WHO ARE WE /
Venerating the idea of sustainable innovation, gathering the youth power, PLAN8T (P8) has created a prototype of the future vertical community. In this eight floors building (5000 ㎡), people can enjoy the one stop lifestyle of working, living and learning. In past three years, more than 30 startup companies or individuals from various industries, including education, health, art and technology, has settled in P8. All residents advocate a concept of green and environmental protection. They are longing for a new life style, which is fun and meaningful. We are creating systems trying to solve urban problems as congestion, resource waste and mostly human relationships.
In addition, there are also some free venues provided for local or global NGOs. Playing an important role in the communication between East and West, P8 creates a global platform for worldwide young people through various activities. As the partner of Changsha Government and a cultural landmark, P8 put out all the enthusiasm to give support for Changsha to awarded the title of City of Media Arts granted by UNESCO.
ANGELA HUANG
PLAN8T CO-FOUNDER / CEO
angelahuang@joinp8.com
Director of Huxiang Nature, initiator of the MoW project.
After returning to China, she established the PLAN8T (P8) Sustainable Innovation Community in Changsha. In the past seven years, it has been committed to integrating innovation and sustainability in community construction and injecting international talents and cultural integration into Changsha.
Up to now, P8 Planet has become one of the space representatives of Changsha Media Art and has created a global platform for young people. It plays an important role in the communication between East and West, and it is Changsha's successful application for the world's "media art capital". important partner. Continue to link the innovative cooperation and development of art and public welfare, education, and other aspects. While promoting the development of innovative education and art in contemporary China, it also promotes the popularization and dissemination of sustainable innovation concepts among the public.
Initiated the Museum of Waste (MOW) project, transforming it from an abandoned warehouse for storing materials into an art space, currently carrying the functions of an indoor exhibition hall for art residency exhibitions, self-curated exhibitions, and cooperative exhibitions. From 2019 to June 2022, led the planning of 6 international art residency projects, carried out cultural exchanges and cooperation with nearly 80 artists from 17 countries, exhibited more than 90 works of art, and discussed topics related to humanities and social sciences, Urban culture, and current events. Among them, the 2020 online resident artist group exhibition "Digital Humanities", the 2021 summer art residency project achievement exhibition "Invisible Voice", and the 2022 art residency exhibition "Soft Space" were all held at the Museum of Uselessness (MoW). In addition, joint artists and social innovation enterprises in the field of sustainable material design landed in the "Bio-Born Sustainable Materials Exhibition". Committed to transforming the industrial landscape into a display base for contemporary art practice. Actively experiment with art forms through open cooperation projects, ask how to face the future, and discuss sustainability and various issues facing the world. In the summer of 2023, the Mangshan Land Art Festival is planned. As the first land art festival in Hunan, it has high communication and publicity value. The art festival combines various traditional media forms and uses short video content to drive the popularity of the topic and the influence of the event, covering a total of 70W+ people.
BROADTOWN
远大城
WHERE ARE WE /
BROAD TOWN is the headquarters of BROAD Group. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Changsha City, 16km from the city center and 12km from the airport. It is home to dozens of technological inventions that have a worldwide significance, like the world's first non-electric exhaust air conditioning, the world's first fresh air purification machine, the world's first factory - making sustainable buildings. Broad town also covers an area which is reserved as ecological protection zone and organic farm and produces it’s own organic food, uses reversed osmosis water technology to access clean water. All accommodations provide 100% fresh air with pm2.5 filters. Broad town has many facilities for startups, a theatre, gym, a boutique hotel and dining facilities scattered on the campus, making this place a harmonious community.
MUSEUM OF WASTE
無用博物馆
WHERE EXHIBITION IS HOSTED
Museum of Waste (MoW) is a place for independent experimental art practice, rethinking what is useless and wasteful and the definition of art. It activates the creative energy of young people, enlivens the atmosphere of the venue, provides a base for young artists to actively experiment and practice art, and draws on the strengths of multiple parties to create a curatorial and experimental platform and resource center. MoW is converting an industrial landscape into an environmental art project. From human-centered design to living philosophy, upon hearing about MoW, all questions are welcome here, together with MoW, we turn questions into art. MoW is a resource center that opens for collaborative projects and actively attempts to confront future technology and industry through art and questions, open the discussions on sustainability and various issues in the world today. Relying on existing sustainable community, artist residency, research education and technological hardware, the integration of domestic and foreign resources, forming a diversified urban arts and culture ecosystem.
PARTNER
合作伙伴
BROAD GROUP
BROAD Group is a private manufacturer of central air conditioning non-electric absorption chillers that are powered by natural gas and waste heat. Broad Group also provides solutions for district energy adoption.
A leader in combine heating and cooling using absorption chilling process, more importantly challenging the construction industry through modularity, delivering air quality technologies, in its groundbreaking stainless-steel honeycomb BSBcore materials for housing, transportation, wind power and oceaneering. The company was established in 1996 and exports products to over 60 countries. Broad is one of the few Chinese manufacturing companies that has been widely recognized for its green policies and commitment to countering climate change. It has expanded its business in recent years to include other energy saving products and sustainable buildings through its subsidiary Broad Sustainable Building, and achieved building a 57-story tall skyscraper in 19 days.
BROAD DIGITAL
We compile the meta-universe ecological cooperation network, empower Holon users and improve their experience. We explore the brand strategy and development path for Holon. By connecting the past and the future, we are here for humanity's future.
Broad Digital, we are rooted in Broad Technology Group. Broad Group is a global leader in environmental protection, energy conservation and next-generation building technology, and an important innovation promoter in low-carbon industries. In 2009, Broad Group established a wholly-owned subsidiary, BROAD Sustainable Building Co., Ltd， which dedicates at bringing our original building energy-saving technologies to humanity for protecting our earth. We Broad Digital, a team full of creativity and wisdom. We build IoT services and provide the group with digital ecological services, and realize the ecological construction of Hlab for Holon products.