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Ma Yansong

Chinese architect

Ma Yansong
Ma Yansong / MAD Architects
Born	(age&#;49&#;50) Beijing
Nationality	Chinese
Alma&#;mater	Yale University, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Occupation	Architect
Awards	The World’s Most Innovative People Awards, World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Fellowship, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.
Practice	MAD architects
Buildings	Harbin Opera House, Yue Cheng Kindergarten Courtyard, Jiaxing Train Station, Quzhou Sports Park, FENIX Museum, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Tunnel of Light, Shenzhen Bay Culture Park
Projects	Harbin Opera House, Yue Cheng Kindergarten Courtyard, Jiaxing Train Station, Quzhou Sports Park, FENIX Museum, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Tunnel of Light, Shenzhen Bay Culture Park

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.

Ma Yansong (Chinese: 马岩松; pinyin: Mǎ Yánsōng); is the principal architect and founder of MAD Architects, a global design practice with offices located in Los Angeles, Rome, and Beijing.

Renowned for his bold designs, Ma has led MAD in the creation of many significant structures around the world, including the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts, Harbin Opera House, Quzhou Stadium, FENIX Museum, The Yue Cheng Courtyard Kindergarten, Jiaxing Train Station, Shenzhen Bay Culture Park, One River North, and the Tunnel of Light.

His design approach emphasizes a harmonious integration of urban landscapes, natural elements, and human experiences.

Yansong ma biography of michaels He served as a visiting lecturer at the Waseda Art and Architecture School from to , — current, and at Tokyo University from to Superstar: A Mobile China Town is a benevolent virus that releases unknown energy between changes without principles and stability of principle. Nowadays, function is prioritized over nature and emotions. After that, he had the pleasure of working for prominent professionals such as Peter Eisenman and Zaha Hadid before setting up his own studio MAD Architects in

He shares his knowledge as an adjunct professor and visiting professor at University of Southern California, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Tsinghua University.

Early life and background

Ma Yansong was born in Beijing in He holds a Master's Degree in Architecture from Yale University and a Bachelor's Degree from the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

He is currently a professor at the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. During his master's degree at Yale, he first received attention for his project "Floating Islands". Ma Yansong founded MAD Architects in

Design philosophy: Shanshui City

The famous Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen proposed the concept of "Shanshui City" in the s.

Yansong ma biography of michaels lee The emotionally harmonious relationship between nature and man will be rebuilt upon the 'Shanshui City. XU Chen focuses on the relationship between cities, sites and architecture. MA Yansong. Top Qs.

Because of the emerging large-scale cement construction, he put forward a new model of urban development based on the Chinese Shanshui spirit, which was meant to allow people to "stay out of nature and return to nature." However, this idealistic urban concept was not put into practice. As the world's largest manufacturing base, a large number of soulless "shelf cities" appeared in contemporary China due to the lack of cultural spirit.

Qian Xuesen pointed out that modern cities' worship of power and capital leads to maximization and utilitarianism. "Buildings in cities should not become living machines.

Yansong ma biography of michaels and wife It's disposable - something to be used once and then simply thrown away. For the unconventional, undulating forms of his buildings, Ma Yansong is often miscategorized as an architect of the latter generation of Deconstructivists, only interested in futuristic forms that push the boundaries of technology for the sake of innovation as an end in itself. The goal is to provide each resident a unique experience of the city, through continuous balconies that extend the viewing angles and promote community life in the micro scale of a single plant. In design practice, he is good at thinking and realizing ideal architectural solutions from multiple levels, including environment, aesthetics, function and technology, and has rich experience in large-scale projects from design to detail deepening and building construction, as well as the ability to design under strict control.

Even the most powerful technology and tools can never endow the city with a soul." To Ma Yansong, Shanshui does not just refer to nature; it is also the individual's emotional response to the surrounding world. "Shanshui City" is a combination of city density, functionality, and the artistic conception of natural landscape.

It aims at composing a future city that takes human spirit and emotion at their cores.

The city of the future development will be shifted from the pursuit of material civilization to the pursuit of nature. This is what happens after human beings experience industrial civilization at the expense of the natural environment.

The emotionally harmonious relationship between nature and man will be rebuilt upon the 'Shanshui City.'

The freedom and independence (in the siheyuan structure) have had a significant influence on my work. The idea of architecture coexisting with nature fascinates me.
Yansong ma biography of michaels day Instead, the design has a smooth , uninterrupted balcony that wraps around every floor of the building. Wikiwand for Firefox. It aims at composing a future city that takes human spirit and emotion at their cores. Sometimes, they are more integrated.
So much of today's architecture is like a consumer product - mass-produced. A mass-produced item has no spirit. It's disposable - something to be used once and then simply thrown away. [] I want to create timeless designs that move with people and inspire people - to make them feel and think.

Signature Projects

Architecture

Absolute Towers, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, –, completed
Ordos Museum, Ordos, China, –, completed
- Best Museum, UED
- Winner of "Metal in Architecture", WAN Awards,
Hongluo Clubhouse, Beijing, China, –, completed
Sino-steel International Plaza, Tianjin, China,
Huangdu Art Center, Beijing, China,
Hutong Bubble 32, Beijing, China, –, completed
Fake Hills, Beihai, China –, under construction
Harbin Opera House, Harbin, China, –, completed
Taichung Convention Center, Taiwan,
Harbin China Wood Sculpture Museum, Harbin, China, –, completed
Huangshan Mountain Village, Huangshan, China, –, under construction
Urban Forest, Chongqing, China,
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China,
Pingtan Art Museum, Pingtan, China, –
Chaoyang Park Mixed-use, Beijing, China, –
Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, Nanjing, China, –
Vertu, travelling Pavilion, Milan, Shanghai, Dubai, Beijing, London
Beijing , Beijing, China
Rebuilt WTC, New York, USA
m Tower, China
Changsha Culture Park, Changsha, China
KBH Kunsthal, Urban intervention, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles, USA

Art

Shanshui - Experiment - Complex, Shenzhen, China,
Moon Landscape, Beijing, China,
"Shanshui City" Exhibition, Beijing, China,
"Shansui City" for Audi City, Beijing, China
The Little Rock Fountain Journal
"The Floating Earth" for Alessi
Contemplating the Void in Guggenheim, New York, USA,
Feelings are facts, Beijing, China,
Monster's Footprint, Shenzhen, China,
Superstar: A Mobile Chinatown (Uneternal City), Venice, Italy,
Ink Ice, Beijing, China
Fish Tank

Awards and honors

Prix Versailles World Judge^[1]^{[citation needed]}
Most Creative People in Business, Fast Company
Chaoyang Park Plaza: Chinese Top 10 Buildings
Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort: No.3, Skyscraper Awards , EMPORIS
Designer of the Year, Good Design
D21 Young Chinese Architect Award
Emporis for the world's best new skyscraper (Absolute Towers)
2nd Audi Arts and Design Award in the category Designer of the Year
The Best New High-rise Building in the America's by the CTBUH "Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat", (Absolute Towers)
International Property Awards (Fake Hills)
UED museum award (Ordos Museum)
RIBA International Fellowship
Fast Company – one of 10 most innovative companies in China
Fast Company – one of 10 creative people in architecture
ICON magazine – one of 20 most influential young architects
Architecture League Young Architects Award
American Institute of Architects Scholarship for Advanced Architecture Research

Exhibitions

Shanshui City Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China
“The Changing Skyline”, Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China
“Future Cities — High Mountain, Flowing Water” China Shan-Shui City Design Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
Building M+: The Museum and Architecture Collection, Hong Kong, China
Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen, China
West Bund A Biennial of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Palace of China – Architecture China exhibition, Segovia, Spain
Shanshui City Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, Beijing, China
Between the Modernity and Tradition, Solo Exhibition, ICO Museum, Madrid, Spain
Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen, China
Beijing Design week, Beijing, China
Chengdu Biennale: Changing Vistas: Creative Duration, Chengdu, China
Living, The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen Denmark
Verso Est: Chinese Architectural Landscape, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
Rising East: New Chinese Architecture, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Feelings Are Facts, Olafur Eliasson+Ma Yansong, UCCA, Beijing, China
Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Super Star, A Mobile China Town, Uneternal City, 11th Venice Architecture Exhibition, Italy
China Design Now, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
MAD IN CHINA, solo exhibition, Danish Architecture Centre (DAC), Copenhagen, Denmark
Shanghai Art Biennale, Shanghai, China
MAD IN CHINA, Solo exhibition, Diocesi Museum, Venice, Italy
MAD Under Construction, Solo Exhibition, Tokyo Gallery, Beijing, China
1st Architecture Biennial Beijing, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

Quotes

“Ma Yansong is a young Chinese architect – just 35 – who has come to architectural maturity at a time when his country is beginning to allow the freedom of expression so vital to the artist and sufficient freedom to the economy to allow his ideas to be realized as buildings.

His work expresses the tension between the individual imagination and the needs of society as a whole."