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Shishan Life&Health Industrial Park / FTA Group GmbH

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:53:00 +0000

Suzhou Shishan Life & Health Industrial Base (Medpark), also known as Phase 6 of the Jiangsu Medical Device Industrial Park, rethinks the conventional industrial campus through the concept of a "Hyperlink Community." By means of a continuous public landscape and a highly integrated spatial system, the project connects research, production, and everyday activities into an open and efficient environment for the life and health industry.

Aimer Suzhou Headquarters / Crossboundaries

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:21:00 +0000

A Design Rooted in Experience – Blending Digital and Physical Spaces - In a world where online shopping dominates, physical spaces must go beyond simple transactions and create immersive experiences. Aimer Suzhou headquarters embraces this shift, offering an environment that fosters deep brand interaction and connects with people on a human level. "In designing Aimer Suzhou headquarters, we sought to create a building that reflects both the brand's identity and the evolving nature of commercial spaces. Flowing forms, layered transparency, and multifunctional spaces turn architecture into an extension of the brand itself," says Binke Lenhardt, co-founder of Crossboundaries.

Suzhounan Railway Station / CCTN Design

Valeria Silva — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Suzhounan Railway Station: A "Hexagonal"Station-city Synergy Multi-level Transportation Hub. On December 26, 2024, Suzhounan Railway Station, the nation's first "hexagonal" Multi-level transportation hub complex, officially commenced operations. Located in the Fenhu High-Tech Zone of Wujiang, Suzhounan Railway Station serves as the external gateway hub for the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integration Demonstration Zone. It is a shared cross-shaped hub station for both the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-Speed Railway and the Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo High-Speed Railway. The station building covers a total area of 40,000 square meters, with a station yard layout of 4 platforms and 12 tracks (including 2 platforms and 6 tracks for the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-Speed Railway, and 2 platforms and 6 tracks for the Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo High-Speed Railway). The intercity railway and urban rail transit run parallel within the same underground space, with the four lines forming a "*"-shaped structure.

How Waterways and Memory Shape Bathroom Design

Kiana Buchberger — Tue, 12 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Water has always occupied a unique position in architecture: elemental yet elusive, functional yet symbolic. It is both a material and a medium that shapes cities, structures rituals, and influences how space is perceived. Across cultures, water is understood not only as a source of life but as a carrier of meaning, associated with purification, renewal, and continuity. Its presence in the built environment often extends beyond utility, becoming a device through which architecture engages the senses and constructs atmosphere.

Kunshan Jinxi Senior High School / Atelier Deshaus

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Jinxi Senior High School is a public boarding high school with 48 classes (16 per grade). The project site is located in the eastern part of Jinxi Town, Kunshan. Originally a flat agricultural field, the site is divided into two parts—wider to the north and narrower to the south, roughly forming a right-angled trapezoid—by an east–west watercourse. The surrounding area consists of existing mid-rise residential neighborhoods and plots designated for future housing development.

Block Kindergarten / SoBA

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Block Kindergarten is located east of Hongqi Road and north of Zhenchuan Road in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. The campus occupies approximately 1.01 hectares with a total floor area of about 8,600 square meters and is planned as a 21-class kindergarten. The site is surrounded by a complex urban context. High-rise residential towers stand to the north, with additional housing planned to the east. To the south lie several municipal facilities, including a 110kV substation, a waste transfer station, and an emergency medical center. These conditions present both spatial and psychological challenges: tall residential buildings create a sense of enclosure, while the municipal infrastructure introduces visual and environmental disturbance.

Yuanfeng Road Fire Station / genarchitects

Andreas Luco — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000

The site is located on the suburban edge of Kunshan High-Tech Zone, within an area planned as an industrial park. When we first visited, the area was still largely vacant land. A small canal along the western edge connects to the Wusong River a short distance to the south; downstream it becomes Suzhou Creek, which flows through Shanghai and joins the Huangpu River at the Bund.

Wujiang Wedding Hall / NODE Achitecture & Urbanism

韩爽 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Wujiang Wedding Hall is located on the northern side of the Chuihong Scenic Area in Wujiang District, Suzhou. Its cultural roots could be traced back to the Chuihong Bridge, originally built during the Northern Song Dynasty. Over the course of a millennium, the site has accumulated a series of significant cultural landmarks, including the ruins of Chuihong Bridge, Huayan Pagoda, and the Ji Cheng Memorial Hall. Together, these elements form a historic landscape shaped by the convergence of Taihu Lake and the Grand Canal, bearing witness to the layered transformations of Wujiang's urban and cultural history. The original project site consisted of a two-story cafe and a gateball court located at the intersection of two streets, which had been vacant for many years. The renovation preserves the existing structural framework while introducing new functions such as a marriage registration office, community-oriented commercial spaces, and public activity areas. Through this transformation, the project seeks to weave together historical context and contemporary urban life.

Verdant Ridges / Wutopia Lab

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0000

The site was originally home to the Xinguang Silk Weaving Factory. The renovated Building No. 5 has now been transformed into a versatile theater, seamlessly integrating Suzhou-style stage performances with medium-sized conferences. In architectural renovation, the common approaches typically fall into two categories: completely redesigning parts of the structure or preserving its original form as much as possible. Wutopia Lab seeks to break free from this binary and explore a new path. Inspired by the dramatic life of Tang Bohu, we go beyond merely preserving the historical depth of the old building—we breathe new artistic life into it.

MARUS COFFEE & Coffee Academy / Atelier IN

韩爽 — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Suzhou, as a city, has distinctive regional architectural characteristics. We abstracted three key elements from traditional garden architecture—"pavilions," "corridors," and "views"—and sought to combine these elements with the inherent attributes of the original building. The lower floor of the original structure contained a row of hidden columned corridors, which were downplayed in the 2012 renovation, and the facades were enclosed with glass curtain walls, thereby clearly separating the interior and exterior spaces.

World Super Market / KiKi ARCHi

韩爽 — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

World Super Market is located on the basement level of MATRO Department Store, composed of a series of continuous retail units. The owner has concentrated the multi-national brand resources of Matro Luxury Centre here, creating a commercial environment that balances global vision with everyday warmth. Architect Yoshihiko Seki of KiKi ARCHi, serving as the lead designer, drew inspiration from the concept of a "color spectrum," unifying color and texture into a woven visual rhythm. Through flowing color cues, the design unfolds an experiential commercial narrative centered on materiality and color.

Zhouzhuang Theater Façade Renovation / CAALADI + Practice on Earth

韩爽 — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The project is located at the entrance of Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu, and transforms a long-vacant 2003 hotel complex into the immersive theater space for Zhouzhuang Odyssey, a performance jointly produced by the Zhouzhuang Town Government and the China Oriental Performing Arts Group. The China Academy of Fine Arts Landscape Architecture Design and Research Institute led the EPC contract, with Dingzong Yu Studio as the design lead, and our team responsible for façade adaptation.

Expansion and Renovation of Primary School & Urban Infrastructure Multi-system Complex / Atelier Archmixing

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

This increasingly complex project emerged from an interactive process and key breakthroughs by both the government and architects — through ongoing coordination and integration, architects drive the joint renewal of urban and educational spaces. It represents a process of architects' proactive intervention and comprehensive resolution of urban architectural renewal needs. The project site features a narrow and elongated shape, with Kunshan Experimental Primary School to the east, adjacent to Kunshan Industrial Technology Research Institute to the west. And it connects two major urban green spaces, Dayu Lake Park and Kunshan Forest Park, at its north and south ends.

Kunshan City Square / Dazhou And Associates

Andreas Luco — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The square in front of the Kunshan Municipal Government, together with its subway station, has underwent a comprehensive transformation since 2022. With the new retail and parking facilities introduced to the underground, the landscape above ground followed the original cross-axis structure of the city square, placing a water feature and a large grass slope along the central axis, dividing the site into four sections. Dazhou and Associates was commissioned for the design of the landscape architecture above ground.

Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art / BIG

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art (Suzhou MoCA), designed by BIG, will soon open its doors to the public for the exhibition, Materialism. Conceived as a village of 12 pavilions under a ribbon-like roof, the 60,000-m2 museum offers a modern interpretation of the garden elements that have defined Suzhou's urbanism, architecture, and landscape for centuries. Materialism, curated by BIG, will take visitors on a material odyssey starting from stone and ending with recyclate.

BIG’s Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China Nears Completion with "Materialism" Exhibition

Reyyan Dogan — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 06:30:00 +0000

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art (Suzhou MoCA), designed by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, is nearing completion along the Jinji Lake waterfront in Suzhou, China. Conceived as a cluster of twelve pavilions beneath a continuous, ribbon-like roof, the 60,000-square-meter complex reinterprets the traditional garden architecture that has long defined Suzhou's urban and cultural identity. Commissioned by the Suzhou Harmony Development Group and developed in collaboration with ARTS Group and Front Inc., the project is expected to open officially in 2026. The museum will debut with "Materialism," an exhibition curated by BIG that traces a material journey from stone to recyclate.

Soochow University Future Campus Phase 1 / Nikken Sekkei

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Overview – Soochow University Future Campus was planned as an educational hub that realizes the "trinity" of human resource development, scientific research, and industrial development. Located approximately 30km south of the main campus in Suzhou City, the satellite campus was planned on a site in the suburbs of Suzhou City, east of the Grand Canal connecting Beijing and Hangzhou, and north of a natural park. The first phase was completed in 2022.

Snow Peak MATRO Department Store / KiKi ARCHi

韩爽 — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Legendary outdoor lifestyle brand Snow Peak has recently unveiled a multifunctional retail showroom in the heart of Suzhou's historic city center. Designed by KiKi ARCHi, led by architect Yoshihiko Seki, the project embodies the brand's core philosophy. In addition to showcasing camping gear, outdoor apparel, and hiking tools, the showroom integrates a café corner to create a hybrid environment expressed through a minimalist and abstract narrative that recalls the natural topography of hills and forests.