Harbin Opera House / MAD Architects

Fernanda Castro — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:45:00 +0000

MAD Architects unveils the completed Harbin Opera House, located in the Northern Chinese city of Harbin. In 2010, MAD won the international open competition for Harbin Cultural Island, a master plan for an opera house, a cultural center, and the surrounding wetland landscape along Harbin’s Songhua River. The sinuous opera house is the focal point of the Cultural Island, occupying a building area of approximately 850,000 square feet of the site’s 444 acres total area. It features a grand theater that can host over 1,600 patrons and a smaller theater to accommodate an intimate audience of 400.

Shanghai Houtan Park / Turenscape

Christopher Henry — Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Built on a brownfield of a former industrial site, Houtan Park is a regenerative living landscape on Shanghai’s Huangpu riverfront. The park’s constructed wetland, ecological flood control, reclaimed industrial structures and materials, and urban agriculture are integral components of an overall restorative design strategy to treat polluted river water and recover the degraded waterfront in an aesthetically pleasing way.

Expert: Turenscape (Beijing Turen Design Institute) | ArchDaily

Harbin Opera House / MAD Architects

Shanghai Houtan Park / Turenscape