With the beginning of 2023, the Zikawei Library, designed by Wutopia Lab for four years, was officially opened. Coming to be the most sensational cultural landmark in Shanghai, it was also the first time that the project was known to the whole city before the official announcement from the studio. Now, this article is more like a summary instead of...
Project name
Zikawei Library
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
Project Manager: PU Shengrui; Pre-Project Architect: LI Mingshuai; Post-Project Architect: PU Shengrui
Collaborators
Library Phase Design Team: KANG Qinghe, JIANG Xueqin, AN An, CHEN Jun, CHEN Shaofen, WANG Jing; Design Consultation: S5 Design Co., Ltd; Bookstore Phase Design Team: JIN Rui, PAN Hui, WANG Liyang, PAN Dali, YU Jing; Graphic Design Consultant: MEEM DESIGN (XIU Zi，CHEN Siyu); Exhibit Design Consultant: Shanghai Art-Designing Co., LTD.; Installation Construction and Design: Fab-Union Technology; Construction Drawing: Arcplus Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Lighting
Lighting Design Consultant: ZHANG Chenlu, CAI Mingjie, WEI Shiyu; Lighting Design Consultant for Installation: ZHANG Chenlu, DU Yuxuan, LI Wenhai
Construction
Arcplus Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Client
Xuhui District Administration of Culture and Tourism, Xuhui District Library
Typology
Educational Architecture › Library
Anaago Bistro in Chongqing's Ziwei Road is a captivating city block and a new experimental site for urban reconstruction. The design aims to create a vibrant community gathering place.
Project name
Anaago Bistro
Architecture firm
Chongqing Vari Architectural Design Co., Ltd
Location
Ziwei Road, Jiangbei District, Chongqing, China
Principal architect
Fan Qi, Dingliang Yang
Design team
Yu Mou, Qi He
Collaborators
Article: Y.M
Completion year
October 2022
Material
Concrete, Wood, Bamboo, Stone
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong presented the installation "Momentum" in the main atelier of Milan Design Week 2023, in collaboration with Interni and AXA IM ALTS.
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Photography
Moreno Maggi, Andrea D’Antrassi, Matteo Vercelloni
Principal architect
Ma Yansong
Design team
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano, Andrea D’Antrassi
Collaborators
Partner with: Interni, AXA IM ALTS. Interni, AXA IM ALTS. Motion Designer: Studio AIRA. Fog Effect: Nephos
Built area
8m * 8m * 12.5m
Structural engineer
Maco Technology srl, Roberto Maffei
Material
P.A.T.I. ETFE polymer
We want to keep it. But at the same time, we want to approach it with a new attitude; I hope it could be in proper use,” says the architect Li Weimin.
As an ancient monumental building, the ancestral hall serves as an important place for social interaction and clan connection. Nowadays, despite urban development and life changes, homeland and fami...
Project name
YANLORD TANG SONG
Architecture firm
T.K. Chu Design Group
Location
Convergence of Jingying Road and Jingqi Road, Yushan Bay, Jiangyin City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China
Photography
Xiao Bo and Fangfang Tian from Moyun Visual
Design team
Li Weimin, Qiu Deguang, Wu Bin
Completion year
December 2022
Collaborators
Hard Furnishing Design: LWM Architects + Shanghai Yuejie Architectural Design Consulting Co., Ltd; Soft Furnishing Design: T.K. Chu Design), W.DESIGN
Client
Jiangyin Renshang Real Estate Development Co., Ltd
Typology
Residential › Villa
HYOUNG is a high-end medical beauty chain institution located in Ningbo. It has a team of senior professionals in the industry, focusing on a high-quality and high-service medical beauty brand. This time, HYOUNG has teamed up with Jacky.W Design to explore the possibility of technology-based beauty with a focus on people, while emphasizing taste an...
Architecture firm
JACKY.W Design
Location
Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
Principal architect
Jacky Wang / JACKY.W Design
Collaborators
Collaborative designer: Piaolei Huang, Yuxiu Wu, Qianqian Xu /JACKY.W Design
Lighting
LH Lighting Design
In the village of Shanwan in Wujiang District, Suzhou, the tranquillity of the idyllic town, the quiet expanse of the river and the historical culture blend. The Boatyard Hotel is located in this languid spatial landscape. WJ STUDIO is to give its indoor space rhyme and spatio-temporal experience.
Project name
Boatyard Hotel
Location
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Photography
Zhu Hai, Zhang Xi
Principal architect
Hu Zhile
Design team
Yang Xi, Yang Lilien, Zhou Shuyi, Ye Zi
Interior design
WJ STUDIO
Lighting
Yi Ke Guang Lighting Design (Shanghai) Co.
Material
Sone, Concrete, Steel, Glass
Client
Suzhou Blue City Cultural Tourism Co.
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Located along Belt and Road as a vital zone, Science and Technology City New Area in Mianyang is positioned to be a cradle for high-tech innovative industries with vibrant public realms. Aedas Executive Director Yaochun Wen led the team to create a new mixed-use hub that faces Anchang River, inter-connecting the ecological park and business zone in...
Project name
Mianyang Science and Technology City New Area Financial Block
Principal architect
Yaochun Wen, Executive Director
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
The Joye & Sam Lifestyle Market is located in the French Concession district of Shanghai, surrounded by a century worth of cultural heritage and atmosphere. Known as the Champs-Elysées of the East, the area is the city’s cultural hotspot, and is the home of various landmark institutions such as the Shanghai Library, the Shanghai Symphony Hall and t...
Project name
Tales Creative
Architecture firm
Joye & Sam Lifestyle Market
Location
No. 8 Hengshan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Photography
studio SZ, Justin Szeremeta
Design team
Lingli Gao, Rick Chuang
Collaborators
LDI: Yangchuan Construction
Interior design
Zuoyi Design Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Construction
Shanghai Hengpin Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.
Material
Ceramic tiles, microcement, terrazzo, paint, glass
