China is a place where you can experience two very contrasting things coexisting. First, the rich, cultural history of the country -… — Ma Yansong Country 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… — Ma Yansong Buildings 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… — Ma Yansong Architecture 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 Art Copy Share Image
In traditional cities like Beijing, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, nature was a very important part of urban planning - not only as a… — Ma Yansong Daily 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 Culture 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… — Ma Yansong Architecture 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… — Ma Yansong Architecture 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… — Ma Yansong Architecture 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 Architecture Copy Share Image
We proposed Tiananmen Square - this very empty political square in the city centre - should turn green. Maybe in the future,… — Ma Yansong Change 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 Family Copy Share Image
A door handle is very symbolic to me. It is the first object that one will interact with before entering a new… — Ma Yansong Door Copy Share Image
When we talk about a city, we need to talk about what the future is. Whats the ideal scenario in the future? — Ma Yansong City 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 Industrial revolution Copy Share Image
When I started university, I didn't know much about architecture, so I flipped through a lot of magazines, looking at different and… — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
I think architecture should be a stage, not something too material - more of an environment, not a product. — Ma Yansong Architecture 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 Environment 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 City Copy Share Image
Modern buildings have become memorials to power and capital. More and more, they're isolated from people. — Ma Yansong Buildings Copy Share Image
The shan-shui city idea is trying to bring traditional values and ways of living to modern high-rise architecture. — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
People think that buildings are permanent, but in China, this isn't true; we can always demolish and remake it better. — Ma Yansong Better Copy Share Image
The difficulty with big cities does not lie in skyscrapers or high-rises per se; rather, it is the values concealed within those… — Ma Yansong Humanity Copy Share Image
