In 2021, I was invited by my friend Qiye, to design a central building in the center of the creative industry park that I renovated for him. However, we are both spaced out those days as our wives are facing a similar dilemma. We are distracted yet tried to take our minds off anxiety by working, but it was hard to fully concentrate.
Project name
Copper blockhouse
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Pudong, Shanghai, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
MI Kejie, XU Nan, DAI Ruoyu
Collaborators
Project manager: MU Zhilin; Construction drawing design firm: Shanghai Southeast United Engineering Design Co., Ltd
Construction
Shanghai Qikufangyun Culture Technology Co., Ltd
Material
Copper, stainless steel, micro cement, glass
Client
Shanghai Jiayun Investment Management Development Co., Ltd
Typology
Museum › Cultural Architecture
Art Design Fashion and the Museum of Applied Arts. The new concept and a breath-taking genius loci have put the best exhibition space of the Moravian Gallery in Brno on the design map of Europe. Indeed, the museum is attractive to visitors of all generations, from ground floor to rooftop, in every corner.
Project name
Moravian Gallery | ART DESIGN FASHION
Architecture firm
Catwalks: Olgoj Chorchoj. Respirium: David Karásek. Black & Light Depot: Maxim Velčovský, Radek Wohlmuth, edit! Café Robot, The Cloud: Marek Jan Štěpán. Designshop: Eva Eisler. Architectural design of the expositions Cave, Prostor Pro, 2000+ Design, 2000+ Fashion: Tomáš Svoboda
Location
Husova 18, 662 26 Brno, Czech Republic
Collaborators
The Demon of Growth: Krištof Kintera. Graphic design: Lukáš Kijonka. Illustrations: Jiří Franta. Support in equipping the Museum and acquisitions to the Moravian Gallery collections: members of the Association of Czech Industrial Design
Construction
IM Development
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Gallery, Museum
Oklahoma Building by Johnson Fain Widely Awarded for Expressing Mission Through Design. Twenty-five years in the making, First Americans Museum (FAM) in Oklahoma City is a testament to mission and perseverance. It was created to honor the 39 tribes in Oklahoma today, reflecting their history through design metaphors of nature’s elements of earth, w...
Project name
First Americans Museum
Architecture firm
Johnson Fain
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Photography
Scott McDonald; McNeese Studios; Mel Willis
Design team
Scott Johnson, FAIA, design partner. William H. Fain, Jr., FAIA, managing partner/director of urban design and planning. Larry Ball, AIA, principal. Juan Carlos Begazo, AIA, principal. James (Jed) Donaldson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, principal. Daniel Janotta, AIA, principal. Suma Spina, AIA, principal. Craig Lawrence, AIA, senior associate
Collaborators
Associate Architect: Hornbeek Blatt ( David Hornbeek, AIA, NCARB. Anthony J. Blatt, AIA, NCARB, RID)
Civil engineer
Benham Group, Cardinal Engineering
Structural engineer
Arup, KFC Engineering, Nabih Youssef Associates
Environmental & MEP
Darr & Collins, Stantec
Landscape
Hargreaves Jones
Lighting
Lighting Design Alliance, David Weiner Design
Construction
Centennial Builders (joint venture of Flintco and Manhattan Construction)
Client
American Indian Cultural Center Foundation (AICCF)
Typology
Cultural › Museum, Cultural Center & Museum Master Planning
Currently under construction, the Chengdu Science Fiction Museum will be the main venue of the 81st annual World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and Hugo Awards later this year.
Project name
Chengdu Science Fiction Museum
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
ZHA Project Team: Andrei Cojocaru, Berkin Islam, Chu Zhou, Hao Wen, Jillian Nishi, Lianyuan Ye, Meng Zhao, Shang Li, Stefan Manousof, Sven Torres, Yang Liu, Yuling Ma, Xiaoying Li. ZHA Competition Team: Andrei Cojocaru, Enoch Kolo, Jillian Nishi, Juan Montiel, Lianyuan Ye, Meng Zhao, Nan Jiang, Nastasja Mitrovic, Stefan Manousof, Yanran Lu, Yimeng Zhao, Yuling Ma. ZHA Competition Sustainability Team: Aleksander Mastalski, Carlos Bausa Martinez
Collaborators
ZHA Competition Project Directors: Satoshi Ohashi, Paulo Flores. ZHA Competition Associate: Yang Jingwen. ZHA Competition Project Architects: Juan Liu, Magda Smolinska.
Client
Chengdu Science and Innovation City Investment and Development Co.
Typology
Cultural › Museum
In August 2021, Wuhan University received the largest donation in its history: 1 billion yuan, from alumni Dongsheng Chen of Taikang Insurance Group. In the same year, WIT Design & Research completed a most notable project: the restoration of the former residence of Dong Fureng into a memorial museum, commissioned by the Dong Fureng Foundation, wit...
Project name
The Dong Fureng House Museum
Architecture firm
WIT Design & Research
Photography
Tantan Lei, TOPIA and One Thousand Degree Image
Design team
Gongpu Zhao, Yanli Zhang, Rui Tao, Qianxuan Niu, Xiuwen Xiao, Liang Zhao, Yongcheng Xia，Wenyi Chen
Collaborators
Foundation project management team: Yanfei Tang, Yuan He; Taikang management team: Bin Tang, Shuang Sun, Shanshan Sun, Xiaofu Gao; Copywriting Agency: NARJEELING; Project Planning: Le Brand Strategy Agency
Lighting
PROL Leading Designer: Zhenhua Luo
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Client
Taikang Insurance Group & Dong Fureng Foundation
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
Scholars and dignitaries discuss and celebrate the role of museums as hubs in contributing to peacebuilding and social cohesion through presentations, an interactive exhibition, and a concert by Bait Al Oud Orchestra of Sudan.
Written by
Mohamad Adham Al-Sayed
Photography
ICCROM - Sharjah
This is the mausoleum belonging to the founder of the centralized imperial system in China that lasted more than 2,000 years - the First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng. The ambience of the mausoleum survived from the rapid urban development in modern China, and providentially keeps the landscape structure of mountains and plains as it was before the co...
Project name
The Bronze Chariots Museum of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum in Xi’an
Architecture firm
ZSA - Atelier Diameter
Location
Inside Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, China
Photography
Trimont Image, Yang Chen
Principal architect
Nan Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zhang
Design team
Lu Gan, Qian Xu, Long Chen, Yaqi Yu, Xiao Sun, Yu Su, Jiling Zhang, Ruonan Chen, Lu Zou, Lingyi Qi (Architectural Design); Runze Chang, Renwei Ou, Huijie Zhang, Qingxiu Li, Yaya Wei (Landscape Design); Caimin Zhong, Lijuan Sang (Structural Engineering); Rubo Zhang (Plumbing Engineering); Jiangwei Wang (HVAC Engineering); Chun Gao (Electrical Engineering); Li Wang, Benchi Yan (General Layout Design
Collaborators
Curatorial Consultant & Exhibition Design: Nanjing Baihui Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Curtain Wall Design: Shanghai Geometry Archi-Design Consulting Co., Ltd.; Signage Design: 2x4 Acoustic Design: ECADI Acoustic and Theatre Special Design & Research Studio Intelligent Design: ECADI UD Architectural Design Institute; Contractor of Main Structure: Shaanxi Construction Engineering No.1 Construction Group Co., Ltd. Exhibition Development & Contractor of Exhibition: Shanghai BroadMesse International Address: 925 Tongpu Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 200062 Tel: 021-62120181 Fax: 021-62122022 2 Creative & Technology Co., Ltd.; Translation: Yining Su; Consultants: Tongbin Chen, Kai Cui, Ying Qin
Built area
7998.98 ㎡ (main structure), 565.29 ㎡ (underground supplementary facilities)
Structural engineer
Lijuan Sang, Caimin Zhong
Landscape
Runze Chang, Renwei Ou, Huijie Zhang, Qingxiu Li, Yaya Wei
Lighting
Ning Field Lighting Design Co., Ltd.
Construction
Xi’an Qujiang Daming Palace Investment Group Co., Ltd.
Client
Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
Located in Nanshangang, Sangzhou Town, Ninghai County, Zhejiang, the project is positioned as a small cultural and tourism building that integrates a tourist center and spaces for displaying and experiencing the local history and culture.
Project name
Qingxi Culture and History Museum
Architecture firm
The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd. (UAD)
Location
422 Township Road, Sangzhou Town, Ninghai County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Photography
ZYStudio, Zhao Qiang, Ding Junhao
Principal architect
Wu Zhenling
Design team
Wu Zhenling, Zhang Jiachen, Li Ning, Wang Yingni, Chen Yu
Collaborators
Water supply & drainage design: Chen Ji, Chen Fei. Electrical design: Zhen Guoxing, Ding Li. HVAC design: Guo Yinan, Ren Xiaodong. Smart design: Jiang Bing
Interior design
Li Jingyuan, Fang Yu
Structural engineer
Jin Zhenfen, Shen Jin, Ni Wenhao
Landscape
Wu Weiling, Xu Conghua, Zhu Jing
Material
Stone, Concrete, Metal, Glass
Client
Ninghai Cultural Tourism Group Co., Ltd.
Typology
Cultural > Museum
