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28-06-2022

MAD Architects Baiziwan Social Housing Beijing

Baiziwan Social Housing is the first social housing project by architect Ma Yansong and his firm MAD Architects. The project represents the culmination of research conducted by the architect since 2014, in the course of lectures held at Tsinghua University and Beijing Architecture University, and addressing the topic of social housing.

21-01-2022

MAD Architects Cuntan International Cruise Centre Chongqing

By 2027 Chongqing, China will have a new cruise centre featuring the futuristic Yangtze River Skywalk designed by architect Ma Yansong and his studio MAD to welcome tourists from the adjacent cruise terminal on the Yangtze River. MAD Architects, in collaboration with the China Academy of Building Research (CASR), have won the international competition for the design of the Cuntan International Cruise Centre in Chongqing.

28-10-2021

MAD Hainan Science & Technology Museum Haikou City

MAD Architects, led by architect Ma Yansong, recently unveiled their design for the Hainan Science and Technology Museum which will be built in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China. The Museum, which was conceived as a meeting point between the lush tropical forest and the city with its advanced technologies, will serve as a scientific reference point for the entire province, as well as an important tourist attraction. The work is scheduled for completion in 2024.

20-07-2021

MAD presents Cloud Centre project for the Aranya artistic community

Architect Ma Yansong and his MAD studio unveiled the design for the Aranya "Cloud Centre" in Qinhuangdao, in northeastern China. A multifunctional public building designed for the vibrant community of Aranya, conceived to look like a "floating cloud by the sea", given its proximity to the scenic Beidaihe coast.

17-05-2021

MAD presents plans for Jiaxing Civic Centre

MAD has presented a new project for the city of Jiaxing: after the railway station, the team led by architect Ma Yansong has designed a new civic centre for the Chinese city. The project will complete an important area in the city of great value for its landscape with the addition of a Museum of Science and Technology and two activity centres for women, children and youth.

09-02-2021

MAD Architects YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten, Beijing

MAD Architects’ YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten is an example of intergenerational integration from China. The kindergarten commissioned by the Yuecheng Group is located next to a seniors’ home in Beijing, a situation permitting integration of preschool education with seniors’ care in a surreal structure that inspires children to think, reflect and pursue endless possibilities.

12-01-2021

MAD Architects Yabuli Entrepreneurs’ Congress Centre

The congress centre designed by MAD Architects for the Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum is now complete. On November 18 through 20, 2020, the new facility housed its inaugural event, the annual Yabuli CEF, one of China’s most influential business organizations. More than 600 entrepreneurs attended the event in the futuristic new congress centre surrounded by the snow-capped mountains of northeast China.

17-11-2020

Work starts on MAD Architects’ FENIX Museum of Migration in Rotterdam

Work has begun on the FENIX Museum of Migration in Rotterdam, the first cultural project in Europe by Ma Yansong’s studio MAD Architects. The museum will be constructed in a location with a particular significance for the history of migration in Europe and beyond: Fenix warehouse, on Katendrecht peninsula, one of Europe’s oldest Chinatowns, a place thousands of people passed through on their way to a new life in the new world.

24-08-2020

MAD Architects Wormhole Library, a dreamscape in Haikou

A new library, designed by MAD architectural practice led by Chinese architect Ma Yansong, is due to be built in 2021 overlooking the South China Sea, on the coastline at Haikou in Hainan province, China. The recently released design features a pavilion with smooth curves reminiscent of a "wormhole", a tunnel that transcends time and space.