Li Hu (architect) explained

Li Hu is a Chinese architect and professor. He is the founding partner of OPEN Architecture, Kenzo Tange Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design,[1] visiting professor at the Tsinghua University in Beijing and China Central Academy of Fine Arts, former partner of Steven Holl Architects, and director of Columbia University GSAPP's Studio-X Beijing.[2]

Education

Hu received his B. Arch. from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1996 and his M. Arch. from Rice University in 1998.[3]

Work

While working at Steven Holl Architects as a partner, Li Hu played a key role in the creation of several notable buildings. These include the Linked Hybrid in Beijing,[4] the Vanke Center in Shenzhen,[5] Raffles City in Chengdu, and the Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing.[6]

In 2010, Li Hu left Steven Holl Architects to focus on his own practice, OPEN Architecture, which he co-founded with Huang Wenjing in 2006 in New York City. OPEN Architecture is a collaborative studio that explores new architectural possibilities in the context of contemporary China and beyond. Some of the firm's notable projects include Garden School/Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus, the Gehua Youth and Cultural Center, the UCCA Dune Art Museum,[7] Yichang Grand Theatre,[8] the Tank Shanghai art complex,[9] Pingshan Performing Arts Center,[10] and the Chapel of Sound.[11]

Li Hu has been the recipient of “50 under 50: Innovators of the 21st Century” [12] and ICON Magazine's “Future 50”[13]

Li Hu is often invited to speak at global academic conferences and universities. Additionally, he regularly serves as a jury member and curator for various international design competitions and exhibitions.[14] [15]

His work UCCA Dune Art Museum has been collected by Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.[16]

Li Hu has also participated in the Venice Biennale China Pavilion in 2021 and 2014, the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2015,[17] the “Soul of the City” in Verona, Italy in 2017,[18] and the China House Vision in 2018.[19] [20]

Li Hu and Huang Wenjing co-authored three books titled OPEN Questions (2018),[21] Towards Openness (2018)[22] and OPEN Reaction (2015). Catherine Shaw authored the book Reinventing Cultural Architecture: A Radical Vision by OPEN which was published by Rizzoli in 2022.[23] [24] [25]

Selected projects

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hu Li . Harvard Graduate School of Design.
  2. Web site: Chen . Nora . Architect Li Hu, Studio-X Beijing, To Change China's Design Landscape . Jing Daily . en . 20 November 2012.
  3. Web site: Li Hu | Architecture | Rice University. Rice.edu.
  4. Web site: China Awards 2010: Linked Hybrid 2010-05-01 . Architectural Record . en.
  5. Web site: A skyline all their own Art . China Daily.
  6. Web site: Lloyd Smith . Harriet . Urbanisms: Steven Holl + Li Hu . Wallpaper.com . en . 7 December 2019.
  7. Web site: UCCA Dune Art Museum by OPEN Architecture . Architectural Record . en.
  8. Web site: OPEN Architecture Wins Competition to Design the Yichang Grand Theatre in China . ArchDaily . 13 April 2023.
  9. Web site: philip . stevens I. . in shanghai, OPEN transforms aviation fuel tanks into 'containers of culture' . Designboom . en . 25 March 2019.
  10. Web site: Pingshan Performing Arts Center / OPEN Architecture . ArchDaily . 21 September 2020.
  11. Web site: Chapel of Sound by OPEN Architecture . Architectural Record . en.
  12. Book: Russell . Beverly . Beverly Russell . Maddox . Eva . Eva Maddox . 2015 . 50 Under 50:Innovators Of The 21st Century .
  13. Web site: Future 50: Li Hu. Debika. Ray. August 1, 2013. ICON Magazine.
  14. Web site: "Architecture is Hope": A Conversation with Li Hu of OPEN Architecture. March 11, 2019. ArchDaily.
  15. Web site: CONNECT: A Lecture by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, OPEN Architecture - Calendar - AIA New York / Center for Architecture. September 9, 2022. AIA New York | Center for Architecture.
  16. Web site: UCCA Dune Art Museum, Aranya, Hebei, China . Moma.org.
  17. Web site: Chicago Architecture Biennial announces 60+ participants . Bustler . en.
  18. Web site: Syracuse Architecture Presents Mark Robbins Lecture at NYC's Fisher Center . SU News. 4 February 2019 .
  19. Web site: 10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition . Dezeen . en . 2 October 2018.
  20. Web site: china house vision 2018 Archives. Designboom.
  21. Web site: OPEN Questions: Li Hu and Huang Wenjing. soa.syr.edu.
  22. Ren . Xiang . Towards openness / OPEN ReAction: Li Hu and Huang Wenjing San Francisco, CA: Applied Research & Design, 2017 ISBN: 9781940743226 $35.00, Pb, pp. 287 . The Journal of Architecture . 3 July 2020 . 25 . 5 . 650–657 . 10.1080/13602365.2020.1790225 . 221468504 . en . 1360-2365.
  23. Web site: Thorpe . Ellie Stathaki . Architecture books to inspire shelf love . Wallpaper.com . en . 11 September 2023.
  24. Web site: A Round-Up of New Design Monographs . Architectural Record . en.
  25. Web site: rizzoli book examines six radical projects by OPEN that reinvent china's cultural landscape. April 15, 2022. Designboom.
  26. Web site: Open Architecture reveals design for Sun Tower in China. February 27, 2022. Dezeen.
  27. Web site: Chapel of Sound in China is given a "science-fiction vibe" in new video. August 8, 2022. Dezeen.
  28. Web site: Design Dispatch: August 10, 2022. archive.surfacemedia.com.
  29. Web site: Shanfeng Academy / OPEN Architecture . ArchDaily . 10 May 2023.
  30. Web site: Open Architecture designs Shanghai school to be more like a village than a megastructure. May 19, 2021. Dezeen.
  31. Web site: Tank Shanghai by OPEN Architecture . Architectural Record . en.
  32. Web site: Open Architecture unveils Pingshan Performing Arts Center. July 2, 2020. Dezeen.
  33. Web site: UCCA Dune Art Museum / OPEN Architecture. December 13, 2018. ArchDaily.
  34. Web site: Open Architecture: Tsinghua Ocean Center Shenzhen Cina | Floornature. Floornature.com.
  35. Web site: Open Architecture develops reconfigurable construction system . Dezeen . en . 16 November 2015.
  36. Web site: stevens I. . philip . life on mars? OPEN architecture conceives minimal housing prototype for the red planet . Designboom . en . 5 October 2018.
  37. Web site: Garden School / Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus by OPEN Architecture | Schools. Architonic.
  38. Web site: Gehua Youth and Cultural Center / Open Architecture. October 1, 2012. ArchDaily.

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