Title & Author:

Towards openness / OPEN ; Li Hu + Huang Wenjing.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publication:

[Shenzhen, China?] : Applied Research + Design, [2017]
©2017

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Introduction by Steven Holl.
Includes bibliographical references.
People and life / Steven Holl -- Towards openness / Li Hu -- Dialogue: Huang Juzheng, Li Hu, Huang Wenjing -- OPEN Architecture / Yehuda Safran -- The school as social condenser / Kenneth Frampton -- Ideas and projects : Youth and Cultural Center ; OPEN city ; Garden school ; OPEN community ; Stepped courtyards ; OPEN system ; HEX-SYS ; OPEN nature ; Vertical campus ; OPEN institution ; Drama box ; OPEN future ; Dialogue by the sea -- Considering distance in the work of OPEN / Lars Lerup -- An enlightenment builder / Qing Feng -- About the future / Li Hu -- OPEN works.

Summary:

Drawn from keen observation of the rapidly changing social economic landscape of China, and using OPEN Architecture's projects as case studies, 'Towards Openness' is a symphony of design ideas. The details of seven built projects are interwoven with six chapters dedicated to stimulating innovative thought, to offer an in-depth examination of OPEN's unique practice and the critical thinking that underlies their work. OPEN's understandings of architecture is summed up in six relatively clear points which, together with their corresponding manifestos, constitute the fundamental attitude and starting point of their practice. The seven built projects can be seen as OPEN's reaction to the broad issues that they encounter, as well as the actions they take to actively engage in the rapid transformation of Chinese society, with unwavering hope for a better future.

ISBN:

9781940743226 (paperback)
1940743222 (paperback)

Subject:

OPEN (Architectural firm) Designs and plans.
OPEN Architecture (Beijing, China)
Architecture China History 21st century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
City planning China.
Architecture Chine Histoire 21e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture History China 21st century.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
City planning.
China.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.
History.

Added entries:

Li, Hu (Architect), author, architect.
Huang, Wenjing (Architect), author, architect.
Holl, Steven, writer of introduction.
OPEN (Architectural firm), architect.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 299681
Call No.: BIB 245834
Status: Available