FU Changrui, graduated from School of Urban Design, Shanxi University, joined MAD in 2006. He has extensive experience in project management and has been in charge of some of MAD’s landmark buildings. He led and participated in the development of the Harbin Opera House, Chaoyang Park Plaza, ZGC Forum Conference Center, the Cloudscape of Haikou, Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, Jiaxing Civic Center, Quzhou Sports Park, YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten and the Conrad Hotel in Beijing. He has also participated in several of the firm’s major art projects including, “Beijing 2050”, “Super Star” and “Feelings are Facts”.

Beijing Office

FU Changrui, graduated from School of Urban Design, Shanxi University, joined MAD in 2006. He has extensive experience in project management and has been in charge of some of MAD’s landmark buildings. He led and participated in the development of the Harbin Opera House, Chaoyang Park Plaza, ZGC Forum Conference Center, the Cloudscape of Haikou, Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, Jiaxing Civic Center, Quzhou Sports Park, YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten and the Conrad Hotel in Beijing. He has also participated in several of the firm’s major art projects including, “Beijing 2050”, “Super Star” and “Feelings are Facts”. 

Being the largest island in the Fujian province, Pingtan is also the Chinese island nearest to Taiwan. In 2010, the 'Comprehensive Experimental Zone' project in Pingtan was officially launched; the island is expected to become the primary location for trade and cultural communication between Taiwan and the mainland in the foreseeable future. The island, which is currently home to fisheries and a military base, will quickly be transformed into a large-scale urban development zone.

This new city, which is still under planning, will hold the museum at its center. The museum itself acts as a smaller scale island off the Pingtan Island itself, connected to land only by a slightly undulating pier, which, in turn, bridges artificial and natural, city and culture, as well as history and future. The museum represents a long-lasting earthscape in water and is a symbol of the island in ancient times, with each island containing a mountain beneath it.

The island is firstly a public space that is then turned into a museum. The sea, the beach, the oasis and the slope all interconnect with each other, forming a harmonious capacious space with the mountains in the distance. The building is constructed with concrete that is blended with local sand shells. The indoor space, formed by the rise and fall of the formal movements, looks similar to ancient caves.

Pingtan Art Museum is built in a landscape setting of an urban city. After its completion, it will create a new space for the city and the city's inhabitants and further inspire them to reflect on the impact made by time and nature.



Pingtan, China

Culture

Zhao Wei, Huang Wei, Liu Jiansheng, Jei Kim, Li Jian, Li Guangchong, Alexandre Sadeghi

Pingtan Art Museum

Jiaxing Train Station is a transportation infrastructure project located in the center of Jiaxing, a historic city southwest of Shanghai. The station rethinks conventional transit models by combining infrastructure with public space, culture, and nature.

At the heart of the site is a reconstructed version of the original 1907 station house, recreated using historical archives and local materials. This historic building is paired with a floating metal canopy and a sunken transportation hub, where platforms, waiting areas, and circulation are placed underground to free the surface for public use.

Above ground, the design extends an existing park, adding over 1,500 trees and a central lawn surrounded by low-rise buildings that house commercial and cultural programs. These spaces appear as sculpted green hills, offering open areas for public events. The entry plaza and gardens blend civic life with nature, turning the train station into a destination beyond transit.

The station design emphasizes human scale, ecological sensitivity, and integration with the city’s existing urban fabric. By combining transport with landscape and community functions, Jiaxing Train Station proposes a new model for future urban infrastructure.



Jiaxing, China

Adaptive Reuse

Jiaxing Train Station

Ephemeral Bubble is our installation for the 2024 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, located in Murono Village, Japan. Integrated into a century-old traditional house, the installation introduces a soft, translucent form that appears to emerge like a bubble from the wooden structure, adding a new, temporary space for gathering and reflection.

The biomorphic design draws from natural forms, emphasizing fluidity, lightness, and impermanence. The bubble’s surface reflects its surroundings, merging the old and new without imposing symbolism. This intentional “de-symbolization” allows the work to exist freely, bringing renewed cultural energy into the village without disrupting its historical context.

Inside, the bubble offers a spacious, undefined environment that can host performances, ceremonies, and informal gatherings. Soft light fills the interior, and the neutral palette reflects seasonal shifts in the surrounding landscape. The result is an immersive space for emotional and spiritual engagement.

By fusing contemporary design with a traditional rural setting, Ephemeral Bubble creates a space that is both rooted and transient, encouraging interaction while respecting the integrity of the site.


Echigo-Tsumari, Japan

Installation 

Yu Nagasaki，Rozita Kashirtseva，Valentina Olivieri，胡晋菖

Green Sigma Co.,Ltd.，Adachi Zoukeisha

朱雨蒙，Osamu Nakamura

Ephemeral Bubble

Mirage is our proposal for the renovation of Montparnasse Tower in Paris. Designed by Ma Yansong, the scheme reimagines the controversial skyscraper often criticized as the “scar of Paris” as a large-scale optical installation that reflects its surroundings poetically and unexpectedly.

Completed in 1973, Montparnasse Tower stands as one of Paris’ tallest structures, but its imposing black form has long been seen as out of place within the city’s classical landscape. Our concept uses angled glass panels to create a concave façade that transforms the tower into a city-scale mirror.

The design reflects Paris’ rooftops and skyline onto the upper portion of the tower, while the sky appears mirrored on the lower section, blurring the boundary between architecture and atmosphere. From certain angles, iconic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower appear upside down in the tower’s reflection, creating a surreal and dreamlike effect.

Rather than erasing history, Mirage offers a new lens to interpret the past. Our approach is not to conceal the building’s presence but to soften its impact through reflection, light, and illusion inviting viewers to reconsider how architecture can engage with memory, scale, and its urban context.

Paris, France

Mirage - Montparnasse Tower

Cloud 9 Sports Center is a public sports and recreation facility located within Shijiazhuang’s newly redeveloped Central Business District. Positioned inside the city’s central park, the project is designed to serve as an extension of the park itself merging architecture, landscape, and public life into a cohesive whole.

The building is wrapped in a translucent, reflective skin that gives it a cloud-like appearance, allowing it to blend into its green surroundings. Rather than functioning solely as a gym or sports venue, the center introduces open and accessible spaces such as sloped lawns, outdoor courts, and viewing terraces that invite broader public use beyond athletic activity.

MAD reimagines the relationship between the building and the environment, using elevated platforms and layered circulation to create a porous structure that encourages movement and engagement. Interior programs are surrounded by natural light and framed views, with rooftop spaces offering immersive experiences of the surrounding cityscape.

By dissolving the boundary between the park and the building, Cloud Sports Center becomes both a recreational anchor and a public gathering space connecting people with nature, activity, and one another in the heart of the city.



Shijiazhuang, China

Sports Infrastructure

Cloud 9 Sports Center

The Star is a proposed project, located on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood. Designed as a new model for the office of the future, the 22-story tower integrates nature, light, and open space throughout, promoting well-being and creativity in the workplace.

Inspired by the nearby Hollywood Hills, the building’s organic form softens the skyline while connecting urban life with natural elements. Terraced green spaces at street level and throughout the tower invite the public in and create shared moments between work and city life.

The building offers flexible floorplans with generous access to outdoor terraces and greenery, supporting a healthier work-life balance. Rather than treating nature as an amenity, it becomes central to the office experience. The tower’s mass tapers upward, creating varied spaces and views, and its design encourages collaboration and reflection.



Los Angeles, USA

Office

The Star

Appearing so evident amidst a thriving metropolitan district of Harbin, China, spanning 200 meters in length, the China Wood Sculpture Museum sits as a locational anomaly, seemingly out of place, surrounded by a densely populated Chinese-style neighborhood and residential complexes. The museum embodies some of the foremost conceptual and formal ideals that define the work of MAD, bringing out an expression and abstraction of nature to an otherwise quotidian surrounding. The boundaries between solid and liquid are blurred throughout this 13,000 sqm building, referencing the local natural scenery and landscape.

The building's exterior is covered by polished steel plates, mirroring the surroundings and the changing light. The solid walls ensure minimal heat loss while the breaking and twisting motion of the emerging skylights splits the surface and allows in light from the low-hanging sun of northern China; this provides sufficient natural diffused illumination to the three halls on the interior.

The museum mainly houses local wood sculptures as well as paintings depicting the ice and snow of the regional scenery. In the context of the large-scale modern urban setting, the museum itself serves as a new interpretation of nature. The surreal interaction between the museum and the city breaks through the tedium of the urban shell, revitalizing the surroundings with a new cultural feature.


Harbin, China

Yu Kui, Daniel Gillen, Bas van Wylick, Diego Perez, Jordan Kanter, Liu Huiying, Huang Wei, Julian Sattler, Liu Weiwei, Tang Liu, Mao Peihong, Maria Alejandra Obregon, Nickolas Urano, Gus Chan, Shin Park, Alejandro Gonzalez

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology 

Inhabit Group

Gehry Technologies

Zhejiang Jing Gong Steel Structure Co. Ltd.

Wood Sculpture Museum

UNIC is located in Clichy-Batignolles, a mixed-use eco-district in Paris’ 17th arrondissement, the project integrates nature, light, and community into a high-density urban context.

Facing Martin Luther King Park, UNIC features expansive balconies that extend green space vertically, giving each unit semi-private outdoor areas and unobstructed views including the Eiffel Tower on upper levels. Its sinuous, tapering form contrasts with the city’s traditional Haussmann-style buildings and introduces a new residential typology centered on openness, light, and nature.

The building connects directly to metro infrastructure and with an adjacent public housing project, creating a diverse socio-economic community. At its base, public amenities such as retail, kindergartens, and restaurants strengthen neighborhood ties.

UNIC was the product of years of collaboration with city officials, planners, and residents. Through a participatory process, We helped shape a vision of future Parisian living one that prioritizes social inclusion, sustainable growth, and a redefined relationship between people and nature.


Residential

UNIC

The City of Time is a temporary installation for Migratory Birds 300, a 300-hour artist residency held in Aranya, China. Inspired by avian migration, the project gathers 300 artists from diverse backgrounds to co-create by the sea.

Oriented along an axis facing the shoreline, the installation offers a space free from urban constraints where art, nature, and time converge. Over 300 hours, it hosts 131 group works and 194 individual pieces, including performances, installations, sculptures, and videos.

Unlike real cities shaped by utility, The City of Time prioritizes spiritual and creative expression. It becomes a communal space for reflection, collaboration, and experimentation.

Part of the Aranya Theater Festival, Migratory Birds 300 also extends to Regent’s Canal in London. The residency emphasizes shared living and working, encouraging new partnerships and collective creativity.

Dissolving after 300 hours, The City of Time leaves behind a brief but powerful experience an imagined city built for connection, expression, and transformation.

Aranya, China

Exhibition

Wang Yiqi, Yang Xuebing

The City of Time 2023

Chaoyang Park Plaza is located on the southern edge of Beijing’s Chaoyang Park. Inspired by traditional Chinese Shanshui paintings, the project introduces natural forms into the urban core, creating a spatial experience that merges city and landscape.

The development includes a group of ten buildings that evoke imagery of mountains, valleys, rocks, and water. Twin office towers rise like peaks beside the park’s lake, linked by a transparent atrium. Low-rise commercial buildings resemble eroded stones, arranged to form a quiet garden space. Armani apartment buildings feature staggered balconies that open residents to natural light and park views.

With curved black-and-white forms, the architecture reflects the layered tones of Chinese ink paintings. Pine trees, bamboo, rocks, and ponds are woven throughout the site, grounding the project in Eastern spatial traditions.

Functional systems are integrated into the design, including vertical fins that support natural ventilation and a cooling pond at the base of the towers. The project has earned LEED Gold certification for its energy-efficient strategies.



Fu Changrui