Design Philosophy

CONTEXT = OLD + NEW

RECONNECT
Modern Urban Conditions to its Roots

REINTERPRET
the Vernacular in a Contemporary Context
Design Objectives and Methods

REFLECT STRONG
PRACTICAL CRITICAL
AND INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS OUTLOOK
CONCEPTUAL THINKING

Connecting
Process
to
Products

EXPLORATION ABSTRACT RECONNECT

OF VARIOUS INSERTION OF MODERNITY WITH
METHODS OLD AND NEW TRADITION
Case Study: Caiguo Qiang Courtyard House

Modern Urban
Conditions
new
Contemporary
Context

Traditional
Roots
old
Vernacular
Settings
 DESIGN PROCESS
Engaging Public in Dialogues about On-going Shifts in Cultural Paradigm and Identity

Engages Contemporary Techniques and Materials to Rethink

Cultural Approaches in Architecture

DESIGN GOAL
Using Architectural Projects to Explore Various Problems

Contributing to a Regional Variance of Contemporary Architecture

Appropriate to its Local Context
Critique

context?
desecration?

reference?
? tradition?

nature?

Responsive and
Formed by Local
Context?
Reference

1. www.studiopeizhu.com

2. Design for Asia Award 2009

DFA Special Award for Culture - Cai Guoqiang House by Studio Pei Zhu

3. www.designboom.com
from the article on ‘Disappearing Art Museum’ by Studio Pei Zhu

4. www.arcspace.com
from the article on Xixi Wetland Art Museum by Studio Pei Zhu

5. Architectural Record, December 2007

from the article Design Vanguard - Studio Pei Zhu Commits to an Energetic Urbanism in Modern China

6. www.hipercroquis.net
from the article on Art Museum of Yue Minjun by Studio Pei Zhu

7. Interni Magazine, December 2008

from the article Beijing - the Home Atelier of Cai Guoqiang