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We try to turn buildings into landscapes - defying the idea of modernism which sees nature and buildings as two distinct elements.

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Traditionally, in the Eastern World, man and nature are close: men find happiness and prosperity in the beauty of nature, even if the nature is actually built to match this very need.

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I grew up in Beijing, and there weren't many modern buildings during my childhood. I was influenced by traditional culture - the courtyards, the hutongs, the old city, and all the art forms - so, very naturally, I brought this to my practice.

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Modern buildings have become memorials to power and capital. More and more, they're isolated from people.

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Instead of making grand structures and beautiful buildings, we should focus on the environment and the urban space and how you encourage people to live.

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China has some cities, traditional cities, with a long history. They are so beautiful, and they were planned so smartly. I call them gardens on the city scale. For example, Beijing has mountains, waters, lakes, bridges, towers. It was a very poetic city.

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Chaoyang Park Plaza is about how to carry the traditional culture into a new format in modern architecture. Instead of building a boundary between the city and the park, I tried to design this building to emerge from the natural landscape.

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In China, it's very easy to make architecture special because anything you design will look different, as most parts of the city are very similar. They make so many massive residential buildings.

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When I started university, I didn't know much about architecture, so I flipped through a lot of magazines, looking at different and exciting images from all over the world. I thought that architecture could be interesting.

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Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me.

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Architect

Born: Unknown

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