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 …

Interview with Ma Qingyun

Ma Qingyun is Borned in 1965, he obtained his bachelor’s degree of Civil Engineering from the Architecture Department of Tsinghua University. In 1991 he attended the Graduate School of Fine Art, University of Pennsylvania. In 1995 he found MADA s.p.a.m, a New York based architecture consultancy, before moving to Shanghai in 2000; Appointed as the Dean of School of Architecture, University of Southern Galifornia.
Domus: You will soon accept the post as the Dean of School of Architecture at the University of Southern California. What new measures will …

Client: Ningbo Tongcheng Real Estate ltd .
Location: Ningbo, China
Gross Floor Area: 33,200 m2
Architects: MADA s.p.a.m.
Time:2008

Location:Dalian, China
Time:2008
Gross Floor Area:2000,000sqm
Phrase: Design
Client:Hongkong Jiu Longcang group.
Architect:MADA s.p.a.m

Location:Los Angeles,USA
Time:2008
Gross Floor Area:130,000㎡ 
Client: Pacific Asia Museum
Design:MADA s.p.a.m

Year:2006
Site:Xi’an,China
Gross Floor Area:45,500 m2
Client:Xi’an Yushan Wine Estate Co., Ltd.
Design Architect: MADA s.p.a.m.

Qingyun Ma(1965),he graduated from the Architecture Department of Tsinghua University(Cibil Engineering).After that he attended the Gradduate School of Fine Art at the University of Pennsylvania.He worked as designer and senior designer with ZBallinger,Philadelphia.He was also one of the pioneers in KPF in developing the New York firm,Kohn,Peterson,Fox business in South East Asia.In 1995,Qingyun Ma found MADA S.p.a.m.,the function of the company’s practices ranged from culture and education,to scientific research,offices and residence.Qingyun Ma has been a visiting professor in Pennsylvania,where since 1997 he works full-time.Since 1995 he is Associate Dean at …

This is a house that Qingyun Ma designed and built for his father on his homeland.Jade Valley in Lantian,located southeast of Xi’an,is the archaeological site of the prehistoric Lantian man.It is also where the greatest poet from Tang Dynasty,Wang Wai,built his second home.To build a house for himself(or parents,being the closest kinship)is dangerously euphoric for an architect.In this position,an architect’s interio and exterior are forced to collide.It is either a fairy tale where no conflict is allowed,or a hide-out where antagonism is consciously avoided.But the process of designing is not …