HUAXI CITY INVESTIGATIONS

Saturday, May 16, 2009

In these tough economic times it is all too rare to see architectural proposals regardless of the scale of the project. With the economy digging what seems to be a never ending hole, it is tough to be an optimistic architect. I am feeling a bit nostalgic today - lets reminisce about good 'ole days of enthusiastic and confident developers willing to hire architects.


In 2008 MAD organized 11 architectural firms from all over the globe to contribute in a unique investigative experiment. The object was to design the Huaxi city center, located in Guiyang, China. The following is a small taste of the images and concepts that resulted:

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wowza...that is some zany architecture. NOT a fan of this particular style.