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As part of the celebrations for the 15th anniversary of Aedas in mainland China, Aedas opened an exhibition themed ‘City Icons’ yesterday (14 November 2017) at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) of Tongji University, Shanghai, China, showcasing how Aedas projects have combined global expertise, local knowledge and unbound creativity to take up our cultural and social responsibility to pass on the irreplaceable cultural, historical, social and human values over our hands to create timeless architecture.
The opening day also saw two guest lectures delivered by Aedas’ Global Design Principal and Chairman Keith Griffiths and Global Design Principal Ken Wai. In his lecture ‘Cultural Responsibility of Super High-rise’, Keith discussed the importance of embedding buildings in their relevant cultures, events and history to create city icons that are not only unique and memorable in shape and form but also truly represent the cities; while Ken shared his experience as an ‘Idea Detective’ to explore and identify the real needs of clients.
Earlier this year, Aedas announced the establishment of Aedas-Tongji University Architectural Scholarships to encourage creative thinking. “Aedas is proud to collaborate with the CAUP of Tongji University in sparkling new visionary and creative ideas,” said Keith. The exhibition, running from 14 to 24 November 2017, features the projects of the scholarship recipients as well.
Last year Aedas also set up the Aedas-Tsinghua Innovation Fund for the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
About Aedas
Aedas is the world’s only local and global architecture and design practice driven by global sharing of research, local knowledge and international practice. Our 1,400 creative minds with design studios across the globe create world-class design solutions with deep social and cultural understanding of the communities we design for. We create world-class design solutions that are tailored to the needs of cities and communities around the world.
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