The exhibition brings together two masters in urban design from Spain and China to exchange the ideology and practices of urban ecologies in China and worldwide. Vicente Guallart and Yu Kongjian will maintain a dialogue about their concept of design, the urban planning and their integration in a growth model that minimizes the environmental impact.

This exposition will take part of the Beijing Design Week. It will open on September 27 at 18h30 with the presence of Vicent Guallart, extending until December 2.

The modernity of the early twentieth century was an explosion of ideas that provided new horizons to architecture and its use of materials and sculptural forms. Although some trends developed without practically any contact with the nature, many architects began to worry about how the new architecture could create a symbiosis with nature. Thus was born sustainable architecture.

Vicente Guallart and Yu Kongjian are part of this contemporary and essential way to conceive the design. Both founded their own advanced education program to use education as research and innovation engine to the projects to bring positive impacts to the city making.

Vicente Guallart is founder and principal of Guallart Architects, founder of IAAC (Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia) and former chief architect of Barcelona

Yu Kongjian is founder and principal of Turenscape, Dean of School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University.

Be ready for an intriguing conversation through projects when ecology meets urbanism.