the community. Poetic Imaginations explores Zhu Pei’s masterful handling of ‘collective historical experience’, topography, function and contemporary context of a location. The exhibition at Aedes presents six representative cultural buildings from the studio’s oeuvre which, despite their different functions and surroundings, are related to one another by characteristic structures, materials and architectural forms. Based on impressively crafted architectural models, sketches, documentary films and publications, the process of creating these examples is presented in greater depth. More information
Exhibition
17 February – 27 March 2024
Opening hours
Mon 1–5pm
Tue–Fri 11am–6.30pm
Sun and public holidays 1–5pm
Sat, 17 February 2024, 1–5pm
