Shirley Surya is Curator for Design and Architecture at M+, Hong Kong. In 2017 she co-organised 'Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium' with the Harvard Graduate School of Design and Hong Kong University Department of Architecture. Aric Chen is the General and Artistic Director of Het Nieuwe Instituut, the Dutch national museum and institute of architecture. From 2012 to 2019 Chen was Lead Curator for Design and Architecture at M+, Hong Kong.
Introduction by Shirley Surya & Aric Chen
1. A Transcultural Foundation
2. Real Estate and Urban Renewal
3. Art & Civic Form
4. Material and Structural Innovation
5. Power, Politics & Patronage
6. Reinterpreting Cultural Rootedness: China, East Asia & Beyond
