Abstract
- Nieuwe Instituut has opened the “Ma Yansong: Structure and Emotion” exhibition in Rotterdam
- The exhibition affords a deep dive into Ma Yansong’s impression on world structure in addition to MAD’s’ evolution from their early initiatives
Rotterdam’s Nieuwe Instituut has unveiled Ma Yansong: Structure and Emotion, an intensive exhibition showcasing the visionary work of Chinese language architect Ma Yansong and his agency, MAD Architects. By dynamic fashions, multimedia installations, and inventive interpretations, the exhibition explores Ma’s architectural evolution, from early experimental designs to the fluid, natural types that outline his work in the present day.
The exhibition begins with MAD’s early years in China throughout the 2000s, a time of speedy city growth and architectural hypothesis. Guests are launched to his first imaginative initiatives, together with a cover idea for the previous World Commerce Heart website, the 800 Metre Tower and a fish-perspective aquarium, every difficult typical architectural norms. Shifting into the early 2010s, the exhibition highlights Ma’s shift towards shanshui (“mountain-water”), a philosophical idea rooted in conventional Chinese language portray. The Embodied Nature part additional explores MAD’s integration of pure components, demonstrating how panorama, symbolism and emotion form their architectural language.
MAD’s work, usually labeled futuristic, is revealed as an effort to reconcile previous and future by means of natural types. Designs such because the Lucas Museum of Narrative Artwork (at present below development in Los Angeles) and Rotterdam’s new Fenix Museum showcase Ma’s choice for hand-drawn sketches over digital technology, thus reinforcing the human connection in architectural creation. A very participating function of the exhibition permits guests to work together with an AI-driven set up, remodeling their sketches into MAD-style designs, echoing Ma’s well-known Twister sketch for Fenix.
Highlighting the importance of the exhibition, Aric Chen, Basic and Inventive Director of the Nieuwe Instituut, states, “In an astonishingly brief interval, China produced among the world’s most influential and groundbreaking structure, and now that work is making its mark all over the world. Ma Yansong and MAD are on the forefront of this. We’re proud to current their first solo museum exhibition exterior China in over a decade, providing deeper perception into the work of this more and more world agency.”
Initially scheduled for a shorter run, the exhibition has now been prolonged till October 12, 2025. Guests even have the chance to listen to immediately from Ma Yansong, as he’ll talk about his design philosophy in individual on the museum’s “An Night With…” occasion on June 26.
Nieuwe Instituut
Museumpark 25, 3015 EK
Rotterdam, Netherlands
