Author: Ma Yansong

Quotes

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

People love to go closer to nature and other people, so we need to create environments that let people have these emotional connections.

People love to go closer to nature and other people, so we need to create environments that let people have these emotional connections.

- 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

Architecture is a special kind of career that showcases the accumulations of culture, time, and history.

Architecture is a special kind of career that showcases the accumulations of culture, time, and history.

- 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 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

I'm trying to express nature in big cities.

I'm trying to express nature in big cities.

- Ma Yansong

The beauty of architecture is it involves work that stretches over a very long time but often starts in one instant, with just one emotion, a kind of instinctual response.

The beauty of architecture is it involves work that stretches over a very long time but often starts in one instant, with just one emotion, a kind of instinctual response.

- Ma Yansong

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