National Building Museum
 

Spotlight on Design: Neri&Hu

Date:
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Time:
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location:
National Building Museum

In-person Program

Neri&Hu_Aryanya Art


How does design embody collective longing, constructing and revealing relationships between places, cultural history, and public memory? 

Neri&Hu’s interdisciplinary design practice exemplifies architecture’s potential for cultural preservation and poetic place-making. Founded in Shanghai in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, their research-based projects range from master planning and architecture to interior and product design, capturing the collective imagination amidst rapid development and disappearing cultural contexts. 

Neri&Hu’s lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with the 1882 Foundation’s Asian American Historic Context Study for Washington D.C. The Historic Context Studies document the places and spaces of significance for Asian American historical experiences. Joining in conversation with Michelle Magalong, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Historic Preservation program and President, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP), and moderated by Jenn Low, landscape architect and Design Director at Openbox, the panel will explore how community storytellers, historians, and architects can collaborate to illuminate public histories, particularly in places of cultural significance.

$10 Museum Member | Free Student | $15 Non-member 

Program Schedule:
Doors Open (G Street) at 5:30pm
Program Starts at 6:00pm
Light reception with wine & charcuterie from 7:30 - 8:00pm

This course qualifies for 1.5 AIA CEUs.

For complimentary media access, please contact Karen Baratz, Baratz Communications. 

This program is made possible through a grant from the Apgar Fund for Excellence in the Built Environment. 

Spotlight on Design is generously supported by the Anthony and Keiko Greenberg Foundation.

Image: Aranya Art Center, photographed by Pedro Pegenaute

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