Meng Yan is the Co-founder and Principal Architect of URBANUS. For over 20 years, he has led URBANUS’s design and research team, using Shenzhen as a model for China’s future cities and focusing on architecture grounded in emerging urban issues. His award-winning designs have shaped a series of urban cultural and lifestyle landmarks in Shenzhen, with works included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and M+ in Hong Kong. MENG was chief curator of the 2017 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Urbanism\Architecture Bi-City Biennale, and has served as a visiting professor at Tsinghua University Shenzhen International Graduate School, Syracuse University in New York, and the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Architecture. His recently completed projects include the China Merchants Group History Museum, Yuehai Culture and Sports Center, New Hakka Academy – Longgang Twin Stars School, SHUM YIP UpperHills LOFT, Nantou Old Town Preservation and Regeneration, Kingway Brewery Renovation, and the OCT Contemporary Art Terminal–B10, among others.