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Haining Natural Exhibition Center / Sens Architects

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Haining Nature Exhibition Center is a comprehensive public building within the Haining International Flower Industry Park. It can serve as an experience hall for organizing agricultural exhibitions in the park, as well as undertaking industrial docking activities and other functions. It can become a cultural and artistic center for the future development of the surrounding area. The Natural Art Exhibition Center, as a venue for various industrial activities, information exchange conferences, and cultural and artistic exhibitions, is not only an important space for showcasing the achievements of rural industrial revitalization, but also a combination of pastoral art and life culture.

Village Cinema / Atelier Guo

Valeria Silva — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This project responds to Nanping Village's unique cultural identity centered on "image" (photography and film), transforming the Cheng Family Ancestral Hall into a hybrid public space that integrates villagers' leisure activities, cultural events, and a public library. The design strictly adheres to heritage conservation requirements, introducing new functions to meet diverse needs without altering the ancestral hall's main structure.

Heritage “Ay” Kiln Adaptive Renewal / YFS + WUGE Studio

Andreas Luco — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

"Ay" (硋) is a type of black-glazed ceramic indigenous to the mountainous region of northeastern Fujian, positioned between pottery and porcelain. The site is a century-old traditional Ay kiln built against a hillside, forming an elongated, sloped "dragon kiln." Situated at the village entrance and flanked by open fields, the site exhibits characteristics of a rural handicraft compound: the kiln sits at the center, an old rammed-earth house to the west, a modern brick-and-concrete dwelling to the east, and several stone outbuildings scattered around.

Xiao Feng Art Museum / ZAO/Zhang Ke Architecture Office

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The museum dedicated to the painter couple Xiao Feng and Song Ren is situated at the foot of the Daci Mountain, a few kilometres to the south of the renowned West Lake in Hangzhou.

Shifting Sediments: Rivers as an Architectural and Cultural Catalyst

Olivia Poston — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Rivers generate a distinct typology of architecture bound by design threads of material practice, environmental adaptation, cultural symbolism, and imagination. Each river system produces a unique ecosystem where water, soil, vegetation, and settlement converge to form a living network. Designing within this environment requires a capacity to read movement rather than resist it, to build on uncertain ground, and to understand permanence as a balance in motion. Unlike the fixed horizon of the sea, the river is never still. It teaches architects to think in gradients rather than boundaries, and to design as part of an evolving landscape.

Wave Pavilion, Urban Micro-Space Regeneration Plan / Moguang Studio

Andreas Luco — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In 2024, leveraging the Hangzhou Asian Games, the China Academy of Art · College of Innovative Design and Hangzhou Vanke launched the Urban Micro-Space Regeneration Plan, focusing on overlooked "residual spaces" — from lakesides and bridge underpasses to unused office corners. Through micro-interventions, the project seeks to activate these forgotten fragments of the city and bring warmth and vitality to daily urban life.

Wudang Mountain Visitor Center / Moguang Studio

Andreas Luco — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In the winter of 2023, Moguang Studio was commissioned to design a public facility for a planned guesthouse district in Longwanggou Village, Shiyan, Hubei. The program integrates light dining, a café, kitchen, and meeting functions. The site, adjacent to the Danjiangkou Reservoir, had already been leveled into artificial terraces and parking lots, erasing its original continuity with the valley and rice paddies.

Hangzhou First People's Hospital Tonglu Branch / UAD

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Hangzhou First People's Hospital Tonglu Branch is situated in the High-speed Rail Future City of Tonglu County. It is adjacent to the Tonglu Station of the Hangzhou-Huangshan High-Speed Railway, with the painting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" in Tonglu County as the backdrop. The hospital, featuring an all-steel structure, is designed as a comprehensive Grade-A tertiary hospital certified as a Three-star Green Building. The project covers an area of 70,000 m2. The total construction area is about 202,000 m2, with 139,000 m2 above ground and 63,000 m2 underground, and a total number of 1,100 beds.

Canal Pavilion Post / ZAOZUO ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Canal Pavilion Post is a public welfare renovation project of a temporary building, located by Gongchen Bridge on the Hangzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It covers an area of 10 square meters, stands over 2 meters high, and has a simple wooden structure. We are used to calling it "Little Box" because of its square and simple shape, which makes it easy to understand at a glance. The client hopes to transform this originally vacant wooden house into a scenic post that provides free drinking water and rest spaces for tourists. Meanwhile, it will serve as a publicity spot for the street and Gongchen Bridge – a landmark historical building in Hangzhou – and sell some tourist souvenirs and cultural and creative products.

Kindergarten Architecture: Imaginative Spaces Shaping Childhood and Creativity

Diogo Borges Ferreira — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Kindergarten architecture has long stood apart as a realm where design and imagination converge. Unlike most building typologies, these spaces are conceived not only to shelter and function but to shape the earliest experiences of curiosity, play, and social interaction. Throughout history, the design of kindergartens has evolved alongside pedagogical shifts, moving from modest, utilitarian beginnings to highly intentional environments that stimulate both learning and wonder. In this context, architecture becomes more than a backdrop — it becomes a silent educator, capable of nurturing emotional, cognitive, and physical development.

Round Pavilion / Atelier Guo

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

An Expo, a park, or a garden? The project is located in the Herbal Garden of Expo Park, far from the main pavilions, in a corner that resembles more of a civic park. Compared to the more dominant landscape designs and lingering thematic elements, this small garden, enveloped by exotic vegetation, exudes a sense of tranquility and intimacy. In its unassuming presence, it radiates a profound public vitality—the laughter and conversations of people of all ages under the pavilions have already diluted the once-ambitious narratives and grand visions that once defined this land.

Mengzi NSAU Bookstore of Librairie Avant-Garde / ZAO/Zhang Ke Architecture Office

Andreas Luco — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Located in Honghe, Yunnan province, approximately 250km south east from Kunming, Mengzi is a border town with a relatively glory history. The Avant-garde Bookstore sits by the Southlake of Mengzi, a beloved public park today, while dating back to WWII, it was the campus of the National Southwest Associated University (NSAU), a prestigious academic group that nourished numerous scholars during the war.

Courtyard Renovation for the GuanZhong Mangba Art Festival / Daipu Architects

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 03:00:00 +0000

In 2023, the Guanzhong Mangba Art Festival invited architects to participate as exhibitors for the first time. We were commissioned to renew a courtyard in the village of Caijiapo, in the Huyi District of Xi'an. This project is situated north of the Qinling Mountains, where, in 2018, teachers and students from the Experimental Art Department of the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, led by Mr. Wu Xiaochuan, founded the Guanzhong Art Cooperative. This initiative also led to the Guanzhong Mangba Art Festival, which has since launched a series of art and rural construction projects.

The Overlooked Art of Door Design: An Introductory Guide to Interior Door Types

Jonathan Yeung — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Doors are among the most frequently used architectural elements in any occupied building, serving as movable thresholds that negotiate between private and public spaces. They facilitate both connection and separation among co-inhabitants. Yet, despite their fundamental role, doors are often one of the most overlooked design elements, particularly by clients. In discussions with industry professionals on various interior projects, a common consensus emerges—clients typically pay little attention to door types and details as long as the opening direction aligns with their expectations. However, the world of door design is an intricate one, offering a wealth of possibilities in finishes, installation methods, and modes of operation—each of which can significantly shape the spatial experience beyond the simple matter of swing direction.

Tianjin 4A Sports Park / Ballistic Architecture Machine

Andreas Luco — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Award-winning Tianjin 4A Sports Park is a public park paying homage to the ancient Yixing town formerly located on site and weaving together retail, sports and environmental elements in a high-density maze program. The high-density park design maximizes the ecological impact of the relatively small site by raising environmental awareness through remarkable Play 'n Learn landscape features. The site is a modern city built over the remains of historical Yixing, a town with remarkable connection to another Yixing town in Jiangsu province. With the construction of the Grand Canal, the residents of Yixing moved their entire village, and reconstructed a facsimile to north of Tianjin city. While this historical town was destroyed, BAM utilizes the urban plan of the original Yixing as a palimpsest. The project is roughly divided into 4 plots which overlap each other. These quadrants are defined by a central axis which runs northwest to southeast which connects the residential district through the mall to the metro. The other axis is the large central plaza which is an open space for activities and events.

Bushe Boutique Hotel / MAT Office

韩爽 — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Yangma Island is located in Muping District, Yantai. It is backed by Kunyu Mountain and faces the North Yellow Sea. It is said that the First Emperor of Qin raised horses here during his eastern tour 2000 years ago, there is a small island in the east, which looks like a giant elephant bathing in the water, so it is also called Elephant Island. Since its development in the 1980s, Yangma Island has been a local public sanatorium and leisure resort in Yantai due to its facilities such as bathing beaches and racecourses. With the rise of coastal leisure in recent years, Yangma Island has gradually become a suburban tourist hotspot in Yantai. The Jelly Sea and the sea-hunting activities at low tide are both good places to go.

Yuanbo Building, Hub of Art Teachers / THAD

Andreas Luco — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai (BNU Zhuhai), is an important component of the construction of "a comprehensive, research-oriented, world-class university with Chinese characteristics and leading teacher education" and is a southern campus of the same level as the Beijing campus, both of which are planned, progressed and presented as one university, in accordance with the university's development strategy of "One University, Two Campuses" and the principle of "High Standard, New Mechanism and Internationalization". Since 2019, amid the campus transformation and low-carbon development, the university has undertaken renovations of its existing buildings.The successful renovation of the Yuanbo Building is one of these key projects.

Dongyou Corn Courier Station / SuiPingYiLi Architecture Studio

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Surrounded by expansive cornfields and encased in green mountains and rivers, the site offers a unique pastoral landscape. This is a practice of rebuilding and revitalizing rural agricultural buildings. The project preserves the original rammed-earth structure and integrates it with newly constructed steel, concrete, and wood structural systems into a cohesive architectural form, merging functional spaces with structural logic. The resulting Corn Station serves as a showcase for corn, a logistical hub, and a community space for villagers to relax and interact after their work.