"Back to the future" is actully to "step back".
The lecture of Back to the future:re-grafting codes began on Nov. 11th, 2014 (Tuesday) in the hall of Architecture & Urban Planning Department of Shenzhen University. Mr. Antonio Inglese, Founder, CEO and Chief Designer of Metrostudio, was invited to have the 3 hours lecture. The professors and students have attended the lecture and carefully listened to the professional lecture which discussed the thoughts and ideas in the practices of design. In the question-and-answer portion, the scene atmosphere was alive. The students actively talked with Mr. Antonio about their questions and expressed that they benefited a lot from the lecture for the deep and widely vision. The professors also said that it was a wonderful lecture, thoughtful and worth learning.
Abstract: Back to the future,today, moves one “step back” trying to recognize the best values from the past,and “codifying” them again into our present “for a better future”. Looking at the past is to set again the right proportions between parties, in design and life. For a better future we just have to make our actions clear, easy, useful and sustainable. Meanwhile, he listed the examples that the rammed earth areused again by the western designers and also pointed out that we should always explore the easy, convenient and sustainable solution in our design. Finally,he emphasized that we should protect the past of China, not just tear down the old buildings but reuse them, which will be the trend in the future of China.