Ai Wei Wei

Peking University - Graduate Center of Architecture

A project for each icon. A district of the city for each project. Select an icon and make up your own itinerary for exploring the city.

Peking University - Graduate Center of Architecture

A project for each icon. A district of the city for each project. Select an icon and make up your own itinerary for exploring the city.

He Huishan

STREET RULER. Applying principles of perspective, the system identifies the ideal dimensions of a street in relation to the height of the surrounding buildings.

Su Liheng

BIRD’S EYE. The instrument presented here permits an all-encompassing gaze of the city, widening the viewers' horizon to a point of having a bird's eye-view of the cityscape.

Su Liheng

BIRD’S EYE. The instrument presented here permits an all-encompassing gaze of the city, widening the viewers' horizon to a point of having a bird's eye-view of the cityscape.

Wang Xin

BLINDFOLD CITY. Pictures of the shadows cast by motor vehicles, fences, billboards and bridges familiarise the viewer with the idea of urban growth and change.

Wang Xin

BLINDFOLD CITY. Pictures of the shadows cast by motor vehicles, fences, billboards and bridges familiarise the viewer with the idea of urban growth and change.

Qiu Yukui

ADJUSTABLE SCALE. An instrument in the form of a grid is used to measure various objects in and around the city, taking as a base parameter the average height of a human body (ca 170 cm).

Qiu Yukui

ADJUSTABLE SCALE. An instrument in the form of a grid is used to measure various objects in and around the city, taking as a base parameter the average height of a human body (ca 170 cm).

Wu Hongde

DENSITY XEROXING ARMOR. Donning a special suit of armour made of a layer of carbon-copy paper, the knight keeps a record of the number of persons with whom he comes in contact at the various stations of the subway.

Wu Hongde

DENSITY XEROXING ARMOR. Donning a special suit of armour made of a layer of carbon-copy paper, the knight keeps a record of the number of persons with whom he comes in contact at the various stations of the subway.

Zhao Xiaoyu

SEPARATION OF ROAD AND INTERFACE. Thanks to a special instrument, visual continuity is re-established by an image that shows what stands both in front of the viewer and behind the viewer's back.

Zhao Xiaoyu

SEPARATION OF ROAD AND INTERFACE. Thanks to a special instrument, visual continuity is re-established by an image that shows what stands both in front of the viewer and behind the viewer's back.

Peking University - Graduate Center of Architecture

Feng Guochuan

FOLDING STREET. Roads in Beijing are so wide as to inhibit a comprehensive view of the city. Thanks to the instrument presented here, cleverly positioned mirrors permit to narrow the perspectives of either side of the road and to start seeing the city from a different angle.

Feng Guochuan

FOLDING STREET. Roads in Beijing are so wide as to inhibit a comprehensive view of the city. Thanks to the instrument presented here, cleverly positioned mirrors permit to narrow the perspectives of either side of the road and to start seeing the city from a different angle.

Li Ning

FILTRATING CITY. A number of mirror-mounted devices are cleverly positioned to create an illusion that relieves the sense of anguish caused by city streets, far too wide for a pedestrian to feel safe to cross.

Li Ning

FILTRATING CITY. A number of mirror-mounted devices are cleverly positioned to create an illusion that relieves the sense of anguish caused by city streets, far too wide for a pedestrian to feel safe to cross.

Guo Fu

MAG CITY. Images of imaginary buildings and structures are overlaid on existing ones, offering a preview of possible future urban scenarios.

Guo Fu

MAG CITY. Images of imaginary buildings and structures are overlaid on existing ones, offering a preview of possible future urban scenarios.

He Huishan

STREET RULER. Applying principles of perspective, the system identifies the ideal dimensions of a street in relation to the height of the surrounding buildings.

Li Jinghui

NARROWED LENS. Colour filters fitted before the camera lens are used to highlight several aspects of a shot, downplaying others of little interest.

Li Jinghui

NARROWED LENS. Colour filters fitted before the camera lens are used to highlight several aspects of a shot, downplaying others of little interest.

Hu Gang

OBSTRUCT. A number of cards for setting up before a camera lens permit the viewer to make up different views of the city by inserting trees, signs, signals, architectural features, and so on in the picture...

Hu Gang

OBSTRUCT. A number of cards for setting up before a camera lens permit the viewer to make up different views of the city by inserting trees, signs, signals, architectural features, and so on in the picture...

Cheng Guiping

SCALE MEASURE. The measurement system adopted here intends turning two spatial dimensions, namely width and height, into a plane so as to best analyse the spatial characteristics of a given location.

Cheng Guiping

SCALE MEASURE. The measurement system adopted here intends turning two spatial dimensions, namely width and height, into a plane so as to best analyse the spatial characteristics of a given location.

Wang Peng

WALKING CITY. The instrument presented here permits to measure out a city according to the walkers pace, rendering measurements through pictures of the city taken during the stroll.

Wang Peng

WALKING CITY. The instrument presented here permits to measure out a city according to the walkers pace, rendering measurements through pictures of the city taken during the stroll.

Peking University - Graduate Center of Architecture