This is an art installation OPEN designed for the “Soul of City” Exhibition at Marmomac 2017, which invited designers from seven different countries to collaborate with some of Italy’s finest stone manufacturers and interpret their own understanding of the given theme, using a single building material – natural stone. The exhibition would only last four days, and stone is a rather heavy building material.

This is an exceptional exhibition design, fittingly corresponds to the large-scale group exhibition’s theme: The New Normal.

OPEN’s Exhibition design for the Shanghai Project @ Himalaya Museum   This project is an experiment to break down the spatial barriers from conventional museum structure between the artwork and artwork, and between the art and the public, thus establishing a new kind of relationship between arts, in this case, the Projects, and between the Projects and the Public.

The 14th Venice Biennale, Outdoor Installation of the Chinese Pavilion 

The 14th Venice Biennale, Outdoor Installation of the Chinese Pavilion 

OPEN State is a micro-exhibition about the state of work and thoughts by OPEN Architecture. 16 projects from OPEN’s work of the recent few years are included in this exhibit, some built or will be built, others rejected or speculative, they are presented in the upper and lower lines respectively along the time-line. Each project is intentionally presented with reduced information, focusing on the concept and strategies embedded, the very important yet less tangible aspect in architectural projects.

OPEN State is a micro-exhibition about the state of work and thoughts by OPEN Architecture. 16 projects from OPEN’s work of the recent few years are included in this exhibit, some built or will be built, others rejected or speculative, they are presented in the upper and lower lines respectively along the time-line. Each project is intentionally presented with reduced information, focusing on the concept and strategies embedded, the very important yet less tangible aspect in architectural projects.

As an unavoidable consequence of the global urbanization, cities became a hostile environment for most of its inhabitants. Rather than being a place of communication, appropriation and production, public places are transformed into an arena where people struggle to survive: due to the increasing number of the urban population, it is more and more difficult to provide all the necessary services to everyone.

As an unavoidable consequence of the global urbanization, cities became a hostile environment for most of its inhabitants. Rather than being a place of communication, appropriation and production, public places are transformed into an arena where people struggle to survive: due to the increasing number of the urban population, it is more and more difficult to provide all the necessary services to everyone.

2ND RING 2049 MOBILE THEATER was a Multimedia Installation Project for 2011 Beijing Design Week by OPEN Architecture to showcase one of OPEN’s urban research projects 2ND RING 2049. Two installations were designed and installed at two separated venues.

2ND RING 2049 MOBILE THEATER was a Multimedia Installation Project for 2011 Beijing Design Week by OPEN Architecture to showcase one of OPEN’s urban research projects 2ND RING 2049. Two installations were designed and installed at two separated venues.

We are living in an era of a looming environmental crisis. After 3 decades of unprecedented urban growth in China, we are seeing remarkable prosperity on the surface while facing the worst environmental problems ever seen in history.

We are living in an era of a looming environmental crisis. After 3 decades of unprecedented urban growth in China, we are seeing remarkable prosperity on the surface while facing the worst environmental problems ever seen in history.

This project is adapted for 2009 SZHK biennale from an urban research project titled Red Line Park. It is NOT to be viewed as articulated constructs or designer objects of some sorts, but rather a built sample of a grass root urban initiative which encourages residents of gated communities to participate in the process of gradually turning walled communities into open communities and bringing parks to everyone’s door steps.

This project is adapted for 2009 SZHK biennale from an urban research project titled Red Line Park. It is NOT to be viewed as articulated constructs or designer objects of some sorts, but rather a built sample of a grass root urban initiative which encourages residents of gated communities to participate in the process of gradually turning walled communities into open communities and bringing parks to everyone’s door steps.