Support 
on the 
-- 
New Academy of Art in Hangzhou / Wang Shu, Amateur Architecture Studio
27
Apr 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Educational , Selected , Amateur Studio, China, Iwan Baan, Wang Shu Architect
Iwan Baan shared with us the photographs of the New Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China, designed by Wang Shu, Amateur Architecture Studio.
http://www.vimeo.com/4102113Also our friends at 0300 recently released a very interesting video on this project.
All the photographs by Iwan Baan after the break.
Related articles:
Share:
46 comments »
Awesome scheme, very vernacular..
Impressive use again of the vernacular..
like it
Good God in heaven what a mess. What on earth is vernacular about this pastiche extravaganza of egotistical nonsense? There is every reference imaginable going on in this lurid tableau; as if it emerged whole from some postmortem Arquitectonica nightmare circa 1984.
Depending upon whom you choose to believe China has 5000 years of genuine cultural heritage upon which to draw. What exactly, then, is the point of turning one of the greatest nations on Earth into a kitsch theme park that would make the builders of Las Vegas and Dubai blush?
When the visual pollution reaches the epic level of the air pollution it is time to ratchet things down a bit.
Terry Glenn Phipps
I agree that it is a bit of a mess but there are parts that are gorgeous…it needs some editing, to be sure, but I don’t agree with your wholesale trashing of the project. Instead of seven elements crashing around three good ones would suffice.
Got to say I quite like it as well!
They let their interns go a little CAD-crazy with those facades. And I’m pretty sure this whole complex is just a collection of confused facades.
Too bad, with some rich materials to work with.
i dont understand this at all.
Good lighting, great materials, poor execution.
Terry,
why do you think it is pastiche? what do u know about Chinese architecture?
I totally agree with t.glenn phillips. There’s nothing vernacular about it…just a kitsh reproduction of some clichés of chinese architecture. There’s no actual concept, just quotations western comtemporary architecture blended with a little something of chinese feeling.Makes me remember the chinese restaurants in the west whose food as little or anything to do with the original chinese food…it just wants to seem chinese
very interesting comtemporary chinese works! good job!!!
If I didn’t know better I’d assume that these images were taken from 5 or 6 different buildings.. There are some parts of it that look nicely handled, but overall, I agree with Terry, it’s a mess.. They need to reign in the chaotic stylistic approach by several notches.
im impresss
What an amazing project- extremely beautfiul !
It is great to see there are some architects in china who really considerate its history and culture of the country in the design process.
WangShu is perhaps the very best among them. Much better than other chinese star architects such as ‘Ma Yansong’ if we judge them solely by the sensual qualties of their buildings emanate.
I look again and again and again and… quality! That is the word!
我不是很喜欢,没有中国的味道!说不清楚它适合建在什么地方!
Hangzhou is very simple but elegant,but this project is only simple.
有中西元素的合體感.It’s cool~
i like it
so amazing 很強的語彙組合,將很多現代建築與中式建築元素融合.並善用材料的質感,創新使用材料的可能性.期待能看見更多 王樹建築師將瓦..等有趣的元素應用到極致的作品. looking forward next!! Great material composition.
very nice masonry work. Use very low cost material beautifully.
Some of the facades are very nice thought out, but a lot of them are not.
I am a Chinese, after seeing a couple different buildings by Wang Shu and his masonry construction teams, I started to feel they are getting less and less interesting.
However, I do agree that Mr. Wang is among one of the very best contemporary architect in China.
If he is just focusing working on one building, instead of working on a whole campus, his work is stunning.
Terry说的很对！！！！！！！
very corbu ronchamp exterior
国美的象山校区。。。
It make me depress! every where is so dark, so cold except wooden parts. I think it is really good but for robots!
There are some brilliant moments lost in the complexity of the overall scheme. The two wood panelled walls facing each other in the sixth image is rather elegant. The vertical stone sunscreens on the long facade is also a nice texture. I also like the forms of the curving roofs and even the semi randomness of the external stair cases and ramps. However when you take the whole thing together it just doesn’t blend into a cohesive whole. I think these issues are rather common with projects in china. Often they are just too big and firms aren’t given the appropriate time to fully develop the concepts. That said I think this actually does a good job referencing the context and traditional chinese building culture. The materiality, white washed walls, flowing peaked roof and masonry are all prevalent throughout this region of China.
至于涉及到中国精神和文化传承的角度来说
我觉得是次很好的尝试 至少我没这本事
可以感觉建筑所释放的巨大能量
这种具有争议性的建筑是对推动中国建筑设计发展有利的
应该看到积极的一面
这是个真正的建筑 但不一定很好使用
PS：其实我一直不喜欢王澍 他很张狂而且理论太虚 有点黄老邪的感觉
Questioning the budget and time frame for delivering such a large scale project is relevant. Perhaps bureaucratic issues too? The thing I like about Amateur Architecture Studio is that there their architecture seem to be style-less. A pair or three sweeps of roof in seemingly “Chinese style” is hardly referencing Chinese kulture. The relationship between the buildings and the in-between space need to be appreciated better – this can only be read with an over view of the planning. I find it hard to place a judgement from those photographs alone. The textures speak for itself.
so cool!
the video is indeed very interesting..
why?
good to be individual works, i especially like the staircases outside the building, got power. but add all together it’s really a mess… the buildings do not talk to each other! guess there need some masterplanning?
一个美术学院，由两个人来玩儿，对王和许来说，使一种成功；但同时，对许江、对学生，对学校的多元传统来说，则是一种遗憾。
作为中国人来说，并未明显感受到传统的元素。相反感受到和Terry说的一样有些乱。
I also think there’s waaaaaaay too much going on there.
chinacally chaotic! but i like it!
“globalization rocking in a free a world!”
too much grey
我去过，前几栋比较好，后面玩疯了，有点乱
但我很高兴看到我国的建筑在越来越好
西方建筑审美占主流地位的今天，如何发展有中国审美的东西是值得一代人为之努力的
MAX你说得非常好，很有责任感！
One could suggest that the number of responses to this project suggests that this project is interesting…
Links to this article »