On behalf of Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor and the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, we invite you to join us for an exclusive design event marking the opening of the Penn Wharton China Center in Beijing. On Friday, September 11, PennDesign will celebrate the opening of Duration: An Investigation on Architecture Practice in China, followed by an active panel discussion, China Architecture: Past, Present, and Future--A Conversation with Dean Taylor and Design Leaders.
Friday, September 11, 2015 2:00PM | Opening of Duration: An Investigation on Architecture Practice in China 2:30PM | China Architecture: Past, Present, and Future (A Conversation with Dean Taylor and Design Leaders) 3:30PM | Reception
Penn Wharton China Center World Financial Center West Building, 16F No.1 East Third Ring Middle Road Chaoyang District Beijing, 100020, China
Curated by the Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Professor Ali Rahim and Associate Professor Stefan Al, Duration higlights the changes in societal influences and the development of Chinese architecture. The exhibition--where past, present, and future come together--will allow viewers the opportunity to critically engage with the tensions that lie beneath architecture practice in China.