A systematic, theoretical framework for understanding the design ethos of the award-winning Chinese architecture firm Atelier Archmixing
Brings together important writings about the firm and their projects published between 2012 and 2018
The work of award-winning Chinese architecture firm Atelier Archmixing bridges the gap between design and research. This book is an in-depth, theoretical work with 11 articles, a commentary by Professor Wang Junyang and interviews with Professor Ge Ming and Professor Lu Andong. The articles featured here are from design research papers published continuously in domestic and overseas professional periodicals on Atelier Archimixing from 2012 to 2018. Although these papers were written at different times, they share echoing concerns, showcasing Archmixings design ethos with a wide range of topics covered in a systematic theoretical framework. Text in English and Chinese.
ZHENG Shiling Atelier ArchmixingAn Exploring Architectural Studio in
Contemporary China
WANG Jun-Yang A Decade for Atelier Archmixing: In Search of an Another
Architecture
GE Ming ZHUANG Shen: Core Issue on Urban Architecture
LU Andong ZHUANG Shen: How Can Design Adapt to Future Change
Design Research Outline on Change
Standing Between the Individual and the Public
An Altitude of Unrecognizable System: The Architectural World of Geoffrey
Bawa
Everyday, Change and the Unrecognizable System
Spatial Redundancy
Work Within the City
Possibilities Towards an Urban Architecture: Notes on the Symposium of
Hongkou 1617 Exhibition and Urban Study
The Martian and Used Universe
Invisible Change: Technologizing Space at the Users End
The Echo of the Unity: Reverse Thinking of the Interior
Regeneration Design Strategy for Ordinary BuiB32
ZHUANG Shen. Co-founder and principal architect of Atelier Archmixing, Chinese first class registered Architect, guest professor of College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University. A pioneering Chinese architect, Zhuang Shen has won numerous design awards both domestic and overseas, including Architecture Design Award of Excellence issued by Architectural Society of China, Best Architectural Design Award issued by MOHURD and MOE of China, WA Award of Chinese Architecture, The Young Explorer Award of China Architecture Media Award, Best Commercial Building Award issued by American Journal Businessweek/Architectural Record, Outstanding Achievement in Construction Management Award issued by CIOB. His design work and research has attracted wide media attention and has been featured in Domus, A+U, Architecture Record, Architectural Design, The Architect, Time+Architecture, Architectural Journal, World Architecture, Archdaily and Gooood etc. Before co-founding Atelier Archmixing, ZHUANG Shen was an architect in the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, a partner and principal architect of Atelier Deshaus.
HUA Xiahong. Professor and doctoral advisor from College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Doctor of Engineering, Chinese First Class Registered Architect, visiting fellow in School of Architecture, Yale University (2014-2015), the academic advisor for Atelier Archmixing and a part-time editor for Time+Architecture Magazine. Her academic interests include Chinese Architects and Their Practices in Modern and Contemporary Times, Contemporary Architecture in Consumer Culture and Everyday Urban Research and Regeneration Design Strategies for Ordinary Buildings. She had co-authored Sixty-year History of Tongji University Architectural Design Institute (2018) and Shanghai Hudec Architecture (2013), and contributed chapters in The History of Chinese Modern Architecture (2016), The Analysis and Inherence of Chinese Traditional Architecture (Shanghai volume) (2017) , The Green House (2015), etc.
