“Master Forum”starts –CUI Kai: Theory and practice of local design
 
time: 2016-11-14

In the afternoon of November 10, 2016, the “Master Forum” which was planned by School of Architecture, South China University of Technology (SCUT) started. The International lecture hall of LI WU Building was full of audiences, waiting Academician of China Engineering Academy, Mr. CUI kai to release the lecture on “Theory and practice of local design”

Academician CUI explained the views of environmental, cultural, urban, construction and local in local design through ten wonderful cases. In his long-term design practices, he extracted out “local design” thinking, which means the design should be base on the nature and humanity environment, drawing influence from the local environment and seeking ways to solve the problem. He advocated a return to rational thinking, against the exaggerated form of formalism and to follow the trend. His “local design” pays more attention to the external, stresses that the external factors to the conditions of the factors on the building itself, try to make architectures a specific regional response to change, which is one of representative ways of thinking in contemporary Chinese architectural design.

The “Master Forum” tried to use a webcast, nearly 3,000 people in the network simultaneously to watch the speech, which is an interesting attempt for the professional and public discussion. In particular, Academician Cui answered the questions raised by students who were watching live broadcast, encouraged them to pay more attention to the society and accumulate more. In the stage of more rational society, we should pay more attention to fair democracy and care for vulnerable groups. In this context, the architect should identify their own position and form their own values.

The “Master Forum” is an important activity planned by School of Architecture, SCUT, hoping that from the historical responsibility of their own to social and professional development, to bring together the elite of design and academic in South China to explore how to form industry cohesion in the open market environment, to form new creative values, and to think about how to promote the development of architectural culture, and with the world parallel, common forward. After the lecture from Academician CUI, Academician HE Jingtang, Academician MENG Jianmin, Professor WU Zhiqiang, Professor MEI Hongyuan and Architect Master ZHOU Kai will give lectures successively.