In traditional cities like Beijing, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, nature was a very important part of urban planning - not only as a… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
I think where traditional values are concerned, Chinese people see nature as very symbolic. It's a form of culture. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
To allow millions of people to live together on limited land, we have to go to the sky; we have to build… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Since the Industrial Revolution, we tend to use technology to show our power: you know, we build high-rises, towers, big buildings that… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
There must be a way to combine the high rise and high-density environment with nature. Maybe we can have our gardens in… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
The city of the future development will be shifted from the pursuit of material civilisation to the pursuit of nature. This is… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
We need to enter a new era to make nature and humans more emotionally connected in modern cities. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Since the Beijing Olympics in 2008, our office has been discussing how we can make architecture more human and at one with… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
The way a human can coexist with nature has to be at the spiritual level. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Oscar Niemeyer really inspired me. He's from South America, where nature has meaning. And his architecture was not expensive or high tech… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
We try to turn buildings into landscapes - defying the idea of modernism which sees nature and buildings as two distinct elements. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
A pool at the edge of the ocean is the simplest geometry, yet you feel connected to the sea. In a forest… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
In our traditional culture, people have a very different view towards nature than in Western culture. We consider humans as part of… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
I'm trying to create architecture as landscape. But I'm not copying nature. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Traditionally, in the Eastern World, man and nature are close: men find happiness and prosperity in the beauty of nature, even if… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
People love to go closer to nature and other people, so we need to create environments that let people have these emotional… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
A lot of ancient poetry sees in nature a reflection of human emotions, and in a post-industrialized era, once people have become… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
China is a place where you can experience two very contrasting things coexisting. First, the rich, cultural history of the country - and, second,… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the past. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
When I graduated from high school, I thought I wanted to make science fiction movies, so I applied to film school, but I couldn't… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
If we're talking about the urban landscape as an advanced, forward-thinking art form, there must be some intellectual thinking involved. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
In traditional cities like Beijing, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, nature was a very important part of urban planning - not only as a landscape but… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
I think where traditional values are concerned, Chinese people see nature as very symbolic. It's a form of culture. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
In China, it's very easy to make architecture special because anything you design will look different, as most parts of the city are very… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
The way we do our architecture is to show that we can come up with our own solutions. We don't just take orders. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
I would say that many architects are very logical. They start their process from analysis and from rational processes to try and find the… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We proposed Tiananmen Square - this very empty political square in the city centre - should turn green. Maybe in the future, this space… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
