Snøhetta is an interdisciplinary and dialogue-driven design firm whose research and practice encompass architecture, landscape, interior, art, product, graphic, and digital design. Mr. Robert Greenwood and Mr. Gong Cheng introduced the firm's projects worldwide, spanning urban design, architecture, and down to interior and small-scale visual design. Regarding the upcoming completion of the Shanghai Grand Opera House project in the next two years, the two architects elaborated on the conceptual design inspired by the Chinese folding fan, as well as the multiple adjustments made during the project's implementation in response to the Huangpu River landscape and public activities for citizens. Mr. Robert Greenwood, Partner and Asia-Pacific Director of Snøhetta, delivered an academic presentation.

Three chief architects from Tongji University Architectural Design and Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., Zeng Qun, Ren Lizhi, and Jiang Limin, along with several architects from the Academic Department of Architectural Creation of the Shanghai Architectural Society, participated in the academic discussion session after the lecture. They engaged in in-depth discussions on topics such as maintaining design innovation. The evening's special lecture and seminar concluded successfully in a compact and intellectually rich academic atmosphere.