1. Who knows the Marilyn Monroe Building? 2. The top 10 most daring and avant-garde buildings in the world. 3. How do you evaluate the design of architect Ma Yansong and his architectural views? 4. The world’s most daring and avant-garde building A sexy building, the Marilyn Monroe Building embodies a fashionable new concept in architectural design. 5. Who is the famous architect? Who knows about the Marilyn Monroe Building?
This is a 56-story apartment building for which the developers held an international innovation design competition. The project "Marilyn Monroe Tower" by Beijing MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, finally stood out after defeating the plans of five other architectural companies that entered the nomination stage. Ma Yansong said, "I have been accepting interviews with local media since the morning, including doing live broadcasts on radio and TV stations." The mayor of Mississauga also personally wrote to Ma Yansong to thank him for designing a very good building for the city.
Creating freedom and new life
If some buildings are attached to a certain form, the "Marilyn Monroe Building" is a building that brings people infinite reverie. Ma Yansong said: "The name 'Marilyn Monroe Tower' was not decided by us, but was called so by critics in a well-known local media. They believed that this building looks as graceful as Marilyn Monroe. As a kind of public art, architecture should not be deliberately shaped, but truly reflect human nature and nature, giving people unlimited imagination and triggering people's rich psychological activities. Some people say that this building is like Marilyn. Monroe, some people say it is like flowing music, but it gives people a sense of beauty. "All our works are against the oppression brought by machines, and they are also against technology-first low-cost reproduction of architecture. People need to learn from industry." To be freed from the tension and oppression of the times and find equal and open spaces, the functionality that architecture must satisfy should, in the new century, be extended to people’s spiritual world, creating greater freedom and more happiness in people’s lives. Possibly."
While completing the architectural design of the Marilyn Monroe Tower, Ma Yansong was also designing part of the building's interior space. There is a large balcony on each floor of the building. The apartment space is not divided into functional areas, and mixed functions become the most possible functions.
In industrial-era buildings, space was artificially divided into various functions, such as eating, sleeping, and receiving guests. People are ruled by architecture, and people must obey a rule instead of constantly creating their own space as they wish. Ma Yansong said that the creative spirit we have always adhered to is to make people the subject, and architecture can only become the stage and background for people's activities. "Do fishes need fish tanks?"
What kind of space is most suitable for people's needs? "Ma Yansong and his team have been thinking and researching these philosophical architectural issues. Their ideas have transcended architecture.
In the office space of MAD Architects, there is a A small fish tank, this fish tank won an international award. “We used cameras to record the activities of the fish, analyzed their behavior on the computer, discovered some of their habits, and designed a fish tank according to their living needs. But then we thought, does the fish have to have something to do with the fish tank? Compared with being lost in the world, any fish tank is a restriction for fish. Human beings have gone from living in caves, to living in tents, and now living in square box-like buildings all over the city. Every technological advancement has improved people's living conditions, but at the same time, it has also further restricted the communication and free movement between people and nature. Life. After we have such a high level of technology, what we should think about is how to make people live more openly, how to use technology, respect people's choices more, and let the space have its own personality as much as possible instead of restrictions. "
Frozen Three Feet of Cold
Whether he became famous in New York for his "Floating Island" reconstruction project of the World Trade Center in New York, or he won the first prize in the international competition for the National Software Export Base in Shanghai , Shanghai Modern Art Park (first prize in the S-MAP conceptual design competition, including the recent victory in the Guangzhou Bio Island Plaza International Design Competition and the acquisition of the design rights for the "Marilyn Monroe Tower", Ma Yansong and his partners We have always adhered to the same design ideas.
But in China, it still takes a process for the market to understand them. In recent years, they have completed sixty or seventy projects, and only a few have begun construction. Ma Yansong said: "For us, it is more important to spread our ideas. Architecture can meet people's needs to the greatest extent possible. This is an inevitable future. China's most important tradition is strong creativity, which is what determines our nation. A very important factor that has been constantly developing. The important thing in architectural creation is not the form, nor the imitation, but the most efficient effort to achieve the greatest significance. Our architecture is by no means pursuing novelty and strangeness in form. It’s about creating the future.”
In the Beijing Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, there is a very eye-catching exhibit – “Hadid’s Future Home.” This is Ma Yansong's last work in Hadid Studio. Ma Yansong said: "My teacher Hadid very much hopes that we set up our own office and realize our own pursuits. But we must not only have a persistent pursuit of art, but also see the actual problems in China. As Chinese architects , what should be considered more is the contribution to society.”
For Ma Yansong and his firm, success is a long-term accumulation and pursuit; similarly, it is necessary to achieve the same success domestically as it is internationally. It is recognized that many of the past systems must be broken, and continuous efforts must be made to give the Chinese market a new understanding of architecture.
International institution of Chinese architects
MAD Architects’ space in Beijing is very spacious. Some employees are focused on their work in front of the computer, and some are communicating freely. English has become the medium of communication. Commonly used language, among the three partners, some are American and some are Japanese. The blond and blue-eyed employees work together with the Chinese employees. During the reporter's interview, another Canadian architect made a special trip to MAD Architectural Office to look for a job.
Because of the design projects in Canada and Europe, traveling between China and Europe and the United States has become the working method of the new generation of "flying trapeze" architects. Domestically, they also suddenly received many tasks, including real estate development projects. Ma Yansong said that in the 1970s, people's creativity began to explode, including architecture, music, painting, etc., and China's younger generation has begun to shine on the international stage.
In the office space of MAD Architects, there are no doors, no partitions between tables, and nothing that hinders communication, not even national boundaries and languages. The partners are of different nationalities, and the employees are also from different countries. They work hard for the same goal, which is to build people's lives more freely.
The growth experience of international architect Ma Yansong
Ma Yansong graduated from Yale University in the United States and received a Master of Architecture and the Samuel J. Fogelson Outstanding Design Graduate Award. In 2006, he won the The Architectural League of New York Young Architect Award, and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Architectural Research Fellowship in 2001. He once worked at Zaha Hadid Architects in London and Eisenman Architects in New York. In 2004, he established MAD Beijing Office and Taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and gave lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Architectural League in New York. His architectural works include the ABSOLUTE super high-rise apartment in Toronto, Canada (built in 2009, the floating island - which was widely discussed in the international architectural community. Rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York in 2002, the first prize winner in the international competition for Guangzhou Bio Island Solar System Plaza (built in 2008), the first prize winner in the Shanghai Modern Art Park (S-MAP Concept Design Competition), the first prize winner in the "Net Bar" Concept Design Competition The work was the first prize in the Taiwan Hong Sichuan Competition, as well as the Hongluo Lake Clubhouse and RISINGHOUSE, which are about to be completed in Beijing. The installation works "Fish Tank" and "Mo Bing" have been exhibited at the National Art Museum of China and the China Millennium Monument respectively. The Island - the reconstruction of the World Trade Center in New York has also been heatedly discussed in the architectural circles at home and abroad, and has been collected by the National Art Museum of China.
"In traditional Chinese culture, there are many examples that show people's enthusiasm for the new. The desire for technology and new creation. I understand this desire for innovation as a Chinese tradition.
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Ma Yansong became famous because the "Marilyn Monroe Building" he designed won the bid in Mississauga, Canada. So far, those who accused him of only designing on drawings have stopped. .
History is like a round table. If you want to speak, you must first have the right to sit at the table. "To talk to the world, we must attract everyone's attention and let the world know that someone has made a voice." Ma Yansong said seriously, "Winning the award can at least give me the right to sit at the table, and then I have the opportunity to speak and raise social issues." My goal is to get out of China and go global. In recent years, many foreign designers have come to China, but Chinese architects rarely go abroad. This is a historic step! It’s our generation’s job to get out there. ”
32 years old. In any case, Ma Yansong is already on his way to the round table of history.
“Architecture must solve contemporary problems”
In Today, the architectural world in China is in a chaotic era. Siheyuan continues the cultural heritage of childhood memories, while office buildings echo the contemporary reality of adult life. Since the new century, urban construction has become a duel between two voices, one with foreign architects. On the one hand, there is the protection of Chinese experts. As for the "backbone" of the new design force, Zhang Yonghe, they are committed to resurrecting tradition in new buildings. As for how to revive it, no one can tell clearly.
Ma. Yansong also once lived in a courtyard house. At that time, Beijing was not that big. When he was a child, he often rode his bicycle across East and West Chang'an Street. There were not many high-rise buildings. His earliest urban experience was a TV series called "Anecdotes in High-rise Buildings", which was about the interior of high-rise buildings. The supernatural imagination of interpersonal ecology seems to herald the arrival of a metropolis. For Ma Yansong, who grew up with long hair and danced like thunder since elementary school, his view seems to be a bit reminiscent of his ancestors: Siheyuan is not a particularly classic form of residence with officers and soldiers standing guard in the alleys. , no whispering, there is no public space in the imperial city, every courtyard is a prison cell
Ma Yansong is not timid and has rich imagination. He designed Tiananmen Square as a park with green trees. Yin.
Ma Yansong learned from the tradition of Koolhaas, and his American teacher was Koolhaas’s student Za Hadid. Ma Yansong’s design seemed too radical even in the United States, rebuilding the “World Trade Center”. Although the "Floating Island" was praised by architectural experts, it was replaced by another extremely mediocre design. The drawings seemed to be just drawings, but the drawings also meant Utopia, Germany's Bauhaus and Fascism, and the former Soviet Union's Nazis. In the industrial world, this fantasy about the future is perfectly realized in the American metropolis - Manhattan is a city of utopia. Utopia is not just an idea on paper, it means a passionate approach based on respecting contemporary reality. Use rationality to grasp trends and plan an ideal city.
So, Ma Yansong moved the "floating island" that is not acceptable in the United States to Beijing's CBD.
So some people scolded Ma Yansong like they scolded Koolhaas. The key point is not the weirdness of the form. Ma Yansong said that he never cares about the form, but whether your works solve contemporary problems. Ma Yansong believes that he and Zhang Yonghe. The difference between that generation is that they believe that creation does not lie in collaging ancestral things with modern ones. What is more important than whether the courtyard conforms to Chinese aesthetics is: how do you consider the density issues, interpersonal relationships, power and new issues in contemporary Chinese cities? lifestyle. You can like old buildings, but it is not a development trend; the old buildings in the Netherlands are good, but now people recognize its new buildings more because it solves the contemporary problems of the Netherlands. If the contemporary problems of China are special. , then Ma Yansong’s architecture is also special. If China’s contemporary problems are the same all over the world, then his architecture can be used in New York.
“Respect but not stick to tradition”
Ma Yansong's name first appeared in front of the domestic media and the public when his design "Floating Island" was shortlisted for the design of the World Trade Center in New York in 2002. Although he failed to become the final winner due to cost and other reasons, he has The poetic imagination makes people remember this Chinese student who was a graduate student at Yale University.
After graduation, Ma Yansong co-founded the American MAD office in Beijing. Just as the name of his office "MAD" means "crazy", his design concepts are characterized by boldness, Known for being avant-garde. Ma Yansong is more like a naughty idealist who regards the earth as a wonderful space for his own creation of beauty. His works often become forward-looking conceptual buildings due to their complex structures and huge construction difficulties, based on the concepts of cost and decision-makers. There is little chance that the constraints will turn from a three-dimensional digital model into reality. After all, in reality construction and practicality of buildings are necessary, and beautiful and complex appearance comes at the expense of money. This helplessness led him to regard the design as contemporary art. The unique "fish tank" he exhibited this time had participated in contemporary art exhibitions.
Ma Yansong’s creativity and forward-looking architectural concepts are also controversial in the design community. Earlier, he talked about "conceptual design" in the architectural field at the Zhu Qizhan Art Museum in Shanghai. He once lamented that it would take at least several years for his plan to come true, so he jokingly called himself a "paper architect."
The happiness of success finally comes early. The spring of 2006 was brilliant and meaningful for Ma Yansong. He participated in the super high-rise design competition in Mississauga, the seventh largest city in Canada. He passed through many plans and stood out, winning the local 50-story building.
This is the first time a Chinese architect has won the design rights through an international public competition. His success has allowed the international architectural community to see the avant-garde design concepts and capabilities of young Chinese architects. He has won honors for the Chinese architectural community. The landmark building he won in Mississauga, Canada, was nicknamed the "Marilyn Monroe Building" because of its rich curves. From this building, we can see that he was inspired by Zaha Hadid. ·Influence of Zaha Hadid's architectural style. Ma Yansong's bones obviously have the influence of Chinese culture. The design concept of integrating with the environment is the product of the Chinese philosophical thought of "the unity of nature and man". [FS: PAGE]
Ma Yansong is valuable because he respects tradition without being rigid about tradition. His ideas about the traditional square-shaped courtyard in China are somewhat deviant: he believes that the existence of courtyards is caused by the lack of public space. Each courtyard is like a prison, forcing everyone to live in the courtyard. In his dream, the lines of the buildings are flexible and rounded.
“As long as there is no conflict of principles, compromise can be made. ”
In Ma Yansong’s narrative, we can see the compromise between ideals and reality. He once talked about the fact that conceptual design in the architectural world is constrained by all parties, and he misunderstood the concept of architecture. It seems a little helpless. For example, the overall design of the Shanghai Zhangjiang Software Park that his firm won the bid was called "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls" by the architect, but his design concept took into account the harmony between man and nature, without any strong influence. Domineering.
While the whole world is paying attention to energy consumption and environmental impact, our cities are still feverishly competing in high-level competitions. In his design, a conceptual design plan is a must. Mentioned that in order to oppose the impetuous climbing mentality of landmark buildings throughout Asia, his conceptual plan for Zhujiang New City is claimed to be 800 meters, but it actually subverts the concept of height with two 400-meter buildings that penetrate each other and are 400 meters above and below. The joke allowed us to see his childlike and cute side.
As a person born in the 1970s, his compromise between idealism and reality is quite consistent. When asked if the government changed the design midway after winning the bid. If there is a difference of more than 30% between the actual object and the plan due to the strength of the plan or the employer, is the architect willing to sign it? Ma Yansong replied: As long as there is no conflict of principles, compromise can be made. The value is reflected in the completion of the real building rather than the three-dimensional model in the computer.
He took out three pictures from 1918 (Peking University Red Building, designed by Belgians, 1958 (National Gallery of China Building), 2008 (National Gallery of China Expansion Building completed) to show the political orientation and political orientation in large buildings. Political aesthetics played a key role.
No. 107 Dongsi North Street, Beijing, is a place where architects gather together. Most of the people gathered here are "senior brothers" who were born in the 1950s and 1960s and are well-known in the architectural field. Across the street, No. 7, Banqiao South Lane, is Ma Yansong's MAD (meaning "crazy" studio). The setting sun in the winter afternoon projects the roof of the building onto the window of the opposite building. Ma Yansong, sitting in front of the window, looks at After answering the reporter’s last question outside the window.
You grew up in Beijing and studied under the famous architect Zaha Hadid. As an architect who has studied in both China and the West, you are an architect. How to understand and use Chinese tradition in the design process?
Ma Yansong said: "I like history and Chinese tradition. However, I hope that whether it is Chinese architects or cultural people, even those who use Chinese tradition Anyone who makes money from culture can understand one thing - that is, Chinese tradition should actually refer to Chinese creativity, and their core is innovation. In traditional Chinese culture, there are many examples that show people's love for the new. The desire for technology and new creation. I understand this desire for innovation as a Chinese tradition. I will never look for answers in some traditional form."
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Top 10 most daring and avant-garde architectural fortresses in the world
Pisa Leaning Tower, Pyramid, Hanging Garden, these miraculous buildings, I believe everyone is familiar with them, and has even witnessed their elegance. Ordinary buildings can no longer interest you, but the following buildings are guaranteed to interest you. If you are interested, let me take you through the top ten most daring and avant-garde buildings in the world!
Top 10 of the most daring and avant-garde buildings in the world
10_American Spaceport-New Mexico! State
09_Hermitage Square-Paris
08_Monroe Tower_Canada
07-Singapore Gardens by the Bay-Singapore
06_1 Bligh Street_Sydney
05_25Lusk_San Francisco
04_Lombardy Office Building_Milan
03_Sadia Special Island Cultural District_Abu Dhabi
02-Ordos Museum-China
01-W57 Pyramid-New York
10_Spaceport America-New Mexico
Designed by Foster & Partners, this commercial spaceport in New Mexico resembles a spaceship and they gave it a very futuristic look that has been in operation since 2006 , 12 flight tests have been held in its vertical launch area, including the annual student launch program. The site has not yet been built, but in a few years it will also provide a number of other facilities for visitors.
09_Her. Place Mitage - Paris
The two skyscrapers are designed by Foster + Partners. When completed in 2019, the project will be the tallest building in the European Union, reaching a height of 1,050 feet. There will be a riverside park lined with shops and restaurants, and the tower will also be energy efficient with high-tech insulation and shading.
08_Monroe Tower_Canada
Created by Beijing-based architecture firm MAD, these two residential towers were completed in 2012. They are also known as the "Marilyn Monroe Towers" Because of their curvaceous design, these skyscrapers have been recognized as the tallest buildings in the United States, standing at 518 feet tall and 589 feet tall, with a 209-degree twist from base to top.
07-Singapore Gardens by the Bay-Singapore
This is a well-known dreamland that opened in 2011. It is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Singapore, "Super Grove" ” is a collection of 16-story man-made buildings covered in plants and photovoltaic cells that generate solar energy, and they are beautifully lit up at night.
06_1 Bligh Street_Sydney
This futuristic building in Sydney’s CBD has a unique double-glazed curtain wall and a naturally ventilated atrium and computer-controlled shades to flood the building with natural light while maintaining a comfortable temperature, the building also features an outdoor "living wall" covered in plants.
05_25Lusk_San Francisco
A 1917 smokehouse was converted into this stunning restaurant, which was renovated in 2012 by architects Calder Smith of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Reopened after a renovation, it is now a 2-story and 9800 sq. ft. space that mixes an industrial aesthetic with warmth and comfort.
04_Lombardy Office Building_Milan
The Lombardy Office Building is a commercial building designed by Becob Libre and Partners and completed in 2012. The eco-friendly, 525-foot-tall structure is covered by a very interesting roof with transparent "pillows" made of a fluorine-based plastic film, a type of architecture that is very popular with tourists in Milan. .
03_Saadiyat Island Cultural District_Abu Dhabi
This amazing building is located on Saadiyat Island and will become an important cultural district, Foster The architectural firm has designed a steel tower that resembles the flight of a falcon, which will house approximately 145,000 people when completed in 2015.
02 - Ordos Museum - China
An outstanding building with undulating shapes and a coppery metallic sheen that reflects the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, it was designed by Beijing-based Built by the architecture firm MAD, the large museum was newly developed in 2011.
01-W57 Pyramid - New York
This 600-unit residential building located between 10th and 11th Avenues in New York was developed by a Danish company called "BIG". The first North American project of Bjarke Ingels, chief architect of the major firm, the high-rise towers resemble a squashed pyramid from the West Side Highway, with every apartment receiving natural light.
How do you evaluate architect Ma Yansong’s design and his architectural views?
Relevant evaluations are as follows:
I heard that there is a saying among Chinese architects: Architecture It is impossible for a teacher to become famous at the age of thirty, unless you are Ma Yansong. I once attended a lecture given by Ma Yansong at Tsinghua University. At that time, I was still a graduate student in structural engineering, and I mingled with a group of architecture students to attend lectures.
After the lecture, I asked a question, I said, are your architectural designs structurally achievable? He replied without thinking: "Why do I feel that your words are very familiar, especially what the structural engineers in the design institute said. I have also talked with some foreign structural engineers, and my plans have not been implemented. Question."
Later I came to Canada to study for a Ph.D., and the city next door was Mississauga, where Ma Yansong's Monroe Building is located. Every time I take a car to Toronto, I can see the Monroe Building on the highway along the way. After seeing it back and forth a few times, I finally had an idea. Mississauga is part of the Greater Toronto Area, with a total population of just over 700,000, and a large number of Chinese people.
This is already the sixth largest city in Canada. The urban area is very small, and the high-rise buildings are regular high-rise residential buildings, similar to those in domestic county towns. There are only two or three major cities in Canada. Most of the area is still a quiet and natural town with a large area and sparsely populated areas. Kind and simple Canadians live in simple wooden houses and square residential buildings.
Suddenly, Ma Yansong participated in the bidding for a novel building, which naturally attracted attention. It is not difficult to succeed when building in a small Canadian city where land is not at a premium. I think this is similar to building a beautiful high-rise building in a county town in China. However, when foreign county projects are promoted in China, the effect is different.
In this era that requires packaging and idol worship, Ma Yansong grabbed a publicity stunt.
If one day Ma Yansong can win a project in downtown Toronto that echoes the adjacent Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Building by I.M. Pei, then he can really be able to show it to everyone to talk about his design and architectural views.
The world's sexiest building, the Marilyn Monroe Tower embodies a fashionable new concept in architectural design
Skyscrapers have always been a major attraction, whether it is stunning Its high structure and design always give people a big surprise. There are many amazing skyscrapers in the world, but there is only one that is famous for its sexy design, and that is the "Marilyn Monroe Tower" in Mississauga, Canada. Let's take a look below!
The world's sexiest building - Marilyn Monroe Tower
The Marilyn Monroe Tower is located in Mississauga, Canada's seventh largest city. It was built in 2005 and is quite special. Yes, this building was an innovative design competition held by the City of Mississauga for a planned 50-storey landmark apartment building. After the competition was announced, it received 92 proposals from 70 countries around the world. Among them, the conceptual design of Beijing MAD Architects led by Ma Yansong of China was particularly outstanding. In 2006, when MAD exhibited its conceptual design plan at City Hall, it attracted great attention from major news media in Canada and the Toronto area, and was nicknamed the "Marilyn Monroe Building" by local media.
It is reported that the design plan of the "Marilyn Monroe Building" defeated 91 other design plans, including 5 other major design plans, and finally won the bid. For this reason, the person in charge, Ma Yansong, emphasized to reporters: "This will be the first time that a Chinese architect has won the design right through an international public competition, marking that a new generation of Chinese architects has begun the era of creative China." The real name of this building is TheAbsoluteTower , is called the "Marilyn Monroe Building" because of its fully curved shape.
The design of the Marilyn Monroe Tower is mainly to express a higher level of complexity, to be more diversified and approach the diversity of contemporary society and life, as well as the multi-layered and ambiguous needs. The entire building is reversed from different angles at different heights to correspond to the landscape context at different heights. This is also a great progress for traditional high-rise buildings to leapfrog new design concepts. Judging from the appearance of the building, it is dreamy and beautiful, with smooth streamlines. People who admire it for the first time will immediately have the idea of ??entering the building. It is one of the most spectacular buildings in the world. one. In June 2012, it was selected as the highest tall building award in the Americas by CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Human Settlements). In September 2013, it won the title of Best Skyscraper in 2012.
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