Shekou Mid-hill Apartment
Location: Shenzhen Time:2005-2007
Size:21540sqm
Client:China Merchants Real Estate Co.,Ltd.
Located at the base of a hillside in Shekou, Shenzhen, the total area of the site is roughly 13,200 square meters, with 25,100 square meters of building area programmed as residential apartments and a hotel. The project returns to fundamental ideas in Chinese living as expressed by the saying “hills outside hills, and gardens inside gardens,” an idea referring to a continuous and occasionally repeating rhythm of space and form found in many traditional villages and mountainous landscapes. The relationship between nature …

standardarchitecture is a leading new generation design firm engaged in practices of planning, architecture, landscape, and product design. Based on a wide range of realized buildings and landscapes in the past five years, it has emerged as the most critical and realistic practice among the youngest generation of Chinese architects and designers.
Consciously distance themselves from many of the other “typical” young generation architects who are swallowed by a trend of noise making and media feeding, the office remain detached in a time of media frenzy and their focus is consistently …

Location: Guangdong Time: 2005-2008
Size: 12,000 sqm
Client: Shenzhen Vanke Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Tulou is a dwelling type unique to the Hakka people. It is a communal residence between the city and the countryside, integrating living, storage, shopping, spiritual, and public entertainment into one single building entity.
Traditional units in tulou are evenly laid out along its perimeter, like modern slab-style dormitory buildings, but with greater opportunities for social interaction. Although this type is very much suitable for low-income housing, simply copying the form and style of the tulou would not be a …

Dafen village lies in Buji Township of the Longgang District in Shenzhen. The town is best known for its oil painting replica workships and manufactures; yearly exports to places around Asia, Europe and the Americas bring billions of RMB to the area.
Our concept focuses on reinterpreting these urban and cultural implications of Dafen Village, which have long been considered as a strange mix of popular art, vulgar taste and commercialism. A typical art museum would be considered out of place in the context of Dafen’s peculiar urban culture. The question …

Urbanus is under the leadership of partners Liu Xiaodu,Meng Yan and Wang Hui,Urbanus is a think tank providing strategies for urbnism and artchitecture in the new millennium.The name of”URBANUS”derives from the Latin word of”urban”,and strongly reflects the office’s design approach:reading architectural program from the viewpoint of the urban environment in general,and the ever changing urban situations in specific.
Urbanus is committed to the Modernist belief that architecture is a pivotal force for a better life,and hence architects should push the boundary of their traditional role and be a progressive force in …

Hong Luo Club House
The expansion of Beijing city has intensively accelerated the development of its periphery area for the last few years, which thereby helped develop the first space typology in China. In the meantime, the suburbia emerged gradually.
Enclosed by a grand natural environment, Hong Luo Villa district is a popular residential area in north Beijing’s Miyun-district, which is within one hour’s drive away from the heart of the city. As Hong Luo’s popularity keeps growing, the promise of its rapid development in the foreseeable future has attracted huge investment …

Interview with Ma Yansong

Ma Yansong is Founder of MAD office,beijing.He was Graduated from School of Architecture Yale Universiry in 2002 with Master’s degree in Architecture and awarded the Samuel J.Fogelson Memorial Award of Design Excellence. He is also the winner of Architeture League New York’s “Young Achitect Award” in 2006.He worked with Zaha Hadid Architects and Eisenman Architects as a project designer and taught at Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts.
domus:Why did your project “Marilyn Monroe” win the final bid for the program Absolut,Canada?
Ma Yansong:I think there are two …

The rapid urbanization of contemporary China has led to large, high-speed architecture and urban construction. This situation test the quality of the urban, architectural and environmental quality and lives. quality of design and construction quality will become a key content. Meanwhile, the Sichuan earthquake is also in a special way to remind the world needs to fully understand the power of nature and human coexistence with nature, otherwise, it is home to the most insecure at some point will force them to escape.
The wall of “Paper-box House” is …

Zhujiajiao Administration Center Comprehensive Office Building
The Comprehensive Office Building is the main project of the building complex. Situated along the main road leading to the New Town area, it main goal is to satisfy the work requirments of the administrative workers. Its characteristic Jiangnan architectural form makes it also an emotionally accessible government center to the local workers. The project combined traditional gardens with modern architectural concepts; the plan is compact and orderly, it utilizes natural lighting, ventilation and makes complete use of the surrounding courtyard landscape. Austere materials such …