what’s news Roca Gallery A dialogue to address the relationship between art and architecture Roca Beijing Gallery collaborated with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to host this talk in which two renowned architects presented their ideas Roca Beijing Gallery collaborated with the American InstituteLikewise, Li Han, founding partner of Drawing Architecture of Architects (AIA) to host a conference on the topic “BetweenStudio, and famous for his architectural drawings and Art and Architecture”, in which two prominent architects,paintings all around the city, addressed urban planning. In his known for their artistic and sculpture-like architecture, sharedopinion, it makes cities boring as aesthetic standards are their ideas on this topic. often beyond control. Lu Yichen, director of Studio Link-Arc, (with headquarters inThe event was moderated by MS. Luo Weiwei, director of the New York), reflected on architecture and art, understandingstudio Adrianb Smith + Gordon in China. the latter as sculpture. Yichen presented his philosophy when it came to designing some of his pieces, especially the China Pavilion at the Milan Expo in 2015, which combines the Chinese culture with innovative technology, a profound connotation and the language of modern design. Renowned architects participated in the discussion Several experts reflect on sustainable stadiums Beijing is an Olympic city twice over, and this has an impact on its urban landscape Roca Beijing Gallery hosted a session focusing on theSome of the stadiums that were analyzed in the talk were sustainable building of stadiums, which has considerablythe Water Cube, Ice Ribbon and London Bowl, in which changed in the last few years, transforming Beijing’sdifferent materials and structures have been used to cityscape. improve the utilization efficiency during the Olympic Games Beijing can brag about being Olympic city twice over, afterand after. hosting the Olympic Games in 2008 and having been chosen to host the Winter Olympics in 2022. The round table, within the framework of rocagallery.com’s monthly topic “Fit for Sports” was made up of Zheng Fand, assistant architect at the Institute of Architectural Design in Beijing; William Hailang Chen, main architect at the Wanda Institute for Planning and Design of Cultural Tourism in Beijing; and by Shang Hong, Director of Operations of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and executive director of communication of the 2022 Winter Olympics. The participants during the round table 26