ORDOS 100 #33: Scalene Architectes

This villa is located in plot #77 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Scalene Architectes
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Principals in Charge: Jean & Luc Larnaudie
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009-2010
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #32: drdh architects

This villa is located in plot #69 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: drdh architects
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Project Team: David Howarth, Daniel Rosbottom, Richard Marks, Matthew Phillips, Kazi Cisarova, Jonathan Connelly, Nuwan Wijetunge, Alessandro Milani, Yeung Kin Bong
Structural Consultant: Andy Greig / Greig Ling Engineers
Environmental Consultant: Max Fordham / Max Fordham Consulting Engineers
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009-2010
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

“… as the philosophers maintain, the city is like some large house, and the house is in turn like some small city…”
Alberti: Book I Cap. 9

ORDOS 100 #31: JDS Architects

This villa is located in plot #74 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: JDS Architects
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #30: LTL Architects

This villa is located in plot #93 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: LTL Architects
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Project Team: Marc Tsurumaki, Paul Lewis, David J. Lewis, Kate Snider, Deric Mizokami, Laura Cheung
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009-2010
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #29: Lyn Rice Architects

This villa is located in plot #07 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Lyn Rice Architects
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Architects in Charge: , principal, with Astrid Lipka, associate principal
Project Architect: Ivan Chabra
Project Designer: Benjamin Cadena
Design Team: Karl-Erik Larson, Steven Chen, Daria Supp
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009-2010
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #28: F451 Arquitectura

This villa is located in plot #61 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: F451 Arquitectura
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
F451 Team: Santi Ibarra, Toni Montes, Lluis Ortega, Xavier Osarte & Esther Segura
Engineering Consultant: AKT
Landscape: Jerónimo Hagerman
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009-2010
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #27: Multiplicities

This villa is located in plot #24 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Multiplicities
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Project Team: Daniel Holguin, Issei Suma, Perla Pequeño, Joanna Park Sohn, Christopher Chan, Nicole Rodríguez, Masayuki Sono
Consultants: Methus Srisuchart + Tatchapon Lertwirojkul / Jee Won Kim Architect / ID engineers
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009-2010
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #26: FRENTE

This villa is located in plot #35 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: FRENTE / Juan Pablo Maza
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #25: Estudio Barozzi Veiga

This villa is located in plot #09 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Estudio Barozzi Veiga / Fabrizio Barozzi, Alberto Veiga
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Collaborators: Antonio Pinto, Agnieszka Samsel, Pieter Janssens, Michele Andreatta
Structure Consultant: BOMA . Guillem Baraut
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009-2010
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #24: Babel Architecture

This villa is located in plot #90 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Babel Architecture / Sharon Rotbard, Dan Hasson, Yuval Yasky
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Collaborators: Shira Gleitman, Jessy Feng, Igor Shevchenko, Amit Mandelkern, Omer Barr
Structure Consultant: Itzhak Rokach, Rokach-Ashkenazi
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

Ordos Hilton Hotel / VMX Architects

In commission for the Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Company, VMX Architects designed a contemporary international hotel for the city of Ordos. By not only relying upon the logic of and philosophies behind famous hotel concepts, but also taking into account the specific context of Ordos, the new Hilton Hotel aims on transcending the generic and at the same time symbolizing the spirit of Inner Mongolia.

ORDOS 100 #23: Oyler Wu Collaborative

This villa is located in plot #34 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Oyler Wu Collaborative
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Project Team: Dwayne Oyler, Jenny Wu, Fayez Ahbad, Phillip Cameron, Jian Huang, Huy Le
Consulting Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #22: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter

This villa is located in plot #12 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #21: PRODUCTORA

This villa is located in plot #02 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: PRODUCTORA / Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, Wonne Ickx, Abel Perles
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Collaborators: Karel Vancura, Diana León, Iván Villegas, Diego Escamilla
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #20: Atelier Bow Wow

This villa is located in plot #30 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Atelier Bow-Wow / Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Momoyo kaijima, Shun Takagi
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #19: Work AC

This villa is located in plot #96 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Work AC / Dan and Amale Andraos
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #18: I|K Studio

This villa is located in plot #55 of the ORDOS project.

Architects:  – Mariana Ibanez, Simon Kim
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Project team: Chris Shusta, Anthony Dimari, Juta Cinco, Aimee Epstein, Michael Powers, Elizabeth Bishop, Carnaven Chiu
Structural Consultant: Paul Kassabian
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #17: at103

This villa is located in plot #48 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: at103 / Julio Amezcua + Francisco Pardo
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Project team: Tiberio Wallentin, Nicolas Tetu, Aida Hurtado, Hanni Paz
Models: Roberto Rodriguez, Aaron Rivera
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,003.5 sqm

ORDOS 100 #16: Dellekamp arquitectos

This villa is located in plot #14 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos / Derek Dellekamp
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Project leader: Ignacio Mendez
Project team: Jachen Schleich, Pedro Sanchez, Paulina Goycolea
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

ORDOS 100 #15: Rintala Eggertsson

This villa is located in plot #85 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Rintala Eggertsson
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,170 sqm

ORDOS 100 #14: Encore Heureux + G Studio

Architects: Encore Hereux + G Studio
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia,
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

French architects Encore Heureux & didn’t send a text for their Ordos villa, but the renderings are quite expressive. Judge for yourself.