Tuesday, 6 May 2025
6.30 p.m.
The Bawa Space, 42/1 Horton Place, Colombo 07
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Join us in May for a discussion on how gardens inspire architecture with Chinese architect, scholar, and critic Professor Qiuye Jin. The talk will explore how architects and designers, such as Geoffrey Bawa, capture garden-like qualities in built structures and integrate the essence of Western modernism with a sensitivity and spatial understanding unique to the East. Drawing from his research into how the art and gardens of China’s historical elite resonates in contemporary design, Professor Jin will discuss the modern transformation of Chinese architecture and landscape.

Professor Jin credits Bawa’s work as inspiration throughout his research, and has authored multiple papers on Bawa’s legacy, including the recently published Through Bawa’s Garden, a bilingual book in Chinese and English. Professor Jin is based at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (BUCEA). He is also a MIT Research Scholar and author, editor, and translator of several academic books and publications. 

Professional accreditations include: MIT Research Scholar; Tsinghua University Ph.d; Comité International des Critiques d'Architecture (CICA) member; Architectural Society of China member; Professor at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (BUCEA); Host of Jin Architects studio. Research fields include: translation of Chinese Traditional Design Language into Modern Architecture and The Contemporary Experimental Architecture in China. Professor Jin is the author of several academic books including: A House is also a Garden and Foreign Body Sensation. Editorial work includes publication serials such as: Arcadia: Painting and Garden and Readers on Chinese

This hour-long event will include a presentation followed with questions from the audience.