Stefano Boeri — known for designing the Vertical Forest typology — was recently appointed as a curator for the 2017 Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, deemed as Shanghai's most relevant architecture, city planning, and public art event. Boeri will work alongside Dr. Li Xiangning, professor and dean’s assistant of Tongji University of Architecture and Urbanism, and international artist, art critic, and curator Fang Zhenning.

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Opening this September at the Huangpu River waterfront, SUSAS' 2017 “Metropolitan Game” theme will focus on “practices of connection and disconnection” in response to the prominence of digital communication and the resulting “metropolitan loneliness” caused by lack of human contact in real life. Stefano Boeri Architetti will design a thematic central installation that will feature a “sequence” of public spaces for visitors to interact.

SUSAS will host various workshops, performances, and exhibitions showcasing design and research projects by notable firms and artists like BIG, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Peter Cook, Heatherwick Studio, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Buren, Francis Kéré, Alejandro Aravena, Snøhetta.