Qian Evon Yu

The Paradoxical City: Guomao, Beijing

…The city will be addressing notions of using the Rem’s bigness (how Man’s need for shelter has evolved down the years, into desire for Architecture, connecting us to the beyond) and Culture of congestion, to suggests permanence, solidity form and subsequently inform programmatic aspects. To question the relationship between the building external and the programmatic internal of the building within GuoMao through the lens of congestion. To question the iconic stance of the building exterior and the complex interior. To deal with these undetermined events, the ambiguity and indeterminacy within the building could be bought inside out to fill up the negative spaces, maximizing the complexity to the entire city, as a respond to the unpredicted future…