This is an interview series of The Beijing Urban Architecture Biennale (BUAB) 2020’s pilot exhibition, where 20 internationally renowned architects are invited, including:
Andres Jaque,
Carlo Ratti,
Herman Hertzberger,
Kengo Kuma,
Kenneth Frampton,
Massimilano Fuksas,
Nader Tehrani,
Pascal Flammer,
Patrik Schumacher,
Peter Cook,
Peter Eisenman,
Rafael Moneo,
Rem Koolhaas,
Ricardo Bofill,
Sancho-Madridejos,
Sou Fujimoto,
Toyo Ito,
Thom Mayne,
Thomas Heatherwick,
Winy Maas.
(Names are in alphabetical order.)
The interviews revolve around these 5 questions:
- How should architecture seek a balance between all the complex parameters?
- Is architecture going towards arts in the future? Or technology?
- Where's the boundary of the architecture discipline?
- What kind of city is Beijing?
- What kind of biennial is needed in Beijing?
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About Pascal Flammer
Pascal Flammer is a Swiss architect. He opened his office (Pascal Flammer Architect) in 2005 and has been given the Swiss Art Award, the Weissenhof Architecture Award, and the Best Family House Award. He has taught at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, the GSD at Harvard University, the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam, ETH in Zurich, and Princeton University School of Architecture. Currently, he is a guest professor at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
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About Global Knowledge LeiFeng
Co-organizer of the Beijing International Urban and Architecture Biennial 2020. In charge of nominating and inviting internationally renowned architects to this series, as well as organizing oversees teams to conduct interviews and filming.
An architectural intellectual media initiated by Prof. Rong Zhou of Tsinghua University. A community of more than 300 members from over 50 institutes around the world, committed to knowledge collection. LeiFeng originally means virtuous volunteers in mandarin. Here it represents a group of architecture enthusiasts who dedicate to share their knowledge with a larger community. Knowledge LeiFengs gather and consolidate the latest information and news around the world, to deliver to you the most up-to-date knowledge about architecture and related disciplines.
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