In August 2021, Wuhan University received the largest donation in its history: 1 billion yuan, from alumni Dongsheng Chen of Taikang Insurance Group. In the same year, WIT Design & Research completed a most notable project: the restoration of the former residence of Dong Fureng into a memorial museum, commissioned by the Dong Fureng Foundation, wit...
Project name
The Dong Fureng House Museum
Architecture firm
WIT Design & Research
Photography
Tantan Lei, TOPIA and One Thousand Degree Image
Design team
Gongpu Zhao, Yanli Zhang, Rui Tao, Qianxuan Niu, Xiuwen Xiao, Liang Zhao, Yongcheng Xia，Wenyi Chen
Collaborators
Foundation project management team: Yanfei Tang, Yuan He; Taikang management team: Bin Tang, Shuang Sun, Shanshan Sun, Xiaofu Gao; Copywriting Agency: NARJEELING; Project Planning: Le Brand Strategy Agency
Lighting
PROL Leading Designer: Zhenhua Luo
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Client
Taikang Insurance Group & Dong Fureng Foundation
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
Private Art workshop in Brussels, in the heart of the Villa Nisot 's ( a modernist house) Garden. The artist pavilion is located in the back of a lush garden and conceived as intimate, introvert and hidden architecture. The volume is constructed on a ‘floating’ aerial-wing concrete platform with totally asymmetrical shape to create the perception o...
Project name
Wood Art Pavilion
Architecture firm
Labscape Studio
Location
Brussels, Belgium
Photography
Nicolas Schimp
Principal architect
Tecla Tangorra, Robert Ivanov
Design team
Tecla Tangorra, Robert Ivanov
Collaborators
Emmanuel Batiot, Claudio Russoniello
Interior design
Labscape Studio
Structural engineer
Formes & Structures Sprl Brussels
Landscape
Labscape Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD
Material
Burn wood, concrete, wood
Typology
Cultural › Pavilion, Private studio for Artist
A zipper and buckle factory in a South Tel Aviv location, which is transforming into an Arts and Crafts haven, was converted into an exhibition space and Artist’s Studio. Rather than deleting the “factory feel” and creating a white-walled cube for art, the elements of the new exhibition space were “injected” into the factory space. The exhibition s...
Architecture firm
Erez Shani Architecture
Location
Tel Aviv, Israel
Principal architect
Erez Shani
Interior design
Erez Shani Architecture
Structural engineer
Tamir Mizrahi
Lighting
Anna Zalsin Lighting Design
Supervision
Mashour and Robin Asily
Construction
Mashour and Robin Asily
Material
Concrete, Plaster, Metal
Typology
Cultural › Exhibition, Gallery, Adaptive Reuse
Tropicalia, a tropical greenhouse heated to 28 ° C, is spread over an area of 20,000m² on the Côte d’Opale, North of France. A true “bubble of harmony”, it reconnects visitors with the plant and animal world in a region where the climate is often harsh. Tropicalia is a place of discovery, wonder and awareness, an invitation to dream, travel and l...
Architecture firm
Coldefy
Location
Rang-du-Fliers, France
Collaborators
Thomas Amarsy Architect (Associated Architect), Engie (Environmental engineer)
Completion year
Estimated 2026
Structural engineer
Projex
Environmental & MEP
Projex
Landscape
(exterior) Slap
Visualization
Octav Tirziu
Tools used
AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros 3D
Material
ETFE, metal, béton
Client
Opale Tropical Concept
Typology
Tropical Greenhouse, veterinary clinic, gourmet restaurant, hotel
Migliore + Servetto conceives the Interior, Exhibition, Graphic & Multimedia Design of the Procuratie Vecchie of Piazza San Marco in Venice.
Project name
The Home of The Human Safety Net
Architecture firm
Migliore + Servetto
Location
Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
Photography
Andrea Martiradonna
Principal architect
Ico Migliore, Mara Servetto
Collaborators
Art Direction: Rampello & Partners, Exhibition Curators: Dialogue Social Enterprise, Building Restoration: David Chipperfield Architects
Typology
Cultural › Exhibition, Multimedia and Graphic Design, Interior
The "BEN MOO Brand Exhibition Hall", located on the fifth floor of Fusen-Noble House in Nanmen, is one of the latest works carefully planned and designed by Rene Liu and Jiajun Tang, the design directors of HDC Design. This exhibition hall is a brand-new design work created by the designers after carefully reading the series composition and develop...
Project name
BEN MOO Brand Exhibition Hall
Architecture firm
HDC Design
Location
5F, No. 2 Store, Fusen-Noble House, 99 Duhui Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
Principal architect
Jiajun Tang, Rene Liu
Collaborators
Full house customization: BEN MOO
Completion year
April 2022
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Cultural Architecture, Exhibition Hall
That was the design challenge for our first cinema project for MOViE MOViE at the Taikoo Li Qiantan, a mixed-use development recently completed in Shanghai. We started off asking what is the cinema experience? It is a moment of escape, an internal journey, or an expedition to another world. To complement these adventures, we set out to create a phy...
Project name
The Montage Excursion
Architecture firm
LUKSTUDIO
Location
S-L3-13, Stone Zone, Taikoo Li Qiantan, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China
Principal architect
Christina Luk
Design team
Dong Wu, Munyee Ng, Edoardo Nieri, Yoko You, Yiren Ding, Weifeng Yu, Kate Deng, Rebecca Tan, Haibin Chao, Jenny Wang, Vivi Du
Collaborators
Drawing Development: Luli Design
Interior design
LUKSTUDIO
Construction
Jiaye Interior Design & Decoration Co., Ltd
Typology
Commercial, Cinema, Book Store
This is the mausoleum belonging to the founder of the centralized imperial system in China that lasted more than 2,000 years - the First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng. The ambience of the mausoleum survived from the rapid urban development in modern China, and providentially keeps the landscape structure of mountains and plains as it was before the co...
Project name
The Bronze Chariots Museum of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum in Xi’an
Architecture firm
ZSA - Atelier Diameter
Location
Inside Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, China
Photography
Trimont Image, Yang Chen
Principal architect
Nan Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zhang
Design team
Lu Gan, Qian Xu, Long Chen, Yaqi Yu, Xiao Sun, Yu Su, Jiling Zhang, Ruonan Chen, Lu Zou, Lingyi Qi (Architectural Design); Runze Chang, Renwei Ou, Huijie Zhang, Qingxiu Li, Yaya Wei (Landscape Design); Caimin Zhong, Lijuan Sang (Structural Engineering); Rubo Zhang (Plumbing Engineering); Jiangwei Wang (HVAC Engineering); Chun Gao (Electrical Engineering); Li Wang, Benchi Yan (General Layout Design
Collaborators
Curatorial Consultant & Exhibition Design: Nanjing Baihui Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Curtain Wall Design: Shanghai Geometry Archi-Design Consulting Co., Ltd.; Signage Design: 2x4 Acoustic Design: ECADI Acoustic and Theatre Special Design & Research Studio Intelligent Design: ECADI UD Architectural Design Institute; Contractor of Main Structure: Shaanxi Construction Engineering No.1 Construction Group Co., Ltd. Exhibition Development & Contractor of Exhibition: Shanghai BroadMesse International Address: 925 Tongpu Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 200062 Tel: 021-62120181 Fax: 021-62122022 2 Creative & Technology Co., Ltd.; Translation: Yining Su; Consultants: Tongbin Chen, Kai Cui, Ying Qin
Built area
7998.98 ㎡ (main structure), 565.29 ㎡ (underground supplementary facilities)
Structural engineer
Lijuan Sang, Caimin Zhong
Landscape
Runze Chang, Renwei Ou, Huijie Zhang, Qingxiu Li, Yaya Wei
Lighting
Ning Field Lighting Design Co., Ltd.
Construction
Xi’an Qujiang Daming Palace Investment Group Co., Ltd.
Client
Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
