MAD Studio
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MAD sometimes referred to as MAD studio or MAD architects is a studio that builds futuristic architecture based on contemporary interpretation of the eastern spirit of nature.
Based in Beijing, China and Tokyo, Japan, MAD gained first international attention in 2006 when it was commissioned to design two residential towers in Mississauga, Canada.
Based in Beijing, China and Tokyo, Japan, MAD gained first international attention in 2006 when it was commissioned to design two residential towers in Mississauga, Canada.
Residential projects
- Absolute Towers, 2006-2011 - Mississauga, Canada
- Fake Hills, 2008-2013 - Beihei, China
- Urban ForestUrban forestAn urban forest is a forest or a collection of trees that grow within a city, town or a suburb. In a wider sense it may include any kind of woody plant vegetation growing in and around human settlements. In a narrower sense it describes areas whose ecosystems are inherited from wilderness...
, 2009- ChongQing, China
Cultural projects
- City & Art Museum, 2005-2011 - Ordos, China
- China Wood Sculpture Museum, 2009-2012 - Harbin, China
Exhibitions
- 2011 Chinese Architectural Landscape, MAXXI, Rome Italy
- 2011 Living, Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtThe Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up...
, Copenhagen Denmark - 2010 Rising East, New Chinese Architecture, Vitra Design MuseumVitra Design MuseumThe Vitra Design Museum is an internationally renowned, privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany.Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation...
, Weil am Rhein, Germany - 2010 Feelings Are Facts, Olafur EliassonOlafur EliassonOlafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research...
+Ma Yansong, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA),Beijing, China - 2009 State Fair Guggenheim, Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim MuseumGuggenheim MuseumGuggenheim Museum may refer to:* The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, United States* The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy* The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain* The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas, United States...
, New York, USA - 2008 Super Star, A Mobile China Town, Uneternal City, 11th Venice Architecture Bienalle, Venice, Italy
- 2008 China Design Now, Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert MuseumThe Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, London, UK - 2007 MAD IN CHINA, solo exhibition, Danish Architecture Center (DAC), Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2006 MAD IN CHINA, Solo exhibition, Diocesi Museum, Venice, Italy
- 2006 Shanghai Art Biennale, Shanghai, China
- 2004 1st Architecture Biennial Beijing, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China