On Stage: Neri&Hu use research as a design tool

Everyone was riveted by husband-and-wife duo, Shanghai-based architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu. They told us that urbanisation in China is happening at such a rate that 300 villages a day are vanishing.They practice within the framework of what they call reflective nostalgia – they would rather work with an existing building in a state of disrepair than tear it down and start from scratch, evincing nostalgia for the cultural history of old China. Neri&Hu was founded in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu. The interdisciplinary architectural design practice works internationally across architecture, interior, master planning, graphic and product design.