MAD Architects has completed Jiaxing Train Station, the firm’s first transportation infrastructure reconstruction and expansion project. Located at the center of Jiaxing, a historic city 100 kilometers southwest of Shanghai, the project replaces a dysfunctional train station that had stood at the site between 1995 and 2019.
Project name
Jiaxing Train Station
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design team
Yao Ran, Yu Lin, Cao Chen, Chen Nianhai, Cheng Xiangju, Reinier Simons, Fu Xiaoyi, Chen Wei, He Shunpeng, Li Zhengdong, Cao Xi, Zhang Kai, Li Xinyun, Kaushik Raghuraman, Deng Wei, Huang Zhiyu, Huai Wei, Sun Mingze, Dayie Wu, Hou Jinghui, Yin Jianfeng, Claudia Hertrich, Liu Zifan, Xie Qilin, Alan Rodríguez Carrillo, Qiang Siyang,
Collaborators
Associate Partners in Charge: Liu Huiying, Tiffany Dalhen; Executive Architects: Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd., China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co., Ltd.; Heritage Consultant: Shanghai Shuishi Architectural Design & Planning Corp.,Ltd.; Signage Consultant: NDC CHINA, Inc.; Façade Consultant: RFR Shanghai.
Built area
around 330,000 m²
Interior design
Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Landscape
Z’scape Landscape Planning and Design
Structural engineer
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
Lighting
Beijing Sign Lighting Industry Group
Construction
China Railway Construction Engineering Group, China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group, China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Co., Ltd.
Client
Jiaxing Modern Service Industry Development & Investment (Group) Co., Ltd.
Typology
Train Station › Urban Renewal, Urban Planning, Transportation Infrastructure, Mixed-Use
MAD Architects unveiled the design for the Nanhai Art Center in Foshan City, Guangdong, which covers a total site area of 59,445 square meters and includes three major functions: the Grand Theatre, the Museum, and the Sports Center.
Project name
Nanhai Art Center
Principal architect
Principal Partners in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano. Associate Partners in Charge: Kin Li, Liu Huiying.
Design team
Li Cunhao, Zhang Ying, Yoshio Fukumori, Rozita Kashirtseva, Hao Ming, Orion Campos, Zhang Lipei, Gao Chang, Zeng Tianxing, Li Yuchen, Ma Ran, Hemant Jindal, Jiang Yunyao, Zhou Rui, Ma Yiran, Zhang Tong, Peng Wanjing
Built area
Approx. 121,275 m²
Site area
Approx. 59,455 m²
Collaborators
Contractor: Foshan Nanhai Liyayuan Real Estate Development Limited Company. Executive Architects: Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. Landscape Consultant: Earthasia (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Lighting Consultant: Ning Field Lighting Design Corp., Ltd. Stage Craft Consultant: China Institute of Arts Science & Technology
Client
Foshan Nanhai Youwei Baiyue Culture Co.
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Art Center, Theater, Museum, Sports Center, Commercial
The exhibition “Ma Yansong: Landscapes in Motion” was recently inaugurated at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP) in China. The exhibition provides a retrospective of MAD’s research and practices through 52 projects spanning almost two decades across an expansive space of more than 3,000 square meters.
Title
Ma Yansong: Landscapes in Motion
Category
Architecture & Design
Eligibility
Open to public
Organizer
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning
Date
29 September - 17 December 2023
Venue
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning, Ground Exhibition Hall, A1&B1 Exhibition Hall
The object of the renovation is the "Wanmicang" warehouse on the southside of the Shanghai Zhangjiang Cement Factory. MAD's renovation envisions a three-dimensional hierarchy of time and physical dimensions through the juxtaposition of old and new structures. Like a rising ark, the transformed building will bring new life to the decaying industrial...
Project name
The Ark | Shanghai Cement Factory Warehouse Renovation
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Principal architect
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design team
Zheng Chengwen, Zhang Tong, Zhou Rui, Shiko Foo
Interior design
MAD Architects
Collaborators
Associate Partner in Charge: Fu Changrui; Executive Architects: Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.; Façade Consultant: Shanghai CIMA Engineering Consulting Co. Ltd.
Built area
15,312 m²; Building height: 24 metres
Structural engineer
Archi-Neering-Design/AND Office
Landscape
Design Land Collaborative Ltd.
Lighting
TS Shanghai Tunsten Lighting Design Co., Ltd.
Client
Shanghai Quan Cheng Development & Construction Co., Ltd.
Typology
Factory › Industrial, Renovation
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong has unveiled the design of Anji Culture and Art Center. Located in the Zhejiang Province in southeast China, near Shanghai, Anji is the only county to win the "United Nations Habitat Award" and has been praised as “bamboo” and “white tea” town of China.
Project name
Anji Culture and Art Center
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Principal architect
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design team
Sun Shouquan, Dong Xue, Li Guangchong, Zhang Xiaomei, Wang Xianbo, Xi Kaiyu, Chen Bohan, Zhao Lilu, Deng Wei, Lin Yijun, Liu Yiqing, Qiao Xuantong, Hao Yue, Zou Dengyu, Jose Maria Urbiola, Wang Zhuyun, Shang Li, Wu Aoqian, Song Chi, Zeng Tianxing
Visualization
MAD Architects
Client
Anji Construction Holding Group
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Culture and Art Center
Taking up the metaphor of avian migration, Migratory Birds 300, a 300-hour artist residency, brings together 300 creators from diverse fields and backgrounds to congregate and co-create by the seaside of Aranya, China.
Written by
MAD Architects
Photography
Courtesy of Aranya Theater Festival, MAD Architects Qi Ziying
MAD architects, led by Ma Yansong, is nearing the completion of the China Philharmonic Concert Hall in Beijing, China, for which the firm won the design competition in 2014. With an overall site of 11,600 sqm and a total building area of 26,000 sqm, the concert hall is one of the most significant cultural projects in the nation’s capital
Project name
China Philharmonic Concert Hall
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Photography
CreatAR, Zhengdong.Li, Xu Chen
Principal architect
Principal Partners in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano. Associate Partners in Charge: Liu Huiying, Kin Li
Design team
Zheng Chengwen, Wang Qi, Fu Xiaoyi, He Xiaokang, Xiao Ying, Zeng Hao, Wang Shuobin, Wang Yiming, Hu Jinchang, Jacob Hu, Brecht van Acker, Wang Deyuan, Dora Lam, Ben Yuqiang, Zhang Long, Deng Wei, Connor Hymes, Chen Yien, Shen Chen, Yan Ran
Collaborators
Executive Architect: Radio, Film & TV Design and Research Institute, Beijing Homedale Institute of Urban Planning & Architectural Design. Façade Consultant: RFR Shanghai. Signage Design: Zheng Bang Creative (Beijing) Brand Technology Company Limited
Interior design
Beijing Honggao Architectural Decoration and Construction Design Co., Ltd.
Structural engineer
CCDI Group
Landscape
Palm Design Co., Ltd
Client
China Philharmonic Orchestra
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Concert Hall
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
