Chinese architecture
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Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 20 März 2023
Ambitious Nanhai Guicheng Jingui High School maintains and simple rhythmic architecture of order and poetry
As part of a larger urban planning project to provide improved and increased infrastructure to the growing urban centre of Foshan, Guicheng, China, the new Nanhai Guicheng Jingui High School by Atelier cnS is a 90,000 square meter campus designed to meet the needs of 3,000 teachers and students. As an ordering principle, the architecture features pure forms for the large-span spaces, including the swimming centre's concrete arches and the gymnasium's repetitive X-shaped columns. The result is a simple rhythmic architecture of order and poetry.
Siming Wu
Located on a site that provides direct connections to the city centre via two main roads, the school complex includes teaching spaces, accommodation, administration buildings, audi... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 16 Jan. 2022
Cave-like Zolaism Café offers a sensual and perceptual feel of returning to nature
In Aranya-Qinhuangdao, China, Zolaism Café by B.L.U.E Architecture invites visitors in to escape the pace of the city. With the inclusion of man-made stones that recall the mountains and the seas, the design aims to highlight the ability of architecture to create emotion and memory.
Eiichi Kano
The architecture of the cafe is carefully orchestrated to look improvisational. Centred around organic forms, the rocks supporting the cave define three sides of glass enclosures. The different rock column sizes conceal the steel structure that divides the space. Furthermore, private restrooms can be found in two of the stone formations.
Eiichi Kano
Chairs and tables are located freely throughout the spaces between the... Mehr
Projekt • By TRA Studio • Geschäfte
Pearl River at Chelsea Market
Pearl River Mart started almost fifty years ago, when the relationships between the US and China, were non-existent, it was since the beginning a symbol of friendship between the two countries, an attitude which, during the years, evolved into a beloved neighborhood Institution.
TRA studio
TRA studio has worked with PRM since 2001, when we were approached to design a vast 20,000 square feet space in SoHo, followed in 2008 by the 10,000 square feet Pearl Home, to house the vast Emporium that constitutes the Pearl River Mart’s diversified merchandise, encompassing over 15,000 products, ranging from inexpensive home goods to the most curious and expensive. The SoHo store already incorporated some of the support spaces that are now... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 3 Nov. 2021
Dramatic fashion: (SO)What Chengdu by Various Associates focuses on Chengdu’s renowned opera culture to express and reinterpret the local cultural context
An iconic fashion boutique in Chengdu, The (SO)What brand advocates for the unrestrained and independent character of the contemporary female. Various Associates focused on the expression and reinterpretation of the unique local cultural context, turning to the renowned opera culture of Chengdu.
URVIRSION CO. / Zheng Fang, Tang Cao
Facing a street with a steady stream of pedestrians, the double-height façade offers direct views into the store. Optimizing these views and sense interaction, Various Associates took the idea of ‘Stage’ as the core design concept, maximizing the site to construct a dynamic stage that integrates modern technology with dramatic tension. The result is a multi-sensory, immersive spatia... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 29 Okt. 2021
Reuse, Renew, Recycle: Recent Architecture from China
The Museum of Modern Art highlights a new generation of Chinese architects with commitment to social and environmental sustainability. Eight projects are presented, ranging from the adaptive reuse of former industrial buildings, the recycling of building materials, and the reinterpretation of ancient construction techniques, to the economic rejuvenation of rural villages or entire regions through non-invasive architectural insertions.
Shengliang Su
Chi She Gallery by Archi-Union ArchitectsLocated in Shanghai’s West Bund area, this 2150-square-foot (200-square-meter) gallery is the result of a rehabilitation of an old warehouse into an exhibition space for the Chi She artistic group. When Philip Yuan and his team at Archi-Union A... Mehr
Projekt • By Metaphor Interior Architecture • Restaurants
HOUSE OF YUEN by SUN TUNG LOK
People’s usual assumption of a Chinese restaurant tends to be typical, but we want something different that’s worthy of a fine dining experience. —designer quote
The height of style in China is widely considered to be during the 1920s, a period of British occupancy that gave birth to an amalgam of Oriental and Occidental cultures. During this era, Chinese interior design architecture and fashion took the influence of modern, shapely silhouettes and simpler patterns. This period of style is chosen as the concept behind Sun Tung Lok’s design, where elegance is delivered through the subtle mixture of details.
soaring twenties —
The European influence on 1920s China is conveyed through the... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 14 Apr. 2021
The Field: A ‘residence’ for Buddha in a mundane world
The Field is an art gallery located within former aluminium factory buildings in Huli District, Xiamen City, China. Commissioned by the Buddha artist Jiang Sheng, TEAM_BLDG Architects renovated the buildings into a studio and exhibition space. The new purpose-specific space exhibits Sheng’s JIANGJIABAN Buddha statues in a way that reflects humanity alongside the divine and religious.
Courtesy TEAM_BLDG
In collaboration with the client, the architects conceived the architecture as merely a medium to carry the Buddha statues and contain the essence of Buddhism – a ‘residence’ for Buddha in a mundane world.
The character of the original buildings remains visible. These buildings are called Building 1, Building 2,... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 13 Apr. 2021
Runxuan Textile Office interprets the production process of cloth through its undulating architecture
The Runxuan Textile Office is located in Zhangcha, a well-known textile town in Foshan, China. Most villages in this region have an industrial park, and textile workshops are scattered throughout the town. Here, Masanori Designs were engaged to create a unique office for the Runxuan Textile brand.
Yun Ouyang
The new office occupies the first floor of an existing property. The entirety of the building’s façade was made available for the brand, but the owner required that the façade renovation should ensure ventilation of the upper floor and respect the existing tile cladding.
The resulting design features a pure white tone and interprets the production process of cloth via an architectural language that extends fro... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 19 März 2021
Schindler City by Neri&Hu challenges industrial park typology
Located in Jiading, just outside of Shanghai’s city centre, Schindler City is a new 32,5000 square meter headquarters designed by Neri&Hu for the world-renowned elevator manufacturer Schindler. Containing offices, factories, warehouses, research facilities, and a showroom, the architects sought to overcome the sense of isolation and vastness that characterizes many industrial facilities by emphasizing human scale landscape elements and public spaces throughout the project.
Dirk Weiblen
The architectural proposal is two-part: a continuous base ground level with floating lightboxes above. As a unified architectural solution, this arrangement challenges the typical office block/industrial park typology of individual buildings l... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 3 März 2021
Existing house transformed into a delicate work of art at the KennaXu Gallery
In Shenzhen, China, a delipidated existing residence behind green trees and accessed by a small path has been transformed by DA Integrating Limited into a contemporary art gallery. The project was spearheaded by gallery owner Kenna Xu, who spent his childhood in Shenzhen and wished to establish an art gallery for the local area while pursuing global visibility.
Kevin, Benmo Studio
The original building was constructed in the 1990s. Situated in a residential community, the site is a strong blend of living atmosphere with nature. The architect thus saw an opportunity to make a powerful connection between art and daily life.
Kevin, Benmo Studio
Working with an existing building, however, posed some constraints. The original house w... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 26 Jan. 2021
Powerhouse Company complete a soaring canopy for the Paper Roof Reception Centre
Powerhouse Company are known for their sensory rich approach to design, using conscious design choices to enhance the subconscious design experience. Their latest completed project is Paper Roof Reception Centre in Tianjin, China, which takes a fresh approach to tradition by playing with the form and function of traditional Chinese architecture.
Weiqi Jin
The reception centre was built to showcase a new city district being developed beside Jin Hai Lake in Bin Hai. It comprises a sleek, two-story glass box structure situated under a dramatic canopy roof supported by slender pillar legs. The curved roof features upswept corners which are typical of traditional Chinese architecture and regarded as auspicious, in addition to having... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 25 Nov. 2020
LAND Community Center forms a gravity-defying gateway
Conceived as a gravity-defying gateway for a new residential development in Xi’an (Shanghai), LAND Community Center contains recreational spaces organized around an oval sunken courtyard that allows natural light to penetrate deep underground.
Lujing Architectural Photography / YIike Studio/Hui Yang
This gravity-defying structure not only has a unique architectural expression, but its raised nature allows the ground plane to remain open to a civic space for gathering and activitiesThis gravity-defying structure not only has a unique architectural expression, but its raised nature allows the ground plane to remain open to a civic space for gathering and activities.
Referring to a city wall and gateway with its mass, the buildi... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 6 Nov. 2020
Ten Times Hotel a unique transformation of old dormitory building
Located outside the city of Ganzhou, Ten Times Hotel is a unique transformation of old dormitory buildings undertaken by Monolith Architects. Using the existing external steel frame as the basic structure of the overall building, a new façade system is set up. The structural frame also provides structural support for a new roof attic and a new logistics traffic space.
Credit: Lei Mao
The design retains the basic shape and volume of the original building and celebrates the most widely used materials in rural Chinese architecture, such as steel structure, broken aluminium glass windows, brick, concrete ad plywood.
Credit: Lei Mao
A new glass façade reshapes the overall image of the building and also turn... Mehr
Nachrichten • Nachrichten • 6 Nov. 2020
He Art Museum by Pritzker-prize winner Tadao Ando draws from local architectural traditions
Located in China’s Guangdon province, the He Art Museum (HEM) by Pritzker-prize winning architect Tadao Ando features the architect’s signature use of concrete and natural elements including light, water and wind. The design is further influenced by Lingnan architectural culture and circular/elliptical forms.
Credit: Chen Xiaotie
At the centre of the design, a double-helix pair of staircases rise up four floors. A skylight inspired by Lingnan building tradition bathes the interior in natural light and helps to draw light deep into the floorplan.
Credit: Chen Xiaotie
A total of 16,000 square meters and with 8,000 square meters of exhibition space, the building comprises four circular floor plans that increase in size... Mehr
Projekt • By via. • Ausstellungszentren
Atrium House Show Gallery
Atrium House is a celebration of heritage and traditions. To design the sales gallery for the development, via. reinterpreted traditional Chinese courtyard houses. Entrance of the suite is marked by a timber framework against a composition of Chinese bricks, creating a powerful impression. Custom-made cast concrete panels created with bamboo formwork is used to echo the materials in the residential development. A pathway leads to an indoor garden, featuring slatted timber grilles and intricate brickwork. An additional theater space showcases two artworks in a space highlighted by symmetry and harmony. Mehr