As one of the most influential thinkers and educators of Architecture in the 20 th century, John Hejduk (1929-2000) represents both the realism and idealism prevalent in the discipline from the 60s to the 80s. He explored a myriad of architectural ideas through radical and thought-provoking drawings and design proposals. When peer architects focused on the medium of building, Hejduk claimed “architecture doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the final form of a complete building.” He never embraced market econ
John Hejduk: Double Poetics , the first exhibition on Hejduk’s work in China, will revisit his selected drawings and models from Formalism to Architectural Pessimism. The exhibition is a response to today’s Architecture, dictated by market and media, and an urgent call for rekindling the spirit of idealism, so that architecture can be once more autonomous in the way we think and in the way we work.
The exhibition is composed of two categories of contents: original work and inspired work. Hejduk’s original work includes original artifacts, such as drawings, physical models, and photographs of original work. Inspired work includes projects in search of the understanding of Hejduk’s idealism, such as analytical drawings, 1:1 scale installation, physical models, as well as John Hejduk: Building Worlds by Michael Blackwood Productions.