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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

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

Work

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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).[22] 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

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  • Yantai Sun Tower[26]
  • Chapel of Sound[27][28]
  • Shanfeng Academy[29]
  • Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School[30]
  • Tank Shanghai[31]
  • Pingshan Performing Arts Center[32]
  • UCCA Dune Art Museum[33]
  • Tsinghua Ocean Center[34]
  • HEX-SYS[35]
  • Mars Case[36]
  • Garden School/Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus[37]
  • Gehua Youth and Cultural Center[38]

References

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  1. ^ "Hu Li". Harvard Graduate School of Design.
  2. ^ Chen, Nora (20 November 2012). "Architect Li Hu, Studio-X Beijing, To Change China's Design Landscape". Jing Daily.
  3. ^ "Li Hu | Architecture | Rice University". Rice.edu.
  4. ^ "China Awards 2010: Linked Hybrid | 2010-05-01". Architectural Record.
  5. ^ "A skyline all their own |Art". China Daily.
  6. ^ Lloyd Smith, Harriet (7 December 2019). "Urbanisms: Steven Holl + Li Hu". Wallpaper.com.
  7. ^ "UCCA Dune Art Museum by OPEN Architecture". Architectural Record.
  8. ^ "OPEN Architecture Wins Competition to Design the Yichang Grand Theatre in China". ArchDaily. 13 April 2023.
  9. ^ philip, stevens I. (25 March 2019). "in shanghai, OPEN transforms aviation fuel tanks into 'containers of culture'". Designboom.
  10. ^ "Pingshan Performing Arts Center / OPEN Architecture". ArchDaily. 21 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Chapel of Sound by OPEN Architecture". Architectural Record.
  12. ^ Russell, Beverly; Maddox, Eva (2015). 50 Under 50:Innovators Of The 21st Century.
  13. ^ Ray, Debika (August 1, 2013). "Future 50: Li Hu". ICON Magazine.
  14. ^ ""Architecture is Hope": A Conversation with Li Hu of OPEN Architecture". ArchDaily. March 11, 2019.
  15. ^ "CONNECT: A Lecture by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, OPEN Architecture - Calendar - AIA New York / Center for Architecture". AIA New York | Center for Architecture. September 9, 2022.
  16. ^ "UCCA Dune Art Museum, Aranya, Hebei, China". Moma.org.
  17. ^ "Chicago Architecture Biennial announces 60+ participants". Bustler.
  18. ^ "Syracuse Architecture Presents Mark Robbins Lecture at NYC's Fisher Center". SU News. 4 February 2019.
  19. ^ "10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition". Dezeen. 2 October 2018.
  20. ^ "china house vision 2018 Archives". Designboom.
  21. ^ "OPEN Questions: Li Hu and Huang Wenjing". soa.syr.edu.
  22. ^ a b Ren, Xiang (3 July 2020). "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. 25 (5): 650–657. doi:10.1080/13602365.2020.1790225. ISSN 1360-2365. S2CID 221468504.
  23. ^ Thorpe, Ellie Stathaki (11 September 2023). "Architecture books to inspire shelf love". Wallpaper.com.
  24. ^ "A Round-Up of New Design Monographs". Architectural Record.
  25. ^ "rizzoli book examines six radical projects by OPEN that reinvent china's cultural landscape". Designboom. April 15, 2022.
  26. ^ "Open Architecture reveals design for Sun Tower in China". Dezeen. February 27, 2022.
  27. ^ "Chapel of Sound in China is given a "science-fiction vibe" in new video". Dezeen. August 8, 2022.
  28. ^ "Design Dispatch: August 10, 2022". archive.surfacemedia.com.
  29. ^ "Shanfeng Academy / OPEN Architecture". ArchDaily. 10 May 2023.
  30. ^ "Open Architecture designs Shanghai school to be more like a village than a megastructure". Dezeen. May 19, 2021.
  31. ^ "Tank Shanghai by OPEN Architecture". Architectural Record.
  32. ^ "Open Architecture unveils Pingshan Performing Arts Center". Dezeen. July 2, 2020.
  33. ^ "UCCA Dune Art Museum / OPEN Architecture". ArchDaily. December 13, 2018.
  34. ^ "Open Architecture: Tsinghua Ocean Center Shenzhen Cina | Floornature". Floornature.com.
  35. ^ "Open Architecture develops reconfigurable construction system". Dezeen. 16 November 2015.
  36. ^ stevens I., philip (5 October 2018). "life on mars? OPEN architecture conceives minimal housing prototype for the red planet". Designboom.
  37. ^ "Garden School / Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus by OPEN Architecture | Schools". Architonic.
  38. ^ "Gehua Youth and Cultural Center / Open Architecture". ArchDaily. October 1, 2012.
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