for the second design exercise, we wanted the students to rethink the fixity of architecture, what we think architecture should be. they soon realise that even iconic modern architecture need not have the fixity or solidity that we accord them. their spaces can be rethought to hold other kinds of programs. we can even make alterations and additions to their hallowed spaces or play off their architectural ideas. the lucky works of great award-winning architecture selected to undergo this mixing are Mies’ Barcelona Pavilion, Ando’s Azuma House in Sumiyoshi, Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, and Palladio’s Villa Rotonda. Students working in teams were asked to give a new program to these and to locate their stirred work in Shenzhen.

lomo visual + experience centre:
in which the barcelona pavilion becomes an enclosed gallery with tunnels leading to additional underground exhibition spaces under the pool and in which cruciform chromed columns extend outwards into the landscape around the central business district in shenzhen
design team: ying ming, zhou jingjing, xiao liwen, wang wei, wang xue, he junfeng, chen zhigang, zheng tianyu

play house:
in which ando’s highly aestheticised erfahrung experience is turned into a space for play placed in a park for all and sundry
design team: huang zhenyu, xu xing, gui dan, wang junrui, zhong shan, tang haiwang 

water savoye:
in which le corbusier’s promenade architecturale is carried to its extreme with additional ramps and views, marooned out in the sea as an object for leisure and architecture victims
design team: zhang huijun, chen baohua, zhang yibing, liang weizhen, luo zhiwen, chen yuanxiong

the public bathroom of gymnasium:
in which ando’s azuma house breaks out of its strong confines to become a permeable public passage and bathhouse that connects various levels of a sports facility in shenzhen univiersity
design: sun chanchan

information nexus:
in which curves found in the carefully derived, divine-ordered, humanly-proportioned spaces of palladio’s villa rotonda are banally extruded and laid horizontal to form spaces in a shell of a 1:1 villa rotonda copy as an information and shopping atrium that connects several shopping centres in downtown shenzhen
design team: zeng jiacong, cheng yin, li anna, zhong hanlu, peng yingtong, huang aiqing, xiao yingbo