Articles by Yu Xin Li

The context with the location of being underground and situation of trying to discover the new language of what is the future of Harmay. It is really inspired by this chaos-end of the world and new life forms, which is the concept for the Xidan store.

As the permanent main venue of the Flower Expo, the Renaissance Pavilion is located on the main axis of the core area of the Flower Expo Park. It is the core of the entire Flower Expo Park. The total construction area of the Renaissance Pavilion is about 37,240 square meters. The building consists of four independent buildings. The exhibition hall is composed of the main display functions of indoor flowers in 35 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan during the 40-day exhibition. The square in front of the building will be used as the venue for the opening ceremony of the Flower Expo, and an important meeting place for Flower Expo activities. The Renaissance Pavilion, as the background of the square, carries the important image endorsement of the Flower Expo. 

LUO studio recently conceived a distinctive bookstore in the underground space of a shopping mall in Beijing.
Due to different area requirements of various tenants that could occupy the space in the future, the space of the large commercial building was divided unevenly, and the walls and columns were separated and arranged disorderly. The mall hoped to maximize the potential of the underground space, where equipment rooms were set. The equipment space was dominated by intricately mounted and dense pipelines, which posed a great challenge to the design. For spatial renovation, bringing in a conventional suspended ceiling to conceal the pipelines would lead to a more cramped, oppressive space. Therefore, the design started from the idea of presenting the authenticity of the space without adding wrapping elements to original spatial structures. 

Crossing the bustle of the ancient town “Pian Yan”. Marching the paths in the forest alone the Heishuitan river. This path is upstream to Jindaoxia reservoir and downstream to Pianyan town even to the main districts of Chongqing city. Turning one more corner, the first thing that comes to my eyes is an ancient stone arch bridge. Wander down the bridge and through the temple, you can see this abandoned building accompanied by several ancient Ficus virens.

The Burr Puzzle Tower is based on the structure of the three-axis burr puzzle which has thousand years of history.

In the 1960s, with the economy in development and the population expanding rapidly after World War II, a group of architects formed the Metabolism movement. Using the core structure of the building as the load-bearing device, the architects of the Metabolism movement developed diverse ways to explore the land and space. Architect Kao, the designer of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, is one of the important figures of the Taiwanese Metabolism movement.

dongqi turned a building in Shenzhen into a new concept bakery and developed its visual identity. The team named the space GAGA TOAST and proposed a ‘More Than Toast’ narrative. GAGA TOAST is not only a bakery that offers delicious toast, but also a gathering space full of toast elements. Toast elements permeated the space, whose design was centered around a special shaped brick. At the same time, the creative team worked closely with the architects to custom-make the element into the fundamental element of our visual identity as it conveyed the brand’s belief in authentic ingredients.