The evolution of architecture and manufacture is the topic of a design forum at CIFF Shanghai, September 8th, 2019
China is running fast, and it doesn’t miss a chance to prove it. CIFF Shanghai, the largest furniture fair in China along with CIFF Guangzhou, is now in its fifth edition, and this year hosts a conference on the future of architecture and industrialization, in the digital age.
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The forum will feature Alvaro Siza, the Portuguese architect who designed the China Design Museum of Bauhaus Collection, in Hangzhou, a building unveiled in 2018, housing the Bauhaus collection of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou (CAA).
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In fact, the China Academy of Art donated itself a design museum to celebrate its 90th anniversary, commissioning the project to Alvaro Siza. The new building is located in the Xiangshan campus at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou; it covers a total area of about 17,000 square meters and houses the exhibition area, an auditorium, a bookshop, as well as several multifunctional rooms and a cafeteria.
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Designed for Humans: From Alvaro Siza’s Modernism into the Digital Future
The forum, ‘Designed for Humans: From Alvaro Siza’s Modernism into the Digital Future’, held at CIFF Shanghai 2019, is organized by CIFF and Aedes Architecture Forum and brings together eight world-renowned architects who will discuss the future of manufacturing in the digital age.
The speakers:
- Alvaro Siza
- Sou Fujimoto
- António Choupina
- Anouk Legendre
- Philip Feng Yuan – teacher Tongji University
- Martha Thorne – secretary of the Pritzker Prize
- Mario Carpo – teacher University College, London
- Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen – teacherRoyal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
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The Camerich pavilion by Alvaro Siza at CIFF Shanghai 2019
In conjunction with the forum, on September 8th, at CIFF Shanghai 2019, Camerich, a Chinese furniture manufacturer, will present the Camerich pavilion, designed by Alvaro Siza, a temporary architecture that can be visited from September 8th to 11th.
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CIFF Shanghai 2019 is held from September 8 to 11 at the National Exhibition & Convention Center in Shanghai Hongqiao. It features over 1,500 exhibitors representing the entire furniture supply chain. The international audience of over 150,000 visitors will find a unique offer of new products and events, which together represent ‘A Paradigm for Global Living‘. [Roberta Mutti]
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