Ma Yansong - MADA young architect from Beijing, Ma Yansong is an emblem of the new wave of Chinese experimental architecture. His visionary, sometimes humorous approach gives everyone the freedom to develop their own experience of the city.
Taichung Convention Center, Taiwan Integrating the topology of the landscape and the architecture, a wave of mountain-like buildings is designed with pleated exterior surfaces, allowing natural ventilation and accommodating photovoltaic panels.
The Urban Forest (in progress)The tower is composed of lots of floating slabs with gardens on all the floors. This reflects the current concept of green architecture: it doesn’t have to take a very high-tech approach. The structure is simple and the gardens can bring a very natural feeling inside the office spaces.
Absolute Towers, Toronto (2006-2011)The design features a continuous balcony that surrounds the whole building, eliminating the vertical barriers traditionally used in high rise architecture. The entire building rotates by different degrees at different levels.