上海外滩美术馆邀请曼谷建筑事务所all(zone)策划第二届外滩建筑节（RAM assembles）：这场探讨建筑思考的双年盛会将于2025年秋开幕，为期两周。
以“上海野餐”为题，多样形式的活动将在洛克·外滩源街区内全日段开展，各具焦点。
外滩建筑节2025希望回应亚洲城市现代生活的种种复杂维度。
“上海野餐”构想了一个灵活开放的框架，试图通过友好氛围、创意实践和生态意识重新激活未被充分利用的城市空间。项目借助轻量化可循环的搭建结构与适应性的公共项目，邀请上海的市民与访客以建筑师与设计师无法预见的即兴方式重新定义城市空间中的生活。
野餐的本质在于选择：
人们自主决定落座位置、使用的器具、携带或选购的食物，以及参与的方式——无论是深度介入参与活动策划，还是保持距离在远处观摩。这种开放性将城市转化为一张共享画布——或说野餐毯——让自发互动、集体想象和多样活动成为空间本身不可分割的一部分。
野餐虽然未必能化解城市疏离的深层症结，却能培育个体的能动性：通过在场、行动和选择，人们得以重新与自己身边的事物联结，让空间真正属于自身，以此实现建筑节的愿景。这场短暂的野餐也因而充满意义。
本届艺术总监all(zone)邀请创意团体提交项目提案，应包含物件、道具、工具以及实地介入活动方案，每个提案将根据其特定的地点和语境得到评估。
参与者招募！
本次公开招募旨在探索和理解亚洲和东南亚地区城市居住的挑战与可能性，促进文化交流，并围绕共享、行为、适应性、自发性和生态责任等主题展开多元化的策划实践。提案应当拥抱“野餐”精神，探讨食物、社群习俗、行为艺术、生态设计、可持续性以及协同叙述等主题。
特定场域装置与项目
每条巷道都展现出独特的空间特质，蕴含不同的介入可能性：
● 巷道1：被遗忘的凉廊
● 巷道2：停留和注视之地
● 巷道3：一线天空
● 巷道4：开放的门厅
项目设计注意事项
四条巷道将作为整个项目的引言，带领观众前往上海外滩美术馆广场，创造一个连贯的空间体验之旅。场地每日运营时间为10:00至22:00。
提案应以项目式介入（programmatic interventions）的形式富有创造性地激活空间，同时关注实用性、可持续性和生态影响。由于这些空间毗邻近期修缮的历史建筑，提案中的轻质结构和装置需尊重相应的建筑语境，尽可能减少对现有建筑物的影响。
提案要求
提交材料需包括：
● 概念陈述：阐述项目愿景，中文800字或英文500单词；
● 详细方案：涵盖项目内容、活动安排和实地介入方案，并附视觉呈现效果和规格说明（如适用）；
● 技术清单：包含结构的关键信息；
● 预算方案：包含资金分配明细；
● 团队及所有成员简历。
提案需整理为单一PDF 文件（A3横版格式，不超过20MB），并于北京时间3月30日18:00前提交至hr@rockbundartmuseum.org
评审委员会
● 朱筱蕤，上海外滩美术馆馆长和首席策展人
● 拉查蓬·乔楚伊，all(zone)事务所
● 陈韵，外滩建筑节项目经理
● 诸邦嘉，上海外滩美术馆项目和研究主管
● 闫杨杏子，洛克·外滩源活动策划经理
Shanghai Picnic: Improvising impromptu spaces in the heart of the city
Bangkok based Architecture practice all(zone) to curate the second edition of RAM assembles 2025 – the Rockbund Art Museum’s biennial festival of architectural thinking.
The 2025 RAM assembles aims to address the complexities of modern life in Asian cities.
Shanghai Picnic envisions a flexible, open-ended framework that reactivates underused urban spaces through conviviality, creativity, and ecological awareness. By introducing light and reusable built structures and adaptive programs, it invites citizens and visitors of Shanghai to redefine how urban space can be experienced—often in improvisational ways architects and designers have not predicted.
At its core, a picnic is about choice: people decide where to sit, what tools and utensils to use, what food to bring or buy, and how they engage—whether up close as active participants shaping the event or from a distance as observers. This openness transforms the city into a shared canvas, or picnic blanket, where spontaneous interactions, collective imagination, and activities become integral to the space itself.
The interplay between the designed and the improvised reveals new ways of occupying the urban fabric, suggesting a more fluid, responsive approach to public space—one that values adaptation over permanence. While a picnic may not resolve issues of urban estrangement, it cultivates a sense of agency, enabling people to reclaim their surroundings, make the space their own, and realize the festival’s vision through their presence, actions, and choices—a fleeting yet meaningful gathering.
As the artistic director all(zone) wants to invite proposals from creative collectives to develop programs, objects, props, tools, and physical interventions. Each proposal will be evaluated based on its specific location and context.
Call for Participants!
This open call aims to explore and understand the challenges and possibilities of urban inhabitation in Asia and Southeast Asia, fostering cultural exchange and diverse programming centered on sharing, performance, adaptability, spontaneity, and ecological responsibility. Proposals should embrace the spirit of a picnic, engaging with themes of food, community rituals, performative arts, ecological design, sustainability, and collaborative storytelling.
Site-Specific Installations and Programs:
Each Alley presents a distinct spatial quality and potential for intervention:
● Alley 1 – A Forgotten Loggia
● Alley 2 – A Place to stay and stare
● Alley 3 – A Narrow Sky
● Alley 4 – An Open Foyer
Design Considerations
The four alleys serve as an introduction to the entire festival and lead visitors toward RAM Plaza, creating a cohesive spatial and experiential journey. The site will operate daily between 10:00 AM–10:00 PM. Proposals should creatively activate the space through programmatic interventions, while addressing practical, sustainable, and ecological concerns. As these spaces are adjacent to recently restored historical buildings, proposed light structures and installations must be sensitive to their architectural context, ensuring minimal impact on the built environment.
Proposal Requirements
Submissions must include:
● A 500-word concept statement explaining the vision behind the project.
● A detailed outline of the program, activities, and physical intervention, including visualizations and specifications (if applicable).
● A fact sheet with key information about the structure.
● A budget estimate and allocation breakdown.
● CVs of the collective and all individuals involved.
The proposal must be submitted as a single PDF (A3 landscape format, max. 20MB). The deadline for the submission is March 30, 6:00 PM (Shanghai Time) via email to hr@rockbundartmuseum.org
Jury Panel
● X Zhu-Nowell, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Rockbund Art Museum
● Rachaporn Choochuey, all(zone)
● Chen Yun, Project Manager of RAM assembles
● Joni Zhu, Head of Programs and Research, Rockbund Art Museum
● Jessica Yan, Event Planning Manager, ROCKBUND
