New Academy of Art in Hangzhou / Wang Shu, Amateur Architecture Studio

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.

Good lighting, great materials, poor execution.

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

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.

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.

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!

有中西元素的合體感.It’s cool~

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.

Terry说的很对！！！！！！！

国美的象山校区。。。

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.

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.

the video is indeed very interesting..

why?

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。

I also think there’s waaaaaaay too much going on there.

too much grey

MAX你说得非常好，很有责任感！