Chinese Archimage Phenomena

Previously, CAIP introduce the tempo l'oeil in Shanghai. The facade of the abandoned building is covered by printed windows, which can be considered as a parody of architecture. In fact, obviously, no one cares about architecture and its representation. The only theme of the abandoned building is supposed to be propoganda of politics since it is just next to the secret political conference place - Ma Le villa on Shanxi Rd of Shanghai and it is a good eye-catched place both from ground or from the inner ring highway. As expected, the facade is now changed into 海宝(Haibao, literally means baby of the sea), the mascot of EXPO2010 in only one night. [via expo2010china ]

He Jingtang, China Pavilion, Shanghai EXPO 2010 China Pavilion of Shanghai EXPO 2010 was released a while ago, titled "Crown of the East", designed by a senior Chinese architect He Jingtang , but now there are some interesting discussions about it on abbs, the world biggest architectural forum, of course in China. The main issue is about: Where is the idea from? Is it representative of China after all? Many posters dig out the Japanese pavilion for EXPO '92, Sevilla, Spain , designed Tadao Ando . So, where are the both inspired from? Is His inspiration from Ando? Or is Ando's from Tang dynasty (618-907 A.D.) in China? What we are interested in that no matter the architect He or the debaters on abbs, swamped in opticality again. Todao Ando, Japanese pavilion for EXPO '92, Sevilla, Spain [via abbs ] Comment by Yan known as ID Bendangwuren on ABBS The competition of the pavilion undoubtly results in a typical Chinese way. As a citizen, maybe we could just think thi...

It is a keyboard like building in Shanghai. It looks like a professional technician school, in digital media technology. address：上海市董恒甫职业技术学校/上海市徐汇区蒲汇塘路99号 [via Augapfel & dhfz ]