Designing in Dialogue, Chinese National Museum Beijing Exhibition, Photos, Architect, News

Designing in Dialogue Exhibition Beijing

German Architectural Exhibition – by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners

9 Aug 2013

Designing in Dialogue Exhibition Beijing News

Opening of the touring exhibition in the Chinese National Museum, Beijing

Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners

Touring exhibition from 8 to 25 August in the Chinese National Museum, Beijing “Designing in Dialogue. The Architecture of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners”.

09.08.2013 – The international touring exhibition, “Designing in Dialogue. The architecture of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners”, is hosted by the Chinese National Museum, Beijing, which was converted and extended by gmp Architects. For this purpose, gmp is cooperating with the Chinese architectural magazine UED and Verseidag.

The opening ceremony on 8th of August, which was followed by a symposium, was attended by Meinhard von Gerkan, his partners Nikolaus Goetze, Stephan Schütz and Wu Wei as well as personalities from the Chinese architectural scene and other guests. The exhibition runs until 25th of August.

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The international touring exhibition, “Designing in Dialogue. The architecture of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners”, is hosted by the Chinese National Museum, Beijing, which was converted and extended by gmp Architects. For this purpose, gmp is cooperating with the Chinese architectural magazine UED and Verseidag. The opening ceremony on 8th of August, which was followed by a symposium, was attended by Meinhard von Gerkan, his partners Nikolaus Goetze, Stephan Schütz and Wu Wei as well as personalities from the Chinese architectural scene and other guests. The exhibition runs until 25th of August.

In this exhibition gmp will provide an overview of their oeuvre: sketches and drawings provide an idea of the conceptual thoughts, models present designs in three dimensions and photos document the completed buildings. The exhibited gmp projects are grouped regionally by continent and into the following six categories:

• Variety and uniformity
• Mobility
• Urbanity
• Society and responsibility
• Innovation and identity
• Tradition

These themes cover important fundamental, practical and theoretical aspects of gmp’s work. The grouping provides greater clarity and illustrates the multiplicity of thought needed in the approach to architecture. However, in gmp’s holistic understanding of architecture, this variety always leads to uniformity. In consequence, the “variety and uniformity” pairing is of over-arching importance, whereas “mobility” and “urbanity” can be seen as important aspects of the architectural context of “society and responsibility”. This means that a project grouped in the “innovation and identity” pairing could also be considered under the aspects of “society and responsibility” or “tradition”.

So far, the touring exhibition has been shown in Vietnam, Brazil and Chile. Further dates in China are scheduled.

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• Exhibition opening and symposium: 8 August 2013, 2 pm
• Exhibition period: 8 to 25 August 2013
• Venue: Chinese National Museum, Beijing, Hall S8
• An exhibition catalogue is published for the exhibition

Designing in Dialogue Exhibition images / information from gmp – Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner

von Gerkan, Marg and Partners

Location: Chinese National Museum, Beijing, China