The Centre Pompidou in France will unveil MAD's permanent collection solo exhibition "MAD X" on April 9. "X", the Roman numeral 10, represents the architectural models from 10 MAD projects collected by the Centre Pompidou in 2018. Just as "MAD" has a double meaning, "X" also has another meaning, that is, "unknown". Ma Yansong said: "Naming the exhibition with 'X' is to express the desire for the unknown, which is more important than summarizing the past. This collection exhibition is also a record of MAD's work process and ideological evolution over the past decade."

Some of these 10 projects are already completed and in use, while others are under construction. They demonstrate MAD's roots in the East, which is a dialogue with nature, and witness MAD's "crazy", unrealistic and emotional architectural practice in the 15 years since its establishment in 2004; their appearance has ignited people's enthusiasm and imagination for the future of architecture.

This batch of model works covers different types of buildings, including MAD's first overseas completed work "Monroe Building", the "Chaoyang Park Plaza" that moves the landscape of old Beijing to the new Beijing, the "Four-Leaf Clover House" transformed from a traditional Japanese house into a kindergarten, the world-class museum "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art" created by George Lucas, the father of Star Wars, and MAD's first residential project to be completed in Europe this year-Paris UNIC.

MAD X
MAD Office Permanent Collection Exhibition
Location: Hall 28, 4th Floor, Pompidou Center, Paris, France
Time: April 9, 2019 to April 1, 2020

Monroe Towers
Mississauga, Canada, built in 2012
Dimensions: 111×56×125 cm

Chaoyang Park Plaza
Beijing, China, completed in 2017
Dimensions: 29×60×30 cm

Clover House
Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, built in 2016
Dimensions: 32×27×23 cm

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art_Chicago
Chicago, USA
Dimensions: 20×80×40 cm

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art_Los Angeles
Los Angeles, USA, under construction, to be completed in 2021
Dimensions: 241×90×21 cm

East 34th Street Apartment
New York, USA
Dimensions: 177×129×64 cm

Harbin Grand Theatre
Harbin, China, built in 2015
Dimensions: 68×81.5×22 cm

Harbin Grand Theatre (section)
Size: 128×90×63 cm

Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center
Nanjing, China, under construction, to be completed in 2020
Dimensions: 230×108×58 cm

Pingtan Art Museum
Pingtan, China
Dimensions: 150×150×12 cm

UNIC Apartment
Paris, France, under construction, completed in 2019
Dimensions: 60×52.5×39cm

Yabuli Entrepreneurs Forum Conference Center
Yabuli, China, under construction, to be completed in 2020
Size: 217×181×42 cm