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Book SynopsisThis book presents a selection of projects from the first decade of the award-winning Chinese architectural firm Atelier Archmixing, founded in 2009 by ZHUANG Shen and REN Hao. It includes 24 designs, each with excellent photographs, drawings, and textual descriptions. Included here are two introductory essays: Several Factors that Define Our Work and Six Super Models, as well as a conversation between Archmixing's chief architect Zhuang Shen and Li Xinggang, Wang Fangji and Zhang Bin, and a review written by Li Xiangning. As one of China's pioneering independent architectural studios, Atelier Archmixing is known for its combination of design, research and theoretical reflection in the context of Chinese rapid urbanisation.
Text in English and Chinese.
Table of Contents LI Xiangning Atelier Archmixing: Practice Toward Everydayness and Change
LI Xinggang ✕ ZHUANG Shen: The Effectiveness and Universality in Local Practice
WANG Fangji 十 ZHANG Bin ✕ ZHUANG Shen: Non-Unified Design
Several Factors that Define Our Work
Six Super Models
01 B4/B5 Blocks of Shanghai Culture & Information Industrial Park, Phase I
02 Jiading New Museum
03 Shuangding Road Public Kindergarten, Jiading New City, Shanghai
04 Zhuji New Theatre
05 Yongning Street Plot, Xiaguan District, Nanjing
06 Sino-French Institute, Nanhui City, Shanghai
07 Twin Trees Pavilion
08 Silkworm Hatchery Renovation, Yucun Culture Market, Mogan Mountain
09 Fuchun Kosa Zoumalou
10 Commercial Building at East Dock Town in Anlong Forest Park
11 Art Center of Aranya, Jinshanling
12 LILI
13 Facade Renovation for No.8 Building, Lane 890, Hengshan Road
14 Facade Renovation for Longhua Street Elder Care Center
15 Huashu Rural Studio
16 Renovation of No.2 Building of Shenweida Workshop Space
17 Yueyue Bookstore
18 Renovation of Baoshan Beibeijia Olion Kindergarten
19 Cotton Lab Urban Lounge
20 Wisdom Olion Nursery
21 Removal Renovation of Chen Huacheng Memorial
22 Qinglong Mountain Park Entrance Renovation
23 Pocket Plaza, Yongjia Road
24 Work Within the City
