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13:00-13:20 Ticket pick-up at the reception desk (for UCCA members who RSVPed)

13:20-13:50 Exclusive UCCA members-only guided tour

13:30-14:00 Ticket distribution at the reception desk (for UCCA members who didn’t RSVP and non-members)

14:00-16:00 Conversation

*Please arrive promptly.

Wang Shuo (Founding Partner of META-Project and META-Research)

Wang Shuo received his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing and Rice University respectively. He has practiced extensively in New York, Rotterdam and Beijing in the field of architecture and urbanism research. He had worked for OMA on various large scale projects including RAK Gateway City (2009 Cityscape and International Business Award), and Interlace in Singapore (Urban Habitat Award). In 2007 Wang Shuo co-founded META-Project and META-Research, a duo parallel contemporary urban culture platform, to carry on continuous and in-depth research regarding Chinese urban development, and bridge design and research with interdisciplinary collaboration.

James Shen (Co-founder of People’s Architecture)

James Shen is a product designer and architect. He is a founding partner of Beijing-based People’s Architecture Office and People’s Industrial Design Office, Visiting Professor at MIT, and a Harvard Loeb Fellow. People’s Architecture Office is a certified B Corporation, focusing on social impact through design. Award winning projects such as the Courtyard House Plugin, the People’s Canopy, and the Tricycle House speak to an interest in informal urbanism and a unique multidisciplinary approach to engaging in urban regeneration. James’s works have been shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam International Architecture Biennale, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and have been exhibited in cities including New York, London, Milan, Seoul, and Hong Kong.

Matt Hope (Artist)

Matt Hope was born in 1976 in London. He studied at Chelsea School of Art, received his BFA at the Winchester School of Art, and later earned his MFA at University of California. When he relocated to China in 2008, he became inspired by the local natural and social environment. Having discovered numerous and affluent production materials and components in Chinese market, Hope created a series of kinetic and sound installation, such as the “Tower series", "People's power station," and the "Breathing Bike.” In the meantime, Hope has also created a group of large scale granite sculptures and the stainless steel installation “Tool Series,” among others.

Lulu Li (Designer, Co-founder of Interactive Beijing)

Lulu Li is an active practitioner in the fields of art, interactive design, research, curatorial practice, and entrepreneurship. Both her personal and studio works have won numerous awards from TOCA ME, GAM awards, Red Dot, and IF awards. Her personal design work series "the lightning babe" solidified her reputation in the Chinese design scene in 2007. Her artwork "Where r u..." is installed in the K11 Shanghai building facade as part of their permanent collection. In 2013 she ran Beijing based social innovation platform Interactive Beijing, and her program "Our A!r" aimed to fight the air pollution crisis. Her pilot project "Eco Air Bubble" upgraded public gym machines to create human-powered fresh air sanctuaries, and the project won her Germany's Green Product Award with innovative thinking in 2015. In 2016, Li’s “City as Museum” VR project exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2016, she participated in both the curation and research for the inaugural "Beijing Media Art Biennale - Ethics of Technology".

DESIGN H(ij)ACK is a design summer program situated in Beijing, introducing students to the concept of “Design H(ij)ack”. While “hack” has been widely used to describe the destructive behavior of anarchist activism, “hijack” is intended to interrupt the original continuity of an ongoing process, and divert it towards its (hijacker’s) own desired course or purpose. The program proposes to merge these two phenomena. Parallel to the design program, “DESIGN H(ij)ACK” is hosting a series of thematic lectures on art and architecture delivered by international masters and local art & design practitioners, while simultaneously also offering trips to major culture sites and production factories.