ubcsala [china] 2007

The Linked Hybrid is one of Steven Holl Architects’ biggest projects. This project is a work of cultural sensitivity through using Chinese concepts and colors in an abstract way and shows an environmental concern by functioning on geothermal energy and water recycling. The project will stand 66 meters in height, with 2 million square feet. […]

On May 25, 2007 our group visited the Xian Dai Architectural Design Group in Shanghai. They describe themselves thus:
“Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd., is a modern scientific and technological enterprise majoring in architectural design. Over 20 professional companies including East China Architectural Design & Research Institute and Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design […]

Jan Felix Clostermann, Alsop
Jan Felix Clostermann is director at Alsop Beijing. Clostermann is an AA graduate and has previously worked in the London office. Alsop is famous for their quirky projects and making architecture approachable and fun. Alsop has worked on numerous projects in China including: Gao Yang (Shanghai), Macau Studio City (in development), Shanghai […]

On May 17, we visited the Department of Landscape Architecture at Tsinghua University. Professor Ron Henderson gave us a presentation on the history of landscape design in Haidian District, Beijing. Students and also assistants of Professor Henderson, Wen Liu, Yong Guo and Peng Wu joined the presentation and the following discussion.
Haidian, literally meaning water and […]

Vanke is one of the largest housing developers in China. The company started in the early nineties as an import and export company. In the late nineties it began its movement into housing development. According to Time magazine, if it continues to advance at the same pace it has for the past ten years in […]

The Exhibition hall has a very deliberately formulated narrative. I was both pleasantly surprised by this narrative as well as wondered about some of the gaps in the story presented.
In some of the marketing and emerging transformations I have seen in the city, along with some conversations I’ve engaged in since my arrival I had […]

A one year old architectural firm in Beijing with three young and energetic partners: Zhao Zhonggui, Yang Ching-Chyi and Fu Dong. Zhao was educated at Tsinhua and Yale, Yang in Taiwan and Yale, and Fu has a double degree from Tsinghua. After graduating together from Yale and working in New York City for several years, […]

Liang Jingyu was born in China, educated in both China and Canada, and has worked as an architect in China, Montreal, and Vancouver, as well as a video game designer. He opened Approach Architecture six months ago with partner Jiang Man who has architectural experience in both China and Europe.
After Liang introduced the […]

Bert and Monica have backgrounds in architecture but have currently turned away from practice to devote themselves to research. Aside from writing articles for magazines such as Domus China and Urban China, as well as Chinese real estate development magazines, they have been involved with People’s Architecture, a not-for-profit cultural and educational organization based in […]