Posts Tagged ‘China’
Sunday, August 6th, 2017
Article source: Wutopia Lab
In 2006, house No. 1, house No. 2 and courtyard No. 3 were completed at the same time in Jiu Jian Tang, Shanghai, which were all designed by famous international architect Isozaki.
In 2011, the owners of these estates, unbeknownst to the others, invited local architect Yu Ting to transform them one by one.
 Image Courtesy © Chen Yao, Su Shengliang
- Architects: Wutopia Lab (Yu Ting, Pu Shengrui)
- Project: Wuji Academy
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Photography: Chen Yao, Su Shengliang
- Height: 12m
- Site Area: 550 m2
- Building Area before Renovation: 450 m2
- Building Area after Renovation: 940 m2
- Design Period: 2011
- Construction Period: 2011-2012
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Tags: China, Shanghai
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017
Article source: UFo,(UFo Studio, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design)
Abstract
Huadian Tianning Temple factory, also known as the second thermal power factory, assumed of the central city heating tasks since 1976. After the main generator unit shouted down in 2009, the factory Facing the challenge of changing itself to a new area and meet the needs of the city.
On the north and west side of the factory are the urban roads, and the roads inside the block are narrow and full of dead ends. On the east side of the factory is Tianning Temple, a well-known Buddhist holy site in Beijing.
 south elevation and north plaza, Image Courtesy © Wang Xiangdong
- Architects: UFo,(UFo Studio, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design)
- Project: Renovation of Huadian Tianning Temple Factory (Phase 1)
- Location: Xicheng District, Beijing, China
- Photography: Wang Xiangdong
- Client: Huadian Power (Beijing) ThermoElectron Co., Ltd
- Discipline Chief: Liu yuguang, Li Jiaqi
- Project Architect: Shao weiping, Liu yuguang
- Structural Engineer: Ma jingyou
- MEP Consultant: Tian Jindong, Chen Jiujiu, Zhang Binbin, Li Fang, Pang Jing
- Lighting consultant: Cao Yujing
- Quantity surveyor: Zhang Guangyu
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Tags: Beijing, China
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017
Article source: Wutopia Lab
Eight tenths Garden is an art museum dedicated to arts and crafts, which can also be used as a venue for the conference in the idle hours. It has a coffee shop, a library, offices, bed and breakfasts, as well as a restaurant, study rooms and chess rooms. It is a micro cultural complex in all.
Eight tenths garden was originally a sales center. The sales center was one of the two-story buildings on the street’s triangular corner, with a four-story circular hall embedded on the top of it. The entrance is located on the garth of the triangle. The other two sides of the building were the neighborhood committee and shops along the street.
 Image Courtesy © CreatAR
- Architects: Wutopia Lab
- Project: Eight tenths Garden
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Photography: CreatAR
- Client: Shi Huijuan
- LDI: Shanghai DuJuan Engineering Design and Consultants Limited
- Interior Design: ShangRuiYuan Building Design Consultants Limited
- Landscape design: Atelier VISION
- Chief architect: Yu Ting
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Tags: China, Shanghai
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Sunday, July 30th, 2017
Article source: People’s Architecture Office
Mrs. Fan is from a traditional Chinese family. Newlyweds like her are expected to purchase a car and move into a new house in the suburbs to start the next phase of their life. But for people in their early 30’s who wish to be financially independent, the astronomical price of real estate in Beijing makes buying a house on their own nearly impossible.
 Image Courtesy © Gao Tianxia
- Architects: People’s Architecture Office
- Project: Mrs. Fan’s Plugin House
- Location: Changchun Jie, Beijing, China
- Photography: Gao Tianxia
- Client: Mrs. Fan
- Principal: He Zhe, James Shen, Zang Feng
- Project Team: Chen Yihuai, Zhang Zhen
- Date of Completion: July 2016
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Tags: Beijing, China
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Sunday, July 30th, 2017
Article source: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Office of Conference and Exhibition Architecture (BIAD Office 3A7）
Hangzhou International Expo Center is situated on the bank of Qiantang River. Its form is grand and exquisite, and rich in the implication “of Jiangnan”. To this date, it is the biggest, most advanced mega urban complex in China.
 Image Courtesy © Lu Xu
- Architects: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Office of Conference and Exhibition Architecture (BIAD Office 3A7)
- Project: International Expo Center
- Location: Jingben Avenue, Qianjiang Shijicheng, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Photography: Lu Xu
- Principle architect: Liu Mingjun
- Client: Hangzhou Olympic and International Expo Center, Xiaoshan Construction and Investment Company Limited
- Structural Engineer: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Second Design Office
- MEP Consultant: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Second Design Office
- Quantity surveyor: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Economics Division
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Tags: China, Zhejiang
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Sunday, July 30th, 2017
Article source: Wutopia Lab
House on the house used to be shanty above the slums. It was ruins contained whole family with 6 persons on the top of an 86 years history water tower. Architect decided to totally reconstruct the house base on left structure of water tower as meanwhile can’t change house contour according to the code. And the new house should be a complex system with different subsystem but influent each other in content and space with simple display.
 Image Courtesy © HU Yijie, CreatAR Images (Ai Qing, Mao Yingchen)
- Architects: Wutopia Lab
- Project: House on the house
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Photography: HU Yijie, CreatAR Images (Ai Qing, Mao Yingchen)
- Architect in charge: YU Ting
- Design Team: XIA Murong, GE Yufei, WANG Suyu, LIU Qicai, YU Junfeng
- EPC: PSA Associate
- Floor Area: 39 m2
- Project Year: 2015
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Tags: China, Shanghai
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
Article source: Wutopia Lab
The mission to the architect is quite clear, the sales center must be finished in one week including 2-day design, 5-day construction.
For the sake of building up the sales center quickly, using thin-walled light gauge steel structure with sandwich board and polycarbonate sheet as bounding system is the only choice for architect.
 Image Courtesy © Shao Feng
- Architects: Wutopia Lab (YU Ting, HUANG He)
- Project: Instant Red
- Location: Jiangsu, China
- Photography: Shao Feng
- Material: Light steel board, Sunlight panel
- Structure: Light steel
- Design Period: 2 days
- Date: November, 2015
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Tags: China, Jiangsu
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
Article source: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd
Phoenix Wedding Hall, Phoenix Valley, Sanya, covers an area of 2000 square meters and reaches approximately 60 meters height. The bottom floor is a diamond-shaped wedding hall, which possesses about 300 square meters in area, is 20 meters in height and can accommodate 100 people.
Phoenix Wedding Hall is located in the international tourism island of Phoenix Valley, Sanya, surrounded by undulating mountains, flourishing plants and clear lakes, where South China Sea is across the surrounding mountains.
 Image Courtesy © Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd
- Architects: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd
- Project: Phoenix Tower & Wedding Hall
- Location: Phoenix Valley Ecotourism District, Sanya, Hainan Province, China
- Client: Sanya Hua Hai Yuan Rong Travel Service Co., Ltd
- Principle architect: Ma Long, Yang Liuqing
- Gross floor area: 300sqm
- Design period: 6 months
- Construction kick-off: June 2017
- Construction set to complete: December 2017
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Tags: China, Sanya
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2017
Article source: Hongshi Architects, Engineers&Design Co.,Ltd
DESIGN BRIEF
In 2015, a client had asked us to design an on site exhibition centre for housing development, the task is to present the examples for surrounding neighborhood and its infrastructure. After the development it will be converted into a cultural exhibition centre.
It is worth to be mentioned that along the way to the building site, you can experience the ancient atmosphere of the capital of China.
 Image Courtesy © Zhang Luqiu
- Architects: Hongshi Architects, Engineers&Design Co.,Ltd
- Project: Xinzhudongfang Exhibition Center
- Location: Huaifang West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, China
- Photography: Zhang Luqiu
- Client: Overseas Chinese Town Enterprises Co.
- Design team: Zhang Luqiu, Zhang Bing , Zhou Guohui , Li Mo, Du Qiawen , Zhang Jianxia , Kang Dong, Tian Hongjiang
- Structural Engineer: Xue Wei
- MEP Consultant: Shen Juan
- Lighting consultant: Shi Kefeng
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Tags: Beijing, China
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Thursday, July 20th, 2017
Article source: Stefano Boeri Architetti
The first Chinese Forest City by Stefano Boeri Architetti is turning into reality. A city where offices, houses, hotels, hospitals and schools are entirely covered by plants and trees.
Once completed, the new city will host 30,000 people, absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2 and 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce approximately 900 tons of oxygen.
 Image Courtesy © Stefano Boeri Architetti
- Architects: Stefano Boeri Architetti
- Project: Liuzhou Forest City
- Location: Liuzhou, China
- Client: Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning Bureau
- Partners: Stefano Boeri, Yibo Xu
- Project Leader: Pietro Chiodi
- Team Architects: Julia Gocalek, Yinxin Bao, Shilong Tan with Giulia Chiatante
- Cooperative Design Institute in China: Shanghai Tongyan Architectural and Planning Design Co. Ltd.
- Area: 138.5 ha
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Tags: China, Liuzhou
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