AD Interviews: Xiaodu Liu / URBANUS

Rory Stott — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 01:00:00 +0000

At the end of 2014, we had the opportunity to catch up with Xiaodu Liu, one of the three founding partners of Chinese firm URBANUS. Telling us about the role of architects in today's society - especially in China - he discusses how the creativity which URBANUS is known for plays a part in the business of their practice: "Innovation is actually everything for URBANUS, because the firm is doing projects for very challenging jobs. That's the only way we do marketing; we have to do something creative, otherwise we don't have any marketing tools to get something more conventional... we push ourselves to the limit."

An Interview with Liu Xiaodu, Urbanus

Pier Alessio Rizzardi — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:30:39 +0000

“If you don’t know or really didn’t study the local culture, do universal design. That’ll keep the quality. If you want to do something that you don’t know, there is a big chance that it’s going to fail and have a bad impact on the city and the people here. Do it in your own way. If you do something good and beautiful back home, you should do exactly the same type and put it here. That’s also a good contribution because you show good architecture quality… Do something universal!” - Liu Xiaodu, Shenzhen, 2013

Photographer: Meng Yan & Wu Qiwei | ArchDaily

AD Interviews: Xiaodu Liu / URBANUS

An Interview with Liu Xiaodu, Urbanus