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Ma Yansong
Ma Yansong
Chinese Architect
Born: 1975
Architecture Culture Nature People Think You
Related authors: Antoni Gaudi Frank Gehry Frank Lloyd Wright Louis Kahn Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Maya Lin Walter Gropius Zaha Hadid
There must be a way to combine the high rise and high-density environment with nature. Maybe we can have our gardens in the sky. Ma Yansong
Nature Sky Our Way High Must Rise Environment Combine Maybe Gardens
If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined. Ma Yansong
You Mountains Ancient See Something Look Real Artists Chinese Paintings Imagined
I actually feel like a very traditional architect. Ma Yansong
Architect Feel Like Traditional Very Actually
People think that buildings are permanent, but in China, this isn't true; we can always demolish and remake it better. Ma Yansong
People Better Think Remake True Buildings Demolish Permanent Always China
Architects think that beauty is a crime. Ma Yansong
Crime Beauty Think Architects
Since the Beijing Olympics in 2008, our office has been discussing how we can make architecture more human and at one with nature. We need to ask ourselves, what legacy do we want to leave behind on humankind's urban culture? Ma Yansong
Nature Culture Architecture Our Ourselves Has-Been More Since Make How Leave Been Legacy Discussing Office Behind Human Beijing Want Urban Ask Humankind Need Olympics
Historically, sci-fi movies have played an important role in inspiring young people. Ma Yansong
People Important Young Inspiring Sci-Fi Important Role Historically Role Young People Movies Played
The way we do our architecture is to show that we can come up with our own solutions. We don't just take orders. Ma Yansong
Architecture Own Our Way Solutions Take Come Up Just Orders Show
Tiananmen Square is a sensitive topic because many things happened there. The idea of turning the plaza into a forest makes many people feel uncomfortable. Ma Yansong
People Plaza Topic Uncomfortable Idea Feel Because Makes Forest Square Happened Sensitive Turning Many Things
I would say that many architects are very logical. They start their process from analysis and from rational processes to try and find the 'right' answer, like solving a mathematic equation. Ma Yansong
Logical Try Analysis Say Would Find Solving Architects Rational Like Equation Answer Very Process Processes Many Right Right Answer Start
When you look at classical structures, they're often linked to literature, music, or a poem. They were constructed by master builders, which means it's not something standard that you can copy. Ma Yansong
Music You Master Classical Something Poem Structures Constructed Look Builders Were Linked Often Literature Which Means Standard Copy
People can live in nature, and they won't necessarily destroy it. Ma Yansong
Nature People Live Destroy Necessarily
When I was young and used to look at Chinese architecture, there was no clear definition between what was landscaping and what was architecture. Ma Yansong
Architecture Young Definition Clear Between Look Chinese Used
Oscar Niemeyer really inspired me. He's from South America, where nature has meaning. And his architecture was not expensive or high tech but artistic and spiritual. I like that. Ma Yansong
Nature Spiritual Me Architecture High High-Tech Inspired He Like His South South America America Artistic Expensive Where Meaning Really Tech Oscar
The architecture scene in China is the most open and free climate compared to many other places. You can find many opportunities. Ma Yansong
You Architecture Opportunities Free Other Find Scene Open Most Climate China Places Many Compared
The world itself is already a great textbook. Ma Yansong
Great World Textbook Itself
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