The RAM Assembles Shanghai by All(zone) Explores Impromptu Urban Life
Amy Duong — September 18, 2025 — Art & Design
References: rockbundartmuseum.org
The RAM Assembles Shanghai festival, by all(zone) architects, led by Rachaporn Choochuey, confronts the unpredictable realities of modern city living in Asia. Its theme, “Shanghai Picnic: Improvising Impromptu City,” prompts designers, architects, and public participants to rethink flexible spaces, temporary interventions, and communal moments in dense urban contexts. Through workshops, pop-ups, and curated discussion,s the event encourages responses that are spontaneous, site-responsive, and socially engaging.
Set across multiple locations in the Rockbund Art Museum precinct, the program includes participatory installations and design proposals that reimagine everyday spaces: sidewalks, intersections, and courtyards become gathering points. All(zone) underscores how small, adaptable urban gestures can enhance livability and foster connection. RAM Assembles Shanghai frames these micro-actions not as peripheral experiments but as central to how cities evolve, calling attention to the unusual ways communities improvise with architecture.
Image Credit: Tian Fangfang
Set across multiple locations in the Rockbund Art Museum precinct, the program includes participatory installations and design proposals that reimagine everyday spaces: sidewalks, intersections, and courtyards become gathering points. All(zone) underscores how small, adaptable urban gestures can enhance livability and foster connection. RAM Assembles Shanghai frames these micro-actions not as peripheral experiments but as central to how cities evolve, calling attention to the unusual ways communities improvise with architecture.
Image Credit: Tian Fangfang
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