After four workshops and other activities related to the series over the past six months, twelve finalists from different areas of the art and design fields were chosen to participate in a three-day trip along the Suzhou Pingjiang Road. On returning to Beijing, the twelve finalists broke into three groups, making three works based on their responses to the trip, and completing an exhibition of this work in a specially-appointed space in only twenty days.

The Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD) is China’s largest state-owned design consulting institution.The business scope includes: city planning, investment planning, public building design, civil architecture design, decorative design, garden design, building intelligent systems, designing project budgets, and construction supervision. BIAD has always held itself responsible for high- quality projects at the forefront of technology and design. From 1977 to 2003, BIAD has been awarded with over thousands of national prizes for their achievements in scientific and technological progress. In over 50 years since its establishment, BIAD has always supplied high- quality design service and enjoyed a high reputation in the industry, following the company philosophy of “Serving Society by Construction.” Meanwhile, by combining the outstanding resources of the institute with national and international talents, BIAD strives to improve the quality of design works, and to show the comprehensive competitive power of large state-owned design institutions.