Quito, a city of coexisting contrasts influenced by its diverse ecosystems, ethnicities and traditions, is the capital of Ecuador and a UNESCO world heritage site, which features the best-preserved and least altered historic center in South America. MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has revealed its first mix-use project “Qondesa” in Quito.
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max
Principal architect
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design team
Jon Kontuly, Xie Peng, Horace Hou, Edwin Cho, Matthew McFetrick
Collaborators
Associate Partners: Tiffany Dahlen
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
Founded in 1996, Taikang Insurance Group has grown to become one of China’s largest providers of insurance, asset management, health and elderly care. The new Taikang Financial Centre will be a centre of excellence that collaborates with leading civic, academic and corporate institutions to develop effective systems and networks that will provide a...
Project name
Wuhan Taikang Financial Centre
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Visualization
Negativ, Proloog
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
ZHA Project Team: Zheng Xu, Shaofei Zhang, Xuan Zhao, Yuchao Zhang, Pengcheng Gu, Othmane Kandri, Alejandro Garcia Gadea, Armando Solano, Branko Svarcer, Carolina Lopez-Blanco, Catherine McCann, Christian Lindvang Samsoe, Congyue Wang, Dennis Schiaroli, Dimitris K, Erwan Gallou, Frenji Koshy, Houzhe Xu, Jung Yeon Kwak, Lenka Petrakova, Li Jin, Lida Zhang, Meng Zhao, Pelayo Bustillo Macias, Tomasz Starczewski, Xiujing Wang, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Ying Xia, Yuan Feng, Zohra Rougab. ZHA Competition Team: Agata Banaszek, Ashwin Shah, Igor Pantic, Jingwen Yang, Juan Liu, Leo Alves, Mei-Ling Lin, Sai Prateik Bhasgi, Sergiu-Radu Pop, Silviya Barzakova. Project Team (Interior Architecture): Anna Adebayo, Billy Webb, Boyan Hristov, Enoch Kolo, Haoyang Shi, Jon Krizan, Marco Pavoni, Meysam Ehsanian, Roman Shumsky, Shaofei Zhang, Sonia Renehan
Collaborators
ZHA Project Director: Satoshi Ohashi. ZHA Project Associate Director: Yang Jingwen, Stephane Vallotton. ZHA Project Associates: Martin Pfleger, Di Ding. ZHA Project Architect: Sebastian Andia. ZHA Competition Project Directors: Satoshi Ohashi, Nils Fischer. ZHA Competition Associates: Ed Gaskin, Jingwen Yang. ZHA Competition Team Lead Designer: Sebastian Andia. Interiors Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). Project Director (Interior Architecture): Kar-Hwa Ho. Project Associates (Interior Architecture): Bidisha Sinha, Melodie Leung. Project Lead (Interior Architecture): Nailu Chen.
Environmental & MEP
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
Alacarte Ha Long Bay is a Condotel development located on the Hung Thang Masterplan zone designed by Aedas. The site is a prime seafront plot with sweeping and unobstructed views towards Ha Long Bay, the World Heritage seascape that is one of Vietnam’s biggest attractions.
Project name
Alacarte Condotel
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Commercial Architecture › Mixed-use Development
The continuous urban population growth, the expansion of cities’ areas, the development and complexity of technical and social processes indicate the urgency of the problem of modern cities and lead to an innovative solution of the GOROD L.E.S Transport and Logistics System (Logistic Eco System), considered on the example of the surrounding area of...
Project name
GOROD L.E.S (Logistic Eco System)
Architecture firm
WETER LLС
Location
Dubai, UAE. (anywhere in the world)
Visualization
Ruslan Balash, Yuri Stein, Alexander Shishkov, Victoria Sudarkina
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Unreal Engine, Adobe Photoshop, Blender, Fusion
Principal architect
Ruslan Balash
Design team
Ruslan Balash, Yuri Stein, Alexander Shishkov
Collaborators
• Model maker: Mikhail Medvedev, Georgy Znamensky, Christina Koroleva, Andrey Savenko, Evgeny Isaev, Evgeny Trofimchuk, Roman Gazizov, Archinald Firsov, Nikita Roshchin
Construction
Alexander Ilizarov
Typology
Residential › Commercial, Mixed-use Development
Wind-powered Skyscraper is a new high-tech complex of buildings based on the principle of using an environmentally friendly renewable energy source – wind, which is everywhere. The concept was developed on the territory of modern Dubai, however, the complex can be located anywhere in the world, with strong and weak winds, since already at 4 m/s it...
Architecture firm
WETER LLC
Location
Dubai, UAE. (anywhere in the world)
Height
300 meters and 350 meters
Visualization
Ruslan Balash, Yuri Stein, Alexander Shishkov, Victoria Sudarkina
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Unreal Engine, Adobe Photoshop, Blender, Fusion
Principal architect
Ruslan Balash
Design team
Ruslan Balash, Yuri Stein, Alexander Shishkov
Construction
Alexander Ilizarov
Status
Working draft stage
Typology
Residential › Commercial, Mixed-use Development.
It's covered in more than 8,000 plants and 58 floors of solar energy. Blackfriars Bridge area quite literally lives in the shadow of London’s soaring skyline, but that could all change. 22 years old, Architectural Designer, Elija Halil has just unveiled a proposal for a tower by the One Blackfriars building that would act As a “Carbon Sponge” struc...
Architecture firm
Archilles by Elija
Location
Blackfriars Bridge Area, London, UK
Visualization
Elija Halil
Tools used
Grasshopper, Rhinoceros 3D, Twinmotion, Lumion
Principal architect
Elija Halil
Interior design
Mia Darling
Built area
80,000 m² floor area
Site area
806,490 ft² including 280 flats
Typology
Residential › Mixed-use, Mobius Strip Research
Have you ever encountered sandstorms? If you have ever spent some time in Dubai or any other city in UAE, especially during spring and summer, you have probably witnessed its tropical desert climate and massive sandstorms. And you might know that when they occur, they slow down or, on larger scales, completely shut down the city’s ordinary rhythm.
Project name
Absorbent Sandstorm Skyscraper Dubai
Architecture firm
Kalbod Design Studio
Visualization
Shaghayegh Nemati, Sara Rajabi, Ziba Baghban
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohamad Rahimizadeh
Design team
Shaghayegh Nemati, Zahra Tavasoli, Fateme Shaerzadeh
Typology
Future Architecture
Guangzhou’s beating heart is Tianhe and Baiyun which is the up and coming new town set to become the city’s second largest CBD. As part of a larger push to fill the gap in Guangzhou’s industrial-city landscape, GHD Yungang City has attracted a plethora of Fortune 500 companies to set up offices.
Project name
GDH Yungang City (Plot 4)
Architecture firm
Aedas, joint venture with GDAD
Location
Guangzhou, China
Height
230 meters. 190 meters
Principal architect
Kevin Wang, Global Design Principal
Client
Guangdong Land Holdings Limited
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
