Collaborating with Nature

When architecture and the natural world combine, both are transformed.

“The exterior and interior connections between buildings

and private and public spaces provide a rich environment

where an emphasis on livability prevails.”

Wang Shu's Amateur Architecture Studio

is known for incorporating recycled

building materials from torn-down

structures in new ones. Wang Shu often

works with construction workers directly

to incorporate discarded bricks, roof tiles

and other detritus into elegant, and other detritus into elegant,

streamlinedbuildings that incorporate

the past via beautiful and highly tactile

textures.

source:

1.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/arts/design/pritzker-prize-awarded-to-wang-shu-chinese-architect.html

2.http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2012/jury-citation

3.http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0802/gol/index.html

The museum, which includes recycled architectural materials

from the area, “is one of those unique buildings that while

striking in photos, is even more moving when experienced,”

the jury said. “The museum is an urban icon, a well-tuned

repository for history and a setting where the visitor comes

first.”

“Everywhere you can see, they don’t care about the materials,” Mr. Wang said in an interview.

“They just want new buildings, they just want new things. I think the material is not just about

materials. Inside it has the people’s experience, memory — many things inside. So I think it’s for

an architect to do something about it.”

Ningbo History Museum