Ma Yansong: Urban architecture inspired by mountains, clouds and volcanoes
马岩松: 灵感来自山,云和火山的城市建筑
Believing that architects should envision and build the future, Ma Yansong develops advanced designs that interpret an Eastern affinity for nature within a contemporary fashion. Full bio
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that I come from,
a very beautiful garden,
every day after school.
and cities full of these boxy shapes?
挤满了这些火柴盒?
you actually see two cities.
你实际上看到的是两座城市。
is Tianjin, a Chinese city
同样的建筑原则。
for this space and height,
from North American urban strategies
一个又一个城市。
1,000 cities with one face.
what can I do about it?
in this cubic fish tank.
cubic architecture,
to observe how fish behave
居住在立方空间中
they probably weren't happy.
the perfect home for them,
不是一个完美的居住空间,
a new fish tank for them.
living in this space,
应该感到更加开心,
because they don't talk to me.
因为它们不会和我说话。
to design this real building for humans.
为人们设计大楼的机会,
a city outside Toronto.
Marilyn Monroe Towers --
but not a box.
而非一个盒子,
designing the first tower,
two Marilyn Monroes standing there."
玛丽莲梦露站在那儿。”
that can dance together.
相互呼应,共同起舞的大楼。
is a machine, is a box?
看作一个机器,或一个盒子?
people looked at nature in the past.
人们是怎样看待自然的。
traditional painting,
in a very dramatic way,
用一种非常戏剧化的方式混合,
我的问题是:
buildings and nature,
不用将楼宇和自然分离,
that we built in China.
在中国负责的项目。
beautiful nature setting.
一个非常漂亮的自然景观中。
when I visited the site,
to do anything there.
都觉得在犯罪。
standard urban towers there, anyway.
放一个标准城市建筑。
from the existing mountains,
and then translated them into a building.
taking the shapes
the extension of the nature
in the hand sketch.
can coexist together
relationship in this photo.
如图所示。
is one of the architects on our team.
是我们建筑师团队的一员,
the beautiful nature scenery,
享受这个美丽的自然风景,
that he is not part of the criminals --
破坏景色的罪犯——
to design these urban towers.
设计这样的城市建筑。
and I watered it every day.
每天给它浇水。
we completed this building.
我们这座大楼完工了。
into the real building.
这一真实建筑。
is situated in the city.
from the surrounding buildings,
它极其的与众不同。
to build a wall around the nature.
尝试着在自然周围竖一堵墙,
as a part of nature,
from the park into the city.
从公园延展,并带入城市。
tiny mountain?
from the surroundings.
fit the context better.
you know, natural context,
更能与传统的自然环境融为一体,
with the reality.
part of the surrounding landscape
设计成周围风光的一部分,
looks like a snow mountain.
they can enjoy the views,
their journey from the park
that's framing the sky,
为天空配上了画框。
人们可以对着天空歌唱。
with a lot of natural light,
this semi-indoor-outdoor space,
享受身临室外的景色,
the beautiful view around them.
looks like a cloud.
in the city of Los Angeles.
the cloud is mysterious.
landed in the city.
是非常迷离梦幻的。
landed on earth.
and space underneath the building.
建筑下方的空间和风景。
欣赏风景的屋顶花园。
in the year 2022,
when it's completed.
欢迎诸位前来参观。
mountains and clouds,
[with] 40,000 seats in there.
足球体育馆。
and where there's landscape.
哪里是建筑,哪里是自然风景。
one of the spaces in those volcanoes.
火山间众多空间的一个。
that blurs the boundary
a functional machine for living.
为生存而建的功能性机器。
those soulless matchboxes anymore.
复制那些毫无灵魂的火柴盒,
is the opportunity
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ma Yansong - Architect, artistBelieving that architects should envision and build the future, Ma Yansong develops advanced designs that interpret an Eastern affinity for nature within a contemporary fashion.
Why you should listen
In 2004, architect Ma Yansong founded MAD Architects, a global architecture firm committed to developing organic and futuristic environments embodying the natural world. MAD has created a series of imaginative works across the globe that demonstrate how they envision the future city, including the Absolute Towers, Harbin Opera House and Hutong Bubble 32.
In 2014, MAD was selected as the principal designer for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, making Yansong the first Chinese architect to design an overseas cultural landmark. In April 2019, the Centre Pompidou opened MAD X, a major exhibition of MAD's works that exemplifies their architectural vision and expresses the firm's core vision of a futuristic architecture, akin to dream-like earthscapes, that creates a conversation between nature, earth and sky.
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