Aedes Architecture Forum Zhang Ke, Beijing Exhibition 2021, Germany Design Show News
Zhang Ke, Beijing at Aedes Architecture Forum
14 May 2021
Zhang Ke, Beijing

Exhibition: 29 May ? 8 July 2021

Venue: Aedes Architecture Forum, Christinenstr. 18?19, 10119 Berlin

Opening Hours: Tue?Fri 11am?6.30pm, Sun?Mon 1?5pm and Sat, 29 May 2021, 1?5pm
Zhang Ke, Beijing Exhibition at Aedes Architecture Forum

Micro Yuan?er Children?s Library and Art Centre, Beijing © ZAO/standardarchitecture, Su Shengliang
Zhang Ke uses the concept of metabolism to describe his work with hutongs, the historically significant courtyard houses typical of Beijing. He thus adheres to the idea of transferring the organic lifecycle of birth, growth and renewal to urban development and architecture. For transformative adaptations of the hutongs to contemporary uses, the architect has received the Aga Khan Award and the Alvar Aalto Medal. In addition to the hutong projects, the exhibition also demonstrates Zhang Ke?s great creative independence with projects such as the Xiao Feng Art Museum in Hangzhou, the Aranya Outdoor Theatre at the Great Wall of China. The office building for the Novartis Campus in Shanghai, completed in 2016, and the strong design for the Exilmuseum Berlin also show a deep intercultural sensitivity, reflecting Zhang Ke?s studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing and his training and teaching work at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Aranya Outdoor Theatre at the Great Wall © ZA...