We need architects to be visionaries.

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• Ma Yansong:

  In the past, young, talented architects worked together to form a strong social agenda and communic

• Ma Yansong:

  When we talk about a city, we need to talk about what the future is. Whats the ideal scenario in th

• Ma Yansong:

  We proposed Tiananmen Square - this very empty political square in the city centre - should turn gr

• Ma Yansong:

  It's very strange: if you're a philosopher or musician or an artist, people automatically believe y

• Ma Yansong:

  If we're talking about the urban landscape as an advanced, forward-thinking art form, there must be

• Ma Yansong:

  I think where traditional values are concerned, Chinese people see nature as very symbolic. It's a

• Ma Yansong:

  Since the Industrial Revolution, we tend to use technology to show our power: you know, we build hi

• Ma Yansong:

  China is a place where you can experience two very contrasting things coexisting. First, the rich,

• Ma Yansong:

  A shan-shui city is a modern city, a high-density urban situation, but we pay more attention to the

• Ma Yansong:

  'Shan shui' you can literally translate as 'mountain and water.' In traditional Chinese culture, th