Author: Ma Yansong

Quotes

When we talk about a city, we need to talk about what the future is. Whats the ideal scenario in the future?

When we talk about a city, we need to talk about what the future is. Whats the ideal scenario in the future?

- Ma Yansong

Architecture is about experience: not only visual but also what you can touch, what you can feel.

Architecture is about experience: not only visual but also what you can touch, what you can feel.

- Ma Yansong

Instead of making grand structures and beautiful buildings, we should focus on the environment and the urban space and how you encourage people to live.

Instead of making grand structures and beautiful buildings, we should focus on the environment and the urban space and how you encourage people to live.

- Ma Yansong

China is a place where you can experience two very contrasting things coexisting. First, the rich, cultural history of the country - and, second, rapid urbanization.

China is a place where you can experience two very contrasting things coexisting. First, the rich, cultural history of the country - and, second, rapid urbanization.

- Ma Yansong

We try to turn buildings into landscapes - defying the idea of modernism which sees nature and buildings as two distinct elements.

We try to turn buildings into landscapes - defying the idea of modernism which sees nature and buildings as two distinct elements.

- Ma Yansong

We need to enter a new era to make nature and humans more emotionally connected in modern cities.

We need to enter a new era to make nature and humans more emotionally connected in modern cities.

- Ma Yansong

We need to be brave and tell the politicians what a better future could be.

We need to be brave and tell the politicians what a better future could be.

- Ma Yansong

The way we do our architecture is to show that we can come up with our own solutions. We don't just take orders.

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

The way a human can coexist with nature has to be at the spiritual level.

The way a human can coexist with nature has to be at the spiritual level.

- Ma Yansong

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