In 2021, I was invited by my friend Qiye, to design a central building in the center of the creative industry park that I renovated for him. However, we are both spaced out those days as our wives are facing a similar dilemma. We are distracted yet tried to take our minds off anxiety by working, but it was hard to fully concentrate.
Project name
Copper blockhouse
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Pudong, Shanghai, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
MI Kejie, XU Nan, DAI Ruoyu
Collaborators
Project manager: MU Zhilin; Construction drawing design firm: Shanghai Southeast United Engineering Design Co., Ltd
Construction
Shanghai Qikufangyun Culture Technology Co., Ltd
Material
Copper, stainless steel, micro cement, glass
Client
Shanghai Jiayun Investment Management Development Co., Ltd
Typology
Museum › Cultural Architecture
Art Design Fashion and the Museum of Applied Arts. The new concept and a breath-taking genius loci have put the best exhibition space of the Moravian Gallery in Brno on the design map of Europe. Indeed, the museum is attractive to visitors of all generations, from ground floor to rooftop, in every corner.
Project name
Moravian Gallery | ART DESIGN FASHION
Architecture firm
Catwalks: Olgoj Chorchoj. Respirium: David Karásek. Black & Light Depot: Maxim Velčovský, Radek Wohlmuth, edit! Café Robot, The Cloud: Marek Jan Štěpán. Designshop: Eva Eisler. Architectural design of the expositions Cave, Prostor Pro, 2000+ Design, 2000+ Fashion: Tomáš Svoboda
Location
Husova 18, 662 26 Brno, Czech Republic
Collaborators
The Demon of Growth: Krištof Kintera. Graphic design: Lukáš Kijonka. Illustrations: Jiří Franta. Support in equipping the Museum and acquisitions to the Moravian Gallery collections: members of the Association of Czech Industrial Design
Construction
IM Development
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Gallery, Museum
The world’s first Sphinx Meta Theater Festival has invited Mr. Liu Haowei to lead CAA architects in designing a theatrical city in the Metaverse world, called the Dionysus Theater. The project has been developed and built jointly by META CAALAB and Baidu's technical team, and is now available on China's largest metaverse platform, Baidu XIRANG.
Project name
Dionysus Theater
Architecture firm
CAA Architects, META CAALAB
Principal architect
Liu Haowei
Design team
Li Shuyao, Lu Jingli
Collaborators
Project Architect (Design and Technology): Ye Wenjie; Cooperative Development Technical Team: Baidu XIRANG; Author: META CAALAB
Client
Sphinx Meta Theater Festival
Typology
Cultural > Theater
The winning proposal of the Czech pavilion for the World Expo 2025 in Osaka. The architecture of the Czech pavilion for the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, is a sophisticated instrument for achieving a higher form of viability. The dynamic spiral movement upwards is an allegory of the ideal life path.
Project name
Sculpting Vitality
Architecture firm
Apropos Architects
Design team
Michal Gabaš, Tomáš Beránek, Nikoleta Slováková, Tereza Šváchová
Completion year
estimated completion 1Q 2025
Collaborators
Apropos Architects: Kryštof Jireš, Rudolf Nikerle. Visual communication and exposition concept: Lunchmeat Studio [Petr Fašianok, Jan Kistanov, Jiří Kubalík, Dominik Miklušák].
Client
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (MFA CR) Office of the General Commissioner of EXPO
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Pavilion
A Living Theatre Mount, the demonstration area of Vanke Cloud Valley project designed by Wutopia Lab for Xuzhou Vanke, will be completed, and opened by New Year's Day 2022.
Project name
Vanke Cloud Valley Project Display Area
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Software Park Road, Quanshan District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province
Principal architect
Yu Ting
Design team
Xu Yunfang, Lin Jianming (intern)
Collaborators
Development: Xuzhou Vanke Enterprise Co., Ltd . Client's; Client's Design Team: Sun Chunsheng, Li Xin, Gao Yanrui, Tong Jinghai, Zhu Na, Xu Xiaojian, Zhu Yi; Project Administration: Huang He; Project Architect: Xia Yanming
Completion year
December, 2021
Structural engineer
Miu Binhai
Lighting
Lighting design: bpi; Lighting Consultant: Chloe Zhang, Wei shiyu
Material
aluminum composite panel, perforated aluminum panel, etc.
Construction
Construction Drawing: Jiangsu Jiuding Jiahe Engineering Design & Consulting Co., Ltd. Construction Design Team: Cao Zhenguo, Lu Yang, Zhang Xuran, Song Fang, Zhang Lu
Typology
Cultural > Exhibition Hall
This project is part of the original premises and property of the “Quinta Montes Molina” located in Merida, Yucatan. The house was built in 1906 and became an architectural icon and emblem of the Paseo Montejo, the most notorious avenue on the city in which most of the early century houses were built during the sisal boom.
Project name
QMM Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Quinta Montes Molina)
Architecture firm
Materia
Location
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Photography
Jaime Navarro
Principal architect
Gustavo Carmona
Design team
Karla Uribe, Gustavo Xoxotla, Luis Felipe Márquez, Mathías Henry, Raybel Cueva, Yaatzil Ceballos, Sandra Ciro, Teresa Berumen, Edgar Dzul, Magaly Morales, Miguel Ramírez, María Castelazo
Collaborators
Prefabricated Concrete: Predecon. PM: Yamil Barbosa
Structural engineer
Enrique Escalante + Cristian González
Landscape
Gustavo Carmona + Molino Lab + Jarde
Material
Concrete, Steel, Stone
Client
Quinta Montes Molina
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Cultural Center
Bulgarian studio Vision consulting has been working on Art Centre Vihrony’s transformation during the challenging time frame of 2020 - 2022. The former canteen occupies a central site of Dolno Kamartsi village adjacent to the primary school. Due to decrease of population density and young people migration to big cities, the building has been abando...
Project name
Art Centre Vihrony
Architecture firm
Vision Consulting
Location
Dolno Kamartzi, Bulgaria
Photography
Assen Emilov Photography
Principal architect
Eva Popnedeleva
Collaborators
Vihrony Popnedelev
Interior design
Vision Consulting
Structural engineer
Borislav Aleksandrov
Supervision
Borislav Aleksandrov
Visualization
Eva Popnedeleva
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Material
BAUX, Rothoblaas Bulgaria, Knauf, Reclaimed timber, Bespoke ceramic tiles
Client
Art Centre Vihrony
Typology
Cultural › Art Center, Gallery
The Exhibition The Mirrors of Zlín was created for the occasion of 700 years of history of the city of Zlín, which manifested as a series of multimedia installations in the chateau park. The first out of the three installations works with the distinctive perspective of writer Pavel Kosatík on the evolution of the city and its urroundings, which we...
Project name
Mirrors of Zlín
Architecture firm
Loom on the Moon
Location
Sad Svobody, Soudní 1, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Lenka Hejlová, Martin Hejl, Jan Nálepa
Design team
Natália Kaňová, Milan Martinec, Long Phi Trieu, Petr Janák, Vojtěch Šálek, Petr Prouza, Pavel Kosatík, Kateřina Šípková, Alexey Klyuykov, Michal Rataj, Matouš Hejl
Collaborators
Production: byPINK. Graphics: superlative.works.
Client
Statutory City of Zlín
Typology
Cultural › Outdoor Exhibition
