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" Historically, sci-fi movies have played an important role in inspiring young people. "
Ma Yansong
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" I don't use tools to create things, but I use them to realize things. "
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" China has some cities, traditional cities, with a long history. They are so beautiful, and they were planned so smartly. I call them gardens on the city scale. For example, Beijing has mountains, waters, lakes, bridges, towers. It was a very poetic city. "
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Mountains
Beautiful
History
" The world itself is already a great textbook. "
Ma Yansong
Textbook
Great
Itself
" Traditionally, in the Eastern World, man and nature are close: men find happiness and prosperity in the beauty of nature, even if the nature is actually built to match this very need. "
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Beauty
Nature
Men
" I treat my projects as art. "
Ma Yansong
Projects
Art
Treat
" Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate. "
Ma Yansong
Debate
Culture
Architecture
" People think that buildings are permanent, but in China, this isn't true; we can always demolish and remake it better. "
Ma Yansong
Better
True
People
" It's very strange: if you're a philosopher or musician or an artist, people automatically believe you can see the future. Even if they don't like you, they accept your vision as an individual. "
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Believe
You
Vision
" The shan-shui city idea is trying to bring traditional values and ways of living to modern high-rise architecture. "
Ma Yansong
Architecture
City
Idea
" When I was young and used to look at Chinese architecture, there was no clear definition between what was landscaping and what was architecture. "
Ma Yansong
Used
Clear
Architecture
" In our traditional culture, people have a very different view towards nature than in Western culture. We consider humans as part of nature. But in the West, they talk about protecting nature. That's a joke because nature doesn't care; it's humans who need to protect themselves. "
Ma Yansong
Nature
Culture
Care
" Architects like to work in a problematic environment. "
Ma Yansong
Work
Architects
Environment
" What if we treat the high-rise like a mountain, or we have gardens in the sky, or waterfalls? I think that's the most challenging thing I want to try in my architecture. "
Ma Yansong
Try
Architecture
Mountain
" If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined. "
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Ancient
You
Mountains
" In a traditional Japanese or Chinese garden, it's not only about the building or temple but about the whole setup - the structure, the landscape, the light, the plants, the water. The whole experience that makes your life there so beautiful. "
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Beautiful
Plants
Water
" In traditional cities like Beijing, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, nature was a very important part of urban planning - not only as a landscape but a part of daily life. "
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Life
Nature
Like
" 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
Experience
Place
You
" Chinese people need to be aware of their present and ask, 'What's our culture? What can we bring to the world?' I don't think there's anything wrong with that. "
Ma Yansong
Present
Think
World
" The architecture scene in China is the most open and free climate compared to many other places. You can find many opportunities. "
Ma Yansong
Free
Opportunities
You
" If we're talking about the urban landscape as an advanced, forward-thinking art form, there must be some intellectual thinking involved. "
Ma Yansong
Talking
Urban
Art
" Since the Industrial Revolution, we tend to use technology to show our power: you know, we build high-rises, towers, big buildings that become symbols of power and capitalism. We don't talk about how emotions and nature can be connected. "
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Power
Technology
Nature
" A door handle is very symbolic to me. It is the first object that one will interact with before entering a new space. "
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New
Space
Will
" In the past, young, talented architects worked together to form a strong social agenda and communicate with a larger audience. That's what today's architecture community should be. "
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Today
Strong
Together
" When I started university, I didn't know much about architecture, so I flipped through a lot of magazines, looking at different and exciting images from all over the world. I thought that architecture could be interesting. "
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World
Architecture
Thought
" I think architects have a major role in being responsible for illustrating what the future could be. Because of the very strong political and commercial climate, many architects are trying very hard to solve everyday issues, to respond to the authorities. "
Ma Yansong
Trying
Think
Strong
" A lot of ancient poetry sees in nature a reflection of human emotions, and in a post-industrialized era, once people have become more aware of the necessity of a more harmonious relation between man and nature, we need to build cities which can connect with human spiritual needs instead of being merely functional. "
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Man
Spiritual
Reflection
" The way a human can coexist with nature has to be at the spiritual level. "
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Human
Level
Spiritual
" Chaoyang Park Plaza is about how to carry the traditional culture into a new format in modern architecture. Instead of building a boundary between the city and the park, I tried to design this building to emerge from the natural landscape. "
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City
Architecture
Culture
" Architecture is a special kind of career that showcases the accumulations of culture, time, and history. "
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Time
Culture
History
" People can live in nature, and they won't necessarily destroy it. "
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People
Nature
Live