publishes a recent interview with Wang Shu (Amateur Architecture Studio), Chinese architect and Professor and Head of Architecture department at the China Academy of Arts in Hangzhou. The interview explores the absurdities and realities of the construction process in China and his ambition to be a local architect. Wang Shu explains his points by going deeper in some of his recent constructions like the Contemporary Art Museum (Ningbo), Five Scattered Houses (Ningbo), the Historic Museum (Ningbo), Xiangshan Campus (Huangzhou) and the Ceramic House (Jinhua). Read introduction and full interview.
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Can tell if this was tongue in cheek or not;
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Q. Do you see yourself as an international architect, like Ma Qingyung or Ma Yangsong?
WS: They are really international. I’m just a local architect. I’m not smart enough to be as fashionable as they are."
That should read can't.
hi nam, thanks for noticing this. i can confirm, there was definitely from both sides a tongue in cheek involved in both the question as the answer. it seems like the future is for the locals...
What a guy.
the new international firm is the local firm...
i think "local" here meant not to criticize the "international" ones, but to emphasize the commitment to issues and concerns of the local. in fact, this shall not be read as some conservative "nativism". wang shu himself was quite an admirer of corbu.
Exactly..
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