WOOD SCULPTURE MUSEUM DESIGNED BY MAD ARCHITECT
WOOD
SCULPTURE MUSEUM DESIGNED BY MAD ARCHITECT
The museum
linear organized interior is connected by a centralized entrance which both
divides and simultaneously joins the space, achieving a symbiotic relationship.
The twist in the form creates a canopy and public plaza for visitors entering
the museum, encouraging an engagement with nature through outdoor recreation
activities and providing a reprieve from the frigid climate.
The exhibition spaces are organized around 3 atriums with skylights that are designed to capture the northern suns low solar path. The delicate balance of light and shadow guides visitors through the exhibitions, while forming a poetic space combining art, people, and nature.
Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun
Project Leader: Daniel Gillen
The exhibition spaces are organized around 3 atriums with skylights that are designed to capture the northern suns low solar path. The delicate balance of light and shadow guides visitors through the exhibitions, while forming a poetic space combining art, people, and nature.
Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun
Project Leader: Daniel Gillen
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MAD ARCHITECTS
Founded by Chinese architect Ma Yansong in 2004, MAD
Architects is a global architecture firm committed to developing futuristic,
organic, technologically advanced designs that embody a contemporary
interpretation of the Eastern affinity for nature. With its core design
philosophy of Shanshui City – a vision for the city of the future based in the
spiritual and emotional needs of residents – MAD endeavors to create a balance
between humanity, the city, and the environment.
Globally recognized as a creative pioneer, founding
principal Ma Yansong is a central figure in the worldwide dialogue on the
future of architecture. Ma was named one of the “10 Most Creative People in
Architecture” by Fast Company in 2009. He received the prestigious
“International Fellowship” from Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in
2011, and was selected as “Young Global Leader (YGL)” by World Economic Forum
(Davos Forum) in 2014.
In 2014, MAD was selected as principal designer for the
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago, USA, becoming the first China-based
architecture firm to design an overseas cultural landmark. In 2006, MAD won the
design competition for the Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Canada. The
residential project is composed of 56-story and 50-story high-rises and was
completed in 2012. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)
awarded the towers “Best Tall Building Americas” in 2012 and EMPORIS ranked
them first in their 2013 “Skyscraper Awards.”
MAD has been commissioned by clients of various backgrounds
to design mixed-use complexes, museums, theatres, social residences,
renovations, artworks, and urban plans. Current ongoing urban projects include
Chaoyang Park Plaza, a mixed-use complex project located in the new CBD of
Beijing; Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, a city-scale urban development of approximate 600,000sqm
floor area; Huangshan Mountain Village, a master planning and architectural
design project with 450,000sqm site area. MAD’s signature cultural projects
include Harbin Cultural Island (under construction), Pingtan Art Museum (in
design development stage), Ordos Museum (completed in 2011,) and China Wood
Sculpture Museum (completed in 2011.)
MAD has on-going international projects located in Rome,
Paris, Japan, and Beverly Hills. In the heart of Rome, MAD is designing a
mixed-use courtyard building that reuses existing structure and will house
apartments, office space, and a chapel with total usable area of approximately
23,000sqm. In Paris, MAD placed first in a competition of 96 teams to build a
residential complex on the right bank of the River Seine. In Japan, MAD
delivered an organic design for a local education center. The firm’s latest
commission is a 13,000sqm mixed-use residential complex in the center of
Beverly Hills.
MAD has been a pioneer in contemporary art and design. MAD
has participated in significant exhibitions in the 10th, 11th and 12th Venice
Architecture Biennales. MAD also participated exhibitions at the Victoria and
Albert Museum (London), the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Copenhagen), and
MAXXI (Rome). An array of MAD’s architecture models have been acquired by the
well-known M+ Museum (Hong Kong) as part of their permanent collections.
The firm’s design advances have been chronicled in a series
of books: Mad Dinner, Bright City, Ma Yansong, and Shanshui City. MAD
principals have been invited for speaking engagements at the American Institute
of Architects, Architectural Association School of Architecture (London), World
Economic Forum in Davos, Strelka Institute (Moscow), and the UCL Bartlett
School of Architecture (London).
MAD Architects is currently led by Ma Yansong, Dang Qun and
Yosuke Hayano. MAD has offices in Beijing and Los Angeles.
You may visit Mad Architects’s: National Museum of China Competition,
Urban Forest and Ordos Museum projects to click below links.
