Comments on: MAD Invites Young International Architects to Design A City Center in Southwest China

By: Dale

Dale — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:39:44 +0000

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Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:49:19 +0000

[...] Your Mama added an interesting post on MAD Invites Young International Architects to Design A City Center in…Here’s a small excerptLast year, we profiled MAD, the pioneering architecture agency out of Beijing. This year, we are happy to report that MAD is not only continuing to be a leader in China’s creative industry, but also internationally. In the summer of 2008, MAD hosted ten young international architects for a 3-day… [...]

By: Sean Leow (PSFK Shanghai)

Sean Leow (PSFK Shanghai) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:42:00 +0000

Dave- I agree with your overall criticism. This is an “experiment” so maybe they are not going for the cohesiveness that a masterplan should have. At least they are upfront about it: “MAD is aware of, and actively encouraging, the failings and successes of this project.”

By: Dave Pinter

Dave Pinter — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:25:39 +0000

Personally, I see some big problems with this project. First, there is no cohesiveness to the plan. It literally looks like these ten architects each found a corner of the room to sit in and went about creating their design. Each building is screaming attention at the same volume, creating so much visual noise that there is no focus. A collage of software architecture copy and pasted together. What’s missing here are all the things that create a great city…scale, texture, light and dark, old and new.

By: Christine Huang

Christine Huang — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:33:48 +0000

I love seeing the engagement with young architects…

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:59:56 +0000

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