Dezeen promotion: this year's Beijing Design Week features installations, design exhibitions and pop-ups focused on the redevelopment of China's urban environment.
The annual Beijing Design Week takes place across iconic areas, districts and commercial venues in the Chinese capital until 7 October 2016.
It includes five exhibition areas, lectures by designers and industry professionals, and a series of design markets.
Called Dashilar Pilots, the project showcases design solutions for the city's hutong neighbourhoods, including multimedia performances
The Design Hop programme returns to the creative quarters of 751 D-Park and the Dashilar historic district.
The Dashilar Pilots project showcases design solutions for the hutong built environment, focusing on the rediscovery of the artisanal practices and visions for its communal spaces. There is also eight thematic pavilions at the Beijing Fun zone, which are open to the public for the first time.
The industrial 751 D Park hosts Seoul ? the guest city for this year's event. For the first time in Beijing, Dutch designer Daan Roosegarde presents his Smog Free Tower, which aims to rid cities of pollution.
The projects aim to rediscover artisanal practices and visions for the hutong communal spaces
The Baitasi Remade project returns to the historic zone of Baitasi, aiming to create facilities that can be implemented following Beijing Design Week.
A series of courtyard renovations by architects Zhang Ke, Xu T...