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Hainan Science Museum / MAD Architects

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Mon, 18 May 2026 02:00:00 +0000

The Hainan Science Museum, designed by Ma Yansong and his firm MAD, has opened to the public on the edge of Wuyuan River National Wetland Park. Since its trial opening, it has welcomed more than 350,000 visitors in four months, with peak days drawing more than 5,800 people. "I wanted the project to be built on the idea of flow and chaos — space, function, and knowledge to flow into one another, freely." says Ma Yansong, Founder and Principal Partner of MAD. "Different subjects should connect, overlap, and stay open. If artificial intelligence can already answer almost any question, a science museum's job is no longer to deliver facts. It is to teach children how to ask them."

The Productive Clash: Heritage Interiors, Contemporary Projects, and the Value of Imperfection

Jonathan Yeung — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Heritage, in interiors, is increasingly rarer to be only a matter of preservation alone. More often it arrives as friction: the encounter between what a building already is—its plan logic, its scars, its structural inconsistencies—and what contemporary life demands of it.

A Local Renewal of Fushan Coffee / MINOR lab

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:00:00 +0000

The project is located in Haikou, Hainan Province, where the sea and tropical vegetation define the city's natural context. Approximately sixty kilometers to the northwest lies Fushan Town, the origin of coffee cultivation in Hainan. Established in the 1970s, Fushan Coffee has been embedded in regional daily life for decades, carrying both an agricultural lineage and a vernacular cultural presence. Commissioned by Fushan Coffee, the project reimagines the new coffee space as a medium for the brand's story—one that allows visitors to experience its history, production, and locality. This position informs both material strategy and spatial organization.

Haikou GAOXINGLI Insun Cinema / One Plus Partnership

Valeria Silva — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Haikou is an island in China, it's situated on the north coast of Hainan Island, and the South China Sea is around the island. We wanted to create something related to the ocean because Haikou is surrounded by the ocean, but we wanted to create something unique and we didn't want to use the color blue like the ocean, so we decided to use the brick material for the theme of our design. Because bricks are made of sand which lay on the beach. Looking at this, you can perfectly build a story in your mind. This is timeless, just as bricks can be used to create beautiful and durable spaces that can't be worn down and improved as they blow out their birthday cake.

Hainan Energy Trading Building / KRIS YAO | ARTECH

July Shao — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:00:00 +0000

The Hainan Energy Trading Building stands proudly in Jiangdong New District, an emerging industrial, financial, and residential development on the outskirts of Haikou, capital of China’s Hainan province. The Yankuang Group, owner and occupier of the building, specializes in mining production and sales, high-end coal processing, and modern logistics, and the early entry of the firm’s headquarters in Jiangdong New District paves the way for other leading business to follow suit. The building is a floating box above a landscaped ground floor, and an impressive central courtyard greets visitors as they enter the atrium. The rigid lines of the exterior contrast with the sky gardens positioned at regular intervals—a blend of rigidity and softness that creates a harmonious whole, mirroring the fledgling district’s aim of combining existing site conditions with cutting-edge technology.

Hainan Energy Trading Building / KRIS YAO | ARTECH

Hana Abdel — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 03:00:00 +0000

The Hainan Energy Trading Building stands proudly in Jiangdong New District, an emerging industrial, financial, and residential development on the outskirts of Haikou, the capital of China’s Hainan province. The Yankuang Group, owner and occupier of the building, specializes in mining production and sales, high-end coal processing, and modern logistics, and the early entry of the firm’s headquarters in Jiangdong New District paves the way for other leading businesses to follow suit. The building is a floating box above a landscaped ground floor, and an impressive central courtyard greets visitors as they enter the atrium. The rigid lines of the exterior contrast with the sky gardens positioned at regular intervals—a blend of rigidity and softness that creates a harmonious whole, mirroring the fledgling district’s aim of combining existing site conditions with cutting-edge technology.

JUANZONG Books & Cafe / CASE PAVILION

Valeria Silva — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 01:00:00 +0000

In 2021, Haikou City initiated a series of cultural projects titled "Pavilions by the Sea," aimed at providing citizens with interdisciplinary and intellectually engaging public entertainment spaces. As one of the 16 coastal pavilions, "Mountain of the Sky" has become the second new urban landmark built at the northern end of Haikou Bay. Facing the southwest coast, the Sou Fujimoto Architects crafted an undulating, continuous ring-shaped roof with an irregular, curved surface shell structure made of thin concrete. Invited by Aranya and the operators, Juanzhong Bookstore and Yishan Children's Bookstore, we designed a space for reading and relaxation for the citizens of Haikou under this expansive roof.

Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School / TAO (Trace Architecture Office)

Collin Chen — Sat, 27 May 2023 02:00:00 +0000

Trace Architecture Office (TAO)'s latest school project—Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School is currently in use. Located in Haikou, Hainan, China, the campus includes a high school and student dormitory for 48 high school classes, and a kindergarten for 18 kindergarten classes, with a total floor area of 64,700 square meters. This is TAO's second educational project in Haikou, which is another creative practice of exploring links between education and architecture with respect to the local context.

Sky Mountain Haikou Bay No.6 High Standard Seaside Station / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 25 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000

We believe the Haikou Seaside Stop pavilion is a focal point providing an opportunity for its travelers to meander between the city and nature with places for social happenings.

The Cloudscape of Haikou / MAD Architects

韩爽 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

MAD joins this collection of pavilions with a building containing a bookstore and citizen amenities. Situated in Century Park on the shore of Haikou Bay, the project covers an area of 4,397 square meters, with a construction area of 1,380 square meters. To the south side of the pavilion are a library and reading space capable of holding 10,000 books, as well as a multi-functional audio-visual area: free and open for public use. Meanwhile, the building’s northern area features a café, public restrooms, barrier-free restrooms, showers, a nursery room, a public rest area, and a roof garden.

Sou Fujimoto Unveils Images of Public Pavilion for Haikou's Waterfront in China

Christele Harrouk — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 06:30:00 +0000

After MAD’s Wormhole Library, the city of Haikou revealed a pavilion by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Scheduled for the end of spring, the ribbon-like white pavilion with an accessible roof will be one of the first public waterfront interventions to be completed in the spring of 2021. Shaping the future of Haikou city and Hainan Free Trade Port, the master plan of 16 permanent destinations re-imagines the future of coastal living.

MAD Architects' Wormhole Library Tops Out in Haikou, China

Christele Harrouk — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:30:00 +0000

MAD Architects has unveiled that the Wormhole Library, had topped-out in the city of Haikou, China at the end of January 2021. The curved multi-functional structure, cast of white concrete, is scheduled to be completed and operational in the Spring of 2021. Once ready, the project will allow visitors to read, enjoy the sea views and attend open-air performances.

Haikou Wenming East Road Tunnel / Penda China

Collin Chen — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Wenming East Tunnel is 4380m at its full length (2720m for the underground 6-lane dual carriageway) with a maximum depth of over 23m. It is the first tunnel to be constructed underneath the Nandu River; vehicles traveling within the tunnel may drive at a maximum speed of 60km/h on the motorway, with a reduced speed limit of 40km/h at road junctions.

Huandao Middle School / TAO - Trace Architecture Office

Collin Chen — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Located in Haikou, Hainan, China, Haikou Huandao Middle school is designed to accommodate teaching classrooms, function classrooms, students’ dormitory and dining hall for more than 1200 students, 24 classes. The design initiated from thinking about how to create a nurturing environment that celebrates creativity and interaction rather than examination-oriented learning cultures.

BeiChen Mansion / PTArchitects

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:00:00 +0000

In design, we often need to take care of two opposite principles at the same time, release while controlling, lift when putting down, retreat when advancing, and break while continuing. At a time when the characteristic of most of the start-up areas tends to be unified, how to create the architectural form of ‘not stacking symbols and not monotonously repeating’ through the combination of traditional culture and modern aesthetics will be a widely discussed proposition. We hope to find a way to really make the design bigger while smaller, lighter while heavier, deeper while lighter, and more modern while traditional, because all elements can finally find a way to coexist, and all exploration is essentially a lovely fantasy for the next wave.

S'RUI Office / Wei Yi International Design Associates

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:00:00 +0000

“The elegant rhythm flowing through space.”
Vogue is an industry for all the gorgeous things. She is the beauty with elegant and compact. People working here are those keys on the piano, beat softly and merrily, carry out the graceful and melodious music, play the elegant rhythm.

Haikou Tower Competition Winner / HENN

Sebastian Jordana — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:29:42 +0000

HENN have won the first prize in the international competition to design the Haikou Tower in Haikou, China. More information and images after the break.