Zhuhai Planning Science and Technology Innovation Center / nsaaa + Zhuhai Institute of Urban Planning & Design
In architectural discourse, regionalism is no longer a novel concept. For small-scale projects, increasing numbers of architects strive to interpret locality. Yet for large urban developments, especially high-rises, regional identity often seems inherently suppressed. Most designs still place their focus on being formally innovative with the aid of evolving curtain wall technologies. Such form-driven approaches strip architecture of authenticity, allowing buildings to be placed anywhere without context. The highest objective of being iconic statements, mask hollow design logic and capital-driven agendas. This rigid separation of "bones" and "skin" subtly regresses modernism into classical formalism, reducing architecture to ornamented objects with costly exteriors—disconnected from their sites and internal functions.
© Niangsi Peng
- architects: Zhuhai Institute of Urban Planning & Design
- architects: nsaaa
- Location: Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China
- Project Year: 2024
- Photographs: Niangsi Peng
- Photographs: Hao Zhang
- Photographs: Van Wang
- Photographs:
- Area: 81390.0 m2
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