Articles in the Chinese Contemporary Architects Category
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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 …
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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 …
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The college building accommodates the departments of architecture, planning and civil engineering, as well as an architectural design institute, a press house for World Architectural Review, and other research institutes. The design strives to create pure and transcendental architectural spaces _ a locus experience that finds spiritual affinity within an university setting.
The teaching, research and design institute activities are separately housed in three distinct building volumes, complementing one another both in term of floor plan and space. These three structures are connected by open loggia, bridges and terraces. These outdoor …
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In year 2007, China Art Institute has programmed 8 museums for 8 individual Chinese artists in Qingchengshan, Chengdu in southwest China.
Among these 8 artists, Wu Shanzhuan is the only conceptual artist whose work interpret or re-interpret our daily life stretched from early 80’s, the very beginning of Chinese contemporary art era.
In his 1000sm museum, a permanent exhibition will be installed chronologically along public viewing loop, which, has been transformed into the “Perfect Brackets”, an important symbol and philosophy of Wu. Thus the building will stand as a large scale installation …
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The new campus of the Dongguan Institute of Technology at Songshan Lake comprises 12 building projects, the design of which is undertaken by various young Chinese architects. The campus is located on hilly terrain rich with vegetation and water bodies.
Located in middle of the campus, the library is the center of a public building complex which consists of an administration block to the southwest, a theater and a conference building to the west. It also defines a central campus plaza with neighboring buildings to the east. The succinct rhomboid shape …
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Design: 2001
Completion: 2004
Location: Shenzhen
Site Area: 7.802 sqm
Architect: Fei Xiaohua, Shenhua, Pan Houli, Xiayuan, Deng Bingzhu
Depending on the form of the hill and the exceptional view to the seashore, catching the geographic and the altitude superiority, the architects try to design a resort in which all units face towards the seashore without any obstruction.
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Jinhua Architecture Park, Zhejiang Public Toilet
A public toilet is indeed a private space. Located in Jinhua Architecture Park among sixteen other public pavilions designed by architects worldwide. This public facility is organized as individual units, maximizing the privacy while minimizing land use in the park. These units can be reproduced and installed flexibly according to future needs. The bending tube shape ensures protection and privacy, as well as functional requirements such as ventilation and natural lighting, without interrupting the connection between user and park.
