Chengdu: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Interiors Designers

  Pures Design

• Location

  Renhe Spring International Plaza, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

• Category

  Interior Design

• Space Designer

  Tianyu Xiong, Xiaokai Zhang

• Design Performer

  Hongda Lu, Chengcheng Feng

• Area

  270.0 m2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Xiaokai Zhang

Architectural photographer Kris Provoost has published his latest series, on the subject of Steven Holl’s Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China. Designed in 2007, and completed five years later, the scheme sought to break the standard typology of Chinese cities, bringing public interaction to new heights. Six years on from the building’s completion, Provoost captured the building immersed in the daily life of Chengdu citizens.

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Construction has begun on the Loop of Wisdom in Chengdu, China, designed by Powerhouse Company. The red, walkable, curvy roof follows the landscape and twists through a lush, vivid park, promoting themes of health and beauty. The scheme will house the Exhibition and Reception Centers for the surrounding Unis Chip City masterplan, founded on the principles of people, nature, and technology.

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• Architects

  CHALLENGE DESIGN

• Location

  Qingyang District , Chengdu, Sichuan, China

• Category

  Commercial Architecture

• Lead Architect

  Jie Lee

• Design Team

  Xiaochen Wang, Song Yu, Miao Xia

• Design Principals

  Qinghua Zeng, Wei Liu

• Area

  127749.25 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Prism Images

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• Architects

  CHALLENGE DESIGN

• Location

  Tianfu New Area, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

• Category

  Kindergarten

• Lead Architects

  Jie Lee, Fang Yan

• Design Team

  Suya Lin, Hailian Li, Wubing Feng, Wei Lin, Xiuxian Xu

• Area

  5600.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Prism Images, Jing Lu

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• Architects

  HAD Architects& EPOS

• Location

  Intime City, Chengdu, China

• Category

  Interior Design

• Architect in Charge

  Zhou Yonggang

• Decoration Designer

  Ningxia

• Area

  65.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  ARCH-EXIST

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• Interiors Designers

  Fanzhu Design

• Location

  No.51 YouBo Center, No.1 Kexi Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China

• Category

  Interior Design

• Area

  300.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Yuan Yan

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• Architects

  Ruifeng Architectural Design

• Location

  Intersection of Tianfu Avenue and Rainbow Avenue, Dujiangyan City, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

• Category

  Services

• Chief designer

  Mingbo Qian , Xiaotao Yan

• Design Team

  Weiyuan Fu, Guoxin Yan, Yue Cai, Wenhao Huang

• Area

  475.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Guo Xinxin Space Photography

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• Architects

  Shanghai Dachuan Architects

• Location

  Cheng Du, Si Chuan province, China

• Category

  Renovation

• Lead Architect

  Dongtao Hong

• Design Team

  Dongtao Hong, Yuejing Zhang, Xialu Zhou, Weiguo Chen, jiayuan Lu

• Area

  756.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  ArchExist, Dongtao Hong

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• Interiors Designers

  Tsutsumi & Associates

• Location

  110 The Arcade at Shangri-La Center，9 Binjiang E Rd, HeJiangTing, Jinjiang Qu, Chengdu Shi, Sichuan, China

• Category

  Interior Design

• Interior Design

  Tsutsumi & Associates (Yoshimasa Tsutsumi, Weiwei Shi, Yu Peng)

• Area

  173.3 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Wei Liu

As part of a collaboration between the Centre Pompidou and the Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, the Cosmopolis #1.5: 'Enlarged Intelligence' exhibition features the developments of NLÉ Architects' Makoko Floating School. The Minjiang Floating System (MFS IIIx3), the fourth prototype and the third iteration of the prefabricated self-built system for water, investigates methods to counter the challenges posed by urbanization and climate change.

Earlier prototypes of the Makoko Floating School include the Waterfront Atlas (MFS II) launched in Venice, Italy and the Minne Floating School (MFS III) in Bruges, Belgium. The project, initially developed for the water in Lagos, is now usable in all these sites including the Jincheng Lake in Chengdu.

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Sasaki has unveiled images of their proposed Chengdu Panda Reserve in China, intended to aid wildlife preservation efforts of the Chinese cultural icon. The masterplan for the reserve represents the launch of “China’s increasing communication, collaboration, and awareness of its pioneering strategies to protect the species and its native habitat.”

With only 1,800 left in the wild, the giant panda is one of the most vulnerable species on earth, and are native to only one region in the world: an area of western China near Chengdu. As one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, Chengdu’s rapid urbanization will yield to a 69-square-kilometer reserve, providing a framework for the protection of endangered species worldwide.

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• Interiors Designers

  House Fiction

• Location

  Daci temple, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

• Category

  Restaurants & Bars

• Area

  200.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Fangfang Tian

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• Architects

  Chengdu Wide Horizon Investment Group

• Location

  Tian Fu Da Dao, Sichuan Sheng, China

• Category

  Restaurant

• Architectural Design

  HC+2 Studio of Product R&D Center, Chengdu Wide Horizon Investment Group

• Architects in Charge

  Teng Hu, Jing He

• Architectural Design Consultant & Construction Drawings

  A3 Studio of SADI

• Area

  880.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  ARCH-EXIST, Jia Liu, Shi Chen

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• Architects

  Centaland

• Location

  199 Wanxiang S Rd, Wuhou District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China

• Category

  Mixed Use Architecture

• Architect in Charge

  Tong Gan, Defeng Zhou

• Design Team

  Huafeng Shi, Zhilin Xia, Jiahui Zheng, Minghua Cai, Dongying Yu

• Photography

  Zhi Chen

• Client

  Baiming Properties

• Area

  114258.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Zhi Chen

With 486 applicants and 249 conceptual plans received, MUDA-Architects stood out from the 20 finalists and won the first prize in "The Most Beautiful Bookstore in Chengdu" competition. The competition was sponsored by the Chengdu Tianfu New Area Investment Group, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute, and co-sponsored by Chengdu Yi Zhu Yi Shi Culture Communication Ltd.

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Space 4 Architecture's (S4A) proposal for a bookstore in Chengdu, China reflects the poetic beauty of floating lilies on water. The architects describe the project as a “permeable cultural container” that allows and encourages visitor interaction with the surrounding landscape. The design consists of a series of indoor and outdoor spaces that weave together a gentle intervention that mirrors and enhances the natural scenery it sits within.

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