Yansong Ma
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Yansong Ma was born on 1975 in Beijing
, China
a Chinese architect
and founder of MAD architects.
". "Floating Island" is a design of rebuilding New York World Trade Center which is now saved in Chinese National Gallery.
His first international success was "Absolute World", two high-rise buildingd which are located in Mississauga, the sixth largest city in Canada, and will be completed by 2011. This is also the first bid for an overseas landmark building that was won by Chinese architects; the design won Ma a $125,000 prize.
bubble, a modern extension to traditional Chinese housing.
Explaining his design ideas, Ma Yansong states:
“Ma Yansong is a young Chinese architect – just 35 – who has come to architectural maturity at a time when his country is beginning to allow the freedom of expression so vital to the artist and sufficient freedom to the economy to allow
his ideas to be realized as buildings. His work expresses the tension between the individual imagination and the
needs of society as a whole."
Beijing
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, China
China
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a Chinese architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and founder of MAD architects.
Early career
His most well-known works are "Floating Island" and "Absolute WorldAbsolute World
Absolute World is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario in suburban Toronto. The project is being built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group...
". "Floating Island" is a design of rebuilding New York World Trade Center which is now saved in Chinese National Gallery.
His first international success was "Absolute World", two high-rise buildingd which are located in Mississauga, the sixth largest city in Canada, and will be completed by 2011. This is also the first bid for an overseas landmark building that was won by Chinese architects; the design won Ma a $125,000 prize.
MAD architects
In China, his firm MAD designed the hutongHutong
Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China.In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one...
bubble, a modern extension to traditional Chinese housing.
Design philosophy
Ma's conception of designing stems from an desire to protect a sense of community and orientation toward nature, He said buildings are public art works, and should therefore reflect human nature and give people infinite imaginations.Explaining his design ideas, Ma Yansong states:
Quotes
- RIBA President Ruth Reed, in the jury report for the 2010 RIBA international Fellowship:
“Ma Yansong is a young Chinese architect – just 35 – who has come to architectural maturity at a time when his country is beginning to allow the freedom of expression so vital to the artist and sufficient freedom to the economy to allow
his ideas to be realized as buildings. His work expresses the tension between the individual imagination and the
needs of society as a whole."
Awards
- 2010 RIBA International Fellowship
- 2006 Samuel J. Fogelson Prize at Yale University
Exhibitions
- 2011 Chinese Architectural Landscape 2011, MAXXI Rome, Italy
- 2011 Living, Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtThe Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up...
, Copenhagen, Denmark - 2010 Rising East, New Chinese Architecture, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
- 2010 Feelings Are Facts, Olafur Eliasson+Ma Yansong, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA),Beijing, China
- 2009 State Fair Guggenheim, Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim MuseumGuggenheim MuseumGuggenheim Museum may refer to:* The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, United States* The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy* The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain* The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas, United States...
, New York, USA - 2008 Super Star, A Mobile China Town, Uneternal City, 11th Venice Architecture Bienalle, Venice, Italy
- 2008 China Design Now, Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert MuseumThe Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, London, UK - 2007 MAD IN CHINA, solo exhibition, Danish Architecture Center (DAC), Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2006 MAD IN CHINA, Solo exhibition, Diocesi Museum, Venice, Italy
- 2006 Shanghai Art Biennale, Shanghai, China
- 2004 1st Architecture Biennial Beijing, National Art Museum of ChinaNational Art Museum of ChinaThe National Art Museum of China, or NAMOC is located at 1 Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District of Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is one of the largest art museums in China. The construction of the museum started in 1958, and concluded in 1962. It has a total land area of 30,000 square meters...
, Beijing, China
Further reading
- Instability-Craig Konyk,Anne Rieselbach,Architectural League of New York,Page 19
- Communal Manifesto-Catherine Chan, South China Morning Post http://www.chan-kwayteow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/download-2.pdf
- Conquering the west-Edwin Heathcote, Financial Times http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/7ae49608-50e3-11e0-8931-00144feab49a.html#axzz1VlIFVQmI
External links
- http://baike.baidu.com/view/1013596.htm?fr=ala0
- http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/617/2/
- http://www.hdemontferrand.com/artist/works/MA-YANSONG/gb-8.htmlYansong Ma, Hadrien de MontferrandHadrien de MontferrandHadrien de Montferrand The French Ambassador of Drawings is a French specialist in Chinese Contemporary Art. He is one of the actors who helped Chinese Contemporary Art to develop its influence abroad.-Biography:...
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