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Red Army Cemetery of Zhongguan Village/Long March Memorial Park / Fuyingbin Studio

April 13, 2019 Collin Chen 0

Foreword
When Hou Zhongmao died, he was less than twenty years old. Where is he from? Is he married? Does he have any siblings? Does his family know his death? None of questions we were able to answer. The cemetery of this young soldier is one example of many other cemeteries of the Chinese Red Army during their Long March in Guizhou province. He was buried on the road of the Long March. More than 80 years ago, the epic Long March shocked the world and created an immortal chapter in the history of the Chinese revolution. However, these soldiers who silently dedicated their young lives have formed the red ribbon on this earth. We try to trace the individual values and rethink the nature of history by designing this tiny cemetery of an ordinary red army’s soldier.

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Shanghai Shimao Festival City Renovation / Kokaistudios

April 12, 2019 Collin Chen 0

After winning global acclaim for both K11 in Shanghai, as well as Beijing’s COFCO Plaza, Kokaistudios once again brings its expertise in shopping mall renovation to China’s increasingly lifestyle-driven retail scene. The firm’s recent renovation of Shimao Festival City in Shanghai illustrates this contemporary crossroads, and demonstrates how by expanding malls’ functionality and reconsidering circulation, these sizeable structures can be reabsorbed by the city as useful public spaces of engagement and exchange.

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Rosewood Hong Kong / KPF

April 12, 2019 Collin Chen 0

Located in the heart of the Victoria Dockside art and design district, the new vertical private estate serves as a global icon for the international luxury hotel brand.

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Rudong Sports Center / TJAD

April 11, 2019 Collin Chen 0

Rudong Sports Center is located in Rudong County , Nantong , Jiangsu Province. The project includes a gymnasium (including swimming pool), a fitness center and a stadium. As a part of the cultural core of the new district, it forms the symbol of the new district together with the cultural center group on the south side and will become an important driving force for the development of the new district. TJAD design group won the design competition in 2012,and the first phase of the project completed in 2018.

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Baitasi Hutong Gallery / DnA

April 10, 2019 Collin Chen 0

Over 700 hundreds years ago, a 50 meters-tall giant white Pagoda with its Nepal Buddhist temple – Baitasi – was built in ancient Beijing. Ever since then this temple and pagoda have merged into the surrounding hutongs and courtyards living with religious ceremonies and activities and eventually became part of the historical context for contemporary Beijing.

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Hangzhou Senbo Resort ‘Park-Star Cube’ / The Design Institute of Landscape and Architecture China Academy of Art

April 7, 2019 Collin Chen 0

Characteristics of Hangzhou
Hangzhou Senbo Resort located in Xianghu Lake Resort Area, a 4A scenic spot reputed as the “Sister Lake” of West Lake.Thanks to the characteristics of Hangzhou’s landscapes, the city’s public transportation can directly access to the park, enabling visits to enjoy the pleasure of vacation without going out the city.This project is precisely one of our special vacation groups in the paradise.

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Rustic Charm Inn / ams

April 6, 2019 Collin Chen 0

Located in a small village next to Disney in Shanghai’s pudong district, the Rustic Charm Inn is a three-story boutique guesthouse hotel with just 16 rooms, converted from four residential houses and pigsties.

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Rustic Charm Inn / ams

April 6, 2019 Collin Chen 0

Located in a small village next to Disney in Shanghai’s pudong district, the Rustic Charm Inn is a three-story boutique guesthouse hotel with just 16 rooms, converted from four residential houses and pigsties.

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Yiyuan Service Centre for the Elderly / Shanghai Tianhua Architectural Design · Beijing Branch

April 5, 2019 Collin Chen 0

The project is located in Hotai Town, Xiqing District, Tianjin, with a scale of about 8000 ㎡. The original building was an inactive concrete frame office building which should be transformed into a warm and modern retirement center. This kind of transform is a epitome of the renew of the city under the challenge in the trend of population aging. What’s more, the transforms of elderly buildings are not only about the change of land usage, the challenge will come from the inner contradictoriness between different buildings.

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Dongsi 5Lmeet / DAGA Architects

April 4, 2019 Collin Chen 0

5Lmeet is located in a narrow Hutong alleyway within Second Ring Road in Beijing. The project itself was an abandoned soy sauce factory surrounded by the old gray-tiled buildings . It is not far from the historical Duan Qirui Prime Minister’s Office, and next door is the old residents living for decades. 5Lmeet is an innovative space in an old community. Client and design firm worked together to study the social and spatial requirements of activities space to provide design input conditions. Operating team and designers in-depth communication ensured that the project content and future interaction with the perfect combination of space.