Located on an irregular former industrial lot in the well known art village Songzhuang, Xiaopu Cultural Center is a multi-functional complex including exhibition galleries, five residency artist studios, exhibition workshop, art shop, and administration.
The diverse programs are unified through a Tangram layout adapting to the site, while vertically distributed into dual-levels: the public program on the ground level as a compact volume with courtyards, and the private working area occupies the upper level with individual studios allowing a view traveling across the red-tiled roofscape of this typical northern Chinese village.
The …

Jianwai SOHO is located at 39 East Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (opposite the China World Trade Center). The buildings have a total gross floor area of 700,000 square meters on a site of 169,000 square meters. Jianwai SOHO includes 20 high rise towers and four villas. Currently, 18 towers and the four villas are completed; and two towers are under construction. Upon completion (October 2007), there will be 20 rooftop gardens and 16 pedestrian lanes.

SOHO Shangdu is designed by Peter Davidson of LAB architecture studio, which was responsible for the design of the renowned Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia. Inspired by the forms and patterns which have built the natural world, SOHO Shang Du’s architectural design is yet another breakthrough with its avant-garde character. The design consists of a low-rise commercial galleria with 37,000 square meters of retail space, and two medium-rise towers. One tower holds offices and the other is devoted to residential and studio use and integrates SOHO China’s vertical warehouse shell …

Boao Canal Village is a collection of 115 luxury contemporary villas designed by two well known Asian architects, Seung H-Sang (South Korea) and Rocco Yim (HK). It is located on the eastern coastline of the tropical island of Hainan in South China. With the Wanquan River on one side and the clear waters of the South China Sea on the other, it makes a perfect tourist destination with its stunning natural scenery of beaches, coconut palms and lush vegetation.
The resort’s simple and elegant architecture combined with impeccable service makes it …

Founded in 1995 by Chairman Pan Shiyi and CEO Zhang Xin, SOHO China is the industry leader in developing high-profile branded commercial properties in central Beijing and Shanghai. The company collaborates with internationally-recognized architects, translating their innovative designs into iconic real estate which possesses strong appeal to property investors and the local businesses and customer bases which they serve.
With the slogan of “building city center prosperity”, SOHO China has played a leading role in China´s urbanization, with several of its developments becoming landmark structures in Beijing´s emerging skyline. SOHO China´s …

Liu Yichun
1969                     Born in Haiyang , Shandong , China
1991                     B-Arch, Tongji University , Shanghai
1991-1994                Worked for Guangzhou Design Institute
1997                     Master in Architecture , Tongji University , Shanghai
1997-2000                Worked for The Architectural Design Institute of Tongji University
2001                     Established Atelier DeSHaus with Zhuang Shen and Chen Yifeng
 
  Zhuang Shen
1971                     Born in Wujiang , Jiangsu , China
1997                     Master in Architecture, Tongji University , Shanghai
1997-2000                Worked for The Architectural Design Institute of Tongji University
2001                     Established Atelier DeSHaus with Liu Yichun and Chen Yifeng
 
 
Chen Yifeng
1972                     Born in Wujiang , Jiangsu , China
1998                     Master in Architecture, …

Dongguan Institute of Technology, Guangdong, 2004

The first floor of the Liberal Arts Department Building is partly buried into the terrain and merges into the landscape. Because of grade changes, two sides of the first floor remain open and enjoy the nice views towards the nearby pond. The rest of the first floor receives sunlight through an L-shaped internal courtyard. The roof of the first floor creates an open terrace among the undulating topography, while the square upper floors are elevated above the terrace. The combination of courtyard, arcade and terrace …

Evolution from prototype of chinese courtyard house, The brick house establish a good relationship with the surrounding environment espically the big lake in the north. The red bricks produced in the neibour fields using still as main structure & construction materials in the region were introduced as main construction material for this project, so the local construction workers know very clear the idea of building in their familiar way.
The interesting geometric pattern of brick facade reflects the opening logic of elevation. Since all materials & workers are from & close …

Situated in Liyang, the city 70km southeast of Nanjing, New 4th Army Jiangnan Headquarter Exhibition Hall was built to memory the history of New 4th Army leaded by Communist Party during last 30’s. Fragmental granite is used here as façade cladding for the pure cubic volume which expresses very strong the monumental function of this project. The courtyard turns from internal volume to external façade, exposes itself in dramatic red section, presenting its revolutional feature of this project strongly supported by local government.
Structural & Material: Concrete, Brick, Stone
Floor Area: 4200 …

Fits to its historical context formulated in begining of 20’s in centre part of Nanjing city, Slit house express itself in harmony with surroundings in the new form of concrete facade. The entir structure & facade even roof are made from concrete with 5cm horizontal wood textile strip which shares the same scale with neibour buildings of brick built almost 100 years ago. Even we used almost half of world’s cement in China, Slit house is the first real concrete building in Nanjing, the city which built also 1300 highrise …