TRANSPLANT: Young Taiwanese Architectural Designer Exhibition

MANIFESTO Transplant Verb 1: to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation 2: to remove from one place or context and settle or introduce elsewhere : relocate 3: to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another Noun 1: the act or process of transplanting The global economy, media and the internet have reshaped our perception of the world from the shifting scales of local to global and the acceleration of life and exchange. We see this phenomenon as an act of transplantation. Cultures, knowledge, ideas, matters and even human beings themselves are constantly being relocated and transferred from one place to another. Everything seems to merge into a collective entity while the multi-transplantation of things and ideas also gestate more and more hybrids that we didn’t foresee in the past. If so, is the world going to be more diverse or homogeneous in the future? We cannot avoid the phenomenon of convergence and divergence that is so ubiquitous in our generation. As architectural designers in the globalized era, we ourselves are in the process of transplantation. We are not only dealing with the fast changing environment around us, but we are also in search of our identity in the chaos. Echoing to World Design Capital Taipei 2016, TRANSPLANT: Young Taiwanese Architectural Designer Exhibition will show the works of a group of architectural designers who have been educated in Taiwan and New York City. This series of projects scaling from global to local, from macro to micro, from material to master planning will create a platform to examine the reflection of globalization on architectural thinking in our generation. Following the opening of the exhibition, a series of presentations will be held in the TECO lobby. The events will include lectures by Michael A. Speaks and Kris Yao, as well as a panel discussion with Jimenez Lai, Jennifer W. Leung, Rosalyne Shieh, Michael A. Speak , and Jenny Wu which will explore the theme of the exhibition, Transplant. INFO & EVENT Opening Lectures and Panel Sunday, October 19, 2013 13:00 Opening 13:30 Keynote presentation by Kris Yao, Hon. FAIA, Founder of Kris Yao ARTECH 15:15 Keynote presentation by Michael A. Speaks, Dean, Syracuse University’s School of Architecture 17:00 Panel Discussion by Jimenez Lai, Jennifer W. Leung, Rosalyne Shieh, Michael A. Speak , and Jenny Wu 19:00-19:30 Reception http://www.tyadenyc.org