Kin Li holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and joined MAD in May 2011. His highly sensitive touch in design and outstanding ability in understanding art, as well as skills applying various design software, provide him a solid base to fully understand and translate MAD’s design philosophy and language into complex 3-D models for teams to further develop. Kin served as the key designer and has participated in multiple iconic projects that synchronized MAD’s design philosophy, including Shenzhen Bay Culture Park, Quzhou Sports Park, Paris UNIC, Roma 71 Via Boncompagni, Anji Culture and Art Center, Hainan Science and Technology Museum, ZGC Forum Conference Center, Pingtan Art Museum, Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, Chaoyang Park Plaza, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Jiaxing Civic Center, Lishui Airport, and Nanhai Art Center.

Beijing Office

Kin Li holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and joined MAD in May 2011. His highly sensitive touch in design and outstanding ability in understanding art, as well as skills applying various design software, provide him a solid base to fully understand and translate MAD’s design philosophy and language into complex 3-D models for teams to further develop. Kin served as the key designer and has participated in multiple iconic projects that synchronized MAD’s design philosophy, including Shenzhen Bay Culture Park, Quzhou Sports Park, Paris UNIC, Roma 71 Via Boncompagni, Anji Culture and Art Center, Hainan Science and Technology Museum, ZGC Forum Conference Center, Pingtan Art Museum, Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, Chaoyang Park Plaza, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Jiaxing Civic Center, Lishui Airport, and Nanhai Art Center.

Tencent’s Shenzhen headquarters, Lot 04 East, is designed as a forward-thinking, low-carbon technology campus that prioritizes sustainability, accessibility, and human-centered design. The project introduces a series of biomorphic office towers and interconnected structures that seamlessly integrate with the surrounding landscape, fostering a dynamic and collaborative environment.

The design creates a fluid connection between architecture and nature, with elevated ground floors that enhance openness and transparency. Expansive glass facades blur the boundary between indoor and outdoor spaces, encouraging natural light, social interaction, and engagement with the surrounding environment. The site is further enriched by green spaces, pedestrian-friendly zones, and multi-level public areas that enhance connectivity and well-being.

With a focus on ecological responsibility, the project balances innovation with environmental consciousness, setting a new standard for sustainable urban development. Positioned at the intersection of technology and design, Tencent’s headquarters reimagines the modern workplace as a vibrant, interconnected hub for collaboration and creativity.


Shenzhen, China

Mixed Use

Antoine Muller, Wang Shuobin, Ma Yiran, Yin Jianfeng, Claudia Hertrich, Jose Maria Urbiola, Reinier Simons, Fu Xiaoyi, Zhu Yuhao, Alan Rodríguez Carrillo, Zhou Haimeng, Li Hui

Liu Hailun, Fu Xiaoyi, Zeng Hantao, Sun Yingna, Liu Zifan, Song Minzhe, Zhao Guijia, Jose Maria Urbiola, Tan Miao, Rozita Kashirtseva, Li Jiaqi, Antoine Muller, Alan Rodríguez Carrillo, Yu Lin, Feng Xuhui, Zhang Kai, Wu Qiaoling, Yang Wenzhi, Chen Hongbin, Hou Jinghui, Sun Feifei, Wang Ruipeng, Yoshio Fukumori, Li Lingfeng, Yin Jianfeng, Zhou Qinyuan, Cheng Xiangju, Du Jie, Na Kyung Eun

Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen General Institute of Architectural Design And Research Co., Ltd.

China Construction 4th Engineering Bureau 6th Corp., Limited

Arcadis Shanghai Limited

Meinhardt (Shenzhen) Ltd.

SuP Ingenieure GmbH, Shenzhen Fangda Building Technology Group Co., Ltd., China Construction Buer Curtain Wall & Decoration Co., Ltd.

MAD, Woods Bagot Architectural Design Consultants (Beijing) Co Ltd., Shenzhen Jiang & Associates Creative Design, China Academy of Building Research

Lighting Planners Associates Inc. & Lighting Planners Associates (S) Pte. Ltd., China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (CAUPD)

SWA Group, Shenzhen Hope Design Co., Ltd.

Brand U Creative Studio Shanghai Co.

T. Y. Lin International Engineering Consulting (China) Co. Ltd.

GRANDY Engineering Consultants (Shanghai) Ltd.

Shenzhen Champion Retail Operation Management Co., Ltd.

WSP Engineering Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

AtkinsRéalis

Shenzhen Institute of Building Research Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Jiarui Construction Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Tencent Shenzhen Headquarters

Located on Haikou’s west coast, surrounded by sports stadiums and a National Wetland Park, the museum draws from the site’s dual urban and natural context, one where a “primeval rainforest and technology of the future meet.” Set against the backdrop of a rich tropical rainforest, the museum’s main pavilion is shaped like a cloud in dialogue with nature.

Encompassing a total area of 46,528 square meters, the museum will feature 27,782 square meters of above-ground facilities including permanent exhibition space, a planetarium, a giant-screen theater, and a flying theater. The museum’s interior structure consists of three floor-to-ceiling cores, curved trusses, spiral ramps, and a roof, all exposed to achieve harmony between the architectural forms and structural system. A skylight in the museum’s dome bathes the spacious atrium in natural light, creating a bright and transparent environment. A spiraling, sloping exhibition space ascends from the central hall over five floors, connecting visitors across the museum.

The exhibition experience begins on the fifth floor, where the elevator opens to a 360-degree viewing platform with the sea and cityscape visible in the distance. Visitors on this uppermost floor will begin by exploring the technology and space galleries before proceeding down the ramp to the ocean and life science galleries on the fourth floor, the math and science galleries on the third floor, and the multimedia interactive experience area and children’s playground on the second floor. As visitors travel down the ramp, they can simultaneously enjoy the scenery and the exhibitions, and a gallery running alongside the ramp extends the viewing experience.

Haikou, China

Culture

Building Area

Above Ground

Underground

Hainan Science and Technology Museum

Anji, a town named “the home of bamboo” and “the home of white tea” in China, is notable for its natural environemnt. Located in the core area of the new zone of Anji, Zhejiang Province, the Anji Culture and Art Center will be a future urban meeting room that meets culture, art, education and nature. The six venues - a grand theater, a conference center, a cultural center, a workers cultural center, a youth activity center, and art training center - are spreaded under the undulating hill of tea fields and the “bamboo leaf” roof.

The design is laid out with the visual corridors on both sides of the strait as the axis: the center of the site is not occupied by huge buildings. The central axis corridor has become an open outdoor platform, providing citizens with space for activities and viewing. The Linxi Stage on the west side of the axis can be used as an outdoor performance, concert and exhibition venue. At the high point of the site, there are many bamboo leaves scattered randomly, layered and scattered, covering the tea field. The staggered gaps in the “leaves” allow skylight to enter the interior, making the indoor space brighter and also optimizing the energy-saving performance of the building. The main facade of the self-supporting folded all-glass curtain wall is highly transparent and can reach a maximum of 17 meters. It is the highest self-supporting all-glass curtain wall in China to date.


Anji, China

Anji Culture and Art Center

When designing a stadium (or several stadiums), the scheme should be derived from the architect’s vision for the greater city, bringing both the competition among sports stars and the physical activity of people’s daily lives, together.

Following this ideology, Quzhou Sports Park embeds its functions into a public park. Façades disappear into the terrain, covered by greenery. Contours are engraved into the surface, some forming pedestrian pathways that weave between the mountains and over the architecture. Naturally serving as a new place for citizens to exercise, they offer the opportunity for people to climb the architecture. The lawn also provides a place where people can relax, introducing a new public green space into the city.

Upon completion, the project will become the world’s largest earth-sheltered architecture. MAD believes that the buildings and its architectural techniques should dissolve into human behavior and humanity’s greater spiritual pursuits, and to inspire the birth of a new urban civilization.


Quzhou, China

Sports Infrastructure

Quzhou Sports Park

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

A sculpture to sit on. A frozen form of space in continuous movement. A chair with a poetic focus on motion and fluidity. It is like an object, leaving a trace of its acceleration and strength. Aerodynamic, sleek and charismatic. The hollow metal supporting legs place the sculpture in a state of equilibrium with strength. The armrests create a leaning-forward posture with speed through simple curvatures. The chair incorporates movement, energy and spatial changes into its form.

Rome, Italy

Product

Dynamik Chair

MAD has completed Roca’s Beijing Gallery in Dongzhimen, near the Beijing East Second Ring Road. The project consists of an unobstructed gallery space that opens up to its urban environment; behind double-height glazing, the interior walls of both of the gallery’s floors, finished with a screen of LEDs, become a new façade for the city.

The multimedia surface is intended to provide spectators accessible, vibrant glimpses into projected realities that challenge their senses and their rectilinear environments -- creating an atmosphere that is a fluid mixture of light, movement, and people. The content of the screens, such as simulated depictions of people using the showrooms, seemingly unaware of their visitors or any observation, playfully connects the Roca Beijing Gallery’s internal spaces. An intentional ambiguity of “interior” and “exterior” is perceptible for those passing the gallery, resulting from the movement of nearby pedestrians and the silhouettes of those inside, a movement further distorted by the LED screens.

The gallery also projects images of nature, simulating different weather conditions and seasons--such as the falling of rain, or the emulation of sunshine to address a smoggy day. Designed by art critic and curator Jérôme Sans, the installation changes with the passing of seconds, minutes, and days.

Beijing, China

Public

Yukan Yanagawa, Hiroki Fujino, Yin Ming, Li Yuanhao, and Sear Nee

Sino-tech (Beijing) Decoration & Engineering Co,.Ltd

K.W.design

Roca Beijing Gallery

MAD’s scheme is part of a larger tourism masterplan for Huangshan Taiping Lake. While providing the conveniences of modern living, the design affirms the significance of this culturally important mountain range. Composed in deference to the local topography, each of the buildings are diverse in height and appearance, and have been conceived to ensure that the original mountain levels are maintained. Organized in a linked configuration across the southern slope of Taiping Lake, the dynamic relationship that is created among the ten buildings establishes a new type of village landscape: one where architecture becomes nature, and nature dissolves into architecture.

The apartments that comprise “Huangshan Mountain Village” have all been envisioned as quiet retreats. Each one boasts an expansive balcony whose organic lines respond to the topographic contours of the immediate mountainous terrain. With their shape informed by the tea fields nearby, they appear as if they have been sculpted by wind and water, with no two the same. Extending the interior to the exterior, they provide plenty of outdoor space, giving residents the feeling that they are not just observers of the scenery that surrounds them, but actually immersed within it ─ creating a dialogue with the mountains, lake, and sky. Pathways have been determined by the landscape, so that they naturally meander through the trees and between the architecture, offering unique access to the treasured site.

In its completion, “Huangshan Mountain Village” is a true expression of Ma Yansong’s “Shanshui City” philosophy. The intention has not been to create architecture that references forms of nature, such as mountains and water, but instead to establish a space where people can reconnect with nature on a spiritual level ─ to create architecture that evokes emotion and that embodies humanity’s pursuit of inner fulfillment.

Huangshan, China

Residential

Philippe Brysse, Tiffany Masako Dahlen, Luke Lu, WANG Deyuan, Jakob Beer, ZHAO Wei, LI Guangchong, Kayla Lee, Geraldine Lo, Alejandra Obregon, Zeng Lingdong, Achille Tortini, Matthew Rosen, Gustavo Maya, ZHENG Fang, Sarita Tejasmit, Augustus Chan, Jeong-Eun Lee

Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited

HSarchitects

Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration

Broadacre Source Landscape

Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd

Shanghai Mofo Lighting

Huangshan Mountain Village

One River North introduces a new approach to urban living, integrating nature into the heart of Denver’s River North Art District. A carved canyon runs through the 16-story glass facade, creating a vertical landscape that immerses residents in a natural experience inspired by Colorado’s foothills and canyons.

The canyon trail, spanning from the sixth to the ninth floor, features over 13,000 square feet of landscaped terraces, water elements, and gathering spaces designed to foster community and well-being. This organic intervention contrasts with the building’s geometric form, blending indoor and outdoor environments. The landscape evolves with the seasons, reinforcing a connection to the region’s natural beauty.

The development includes 187 rental units and 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail that integrates with the surrounding streetscape. A rooftop terrace offers panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains and Denver’s skyline, featuring a pool, spa, and garden inspired by alpine landscapes.

Certified by Fitwel, One River North prioritizes physical and mental well-being through thoughtful design. It redefines mixed-use development by merging nature, lifestyle, and community within an urban setting.

Denver, USA

Jon Kontuly, Peng Xie, Edwin Cho, Horace Hou, Yunfei Qiu, Evan Shaner, Shawna Chengxiang Meng

The MAX Collaborative

The Max Collaborative, Uplands Real Estate Partners, Zakhem Real Estate Group

Davis Partnership Architects

Saunders Construction

The Interior Studio at Davis Partnership Architects

Jirsa Hedrick

ME Engineers

Kimley-Horn

Iwan Baan, Parrish Ruiz De Velasco and Vic Ryan

One River North 

Located at the western edge of the Milano Innovation District (MIND), MoLo is our vision for a new type of urban gateway that integrates mobility infrastructure, public space, and sustainable design. In collaboration with Andrea Nonni, Open Project, and Progeca, we designed MoLo as a dynamic entry point for visitors arriving from the Rho municipality and surrounding areas.

The building combines transportation, education, and civic functions. At its core is a five-story parking structure with space for 1,500 vehicles. Surrounding it are laboratories, offices, commercial areas, and a supermarket. A central public tunnel connects both sides of the site and features a sculptural metal staircase and an open gallery that links to the nearby Rho-Arese Park.

Vegetation climbs the building’s façades, softening its appearance and improving air quality. The top surface houses more than 8,000 square meters of photovoltaic panels that supply renewable energy to the site and district. MoLo is constructed using a prefabricated concrete frame and follows the DfMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly) approach to reduce material waste and improve efficiency.

MoLo is not just a logistics facility it’s a public interface and a sustainable anchor for the future of urban mobility.


Milan, Italy

Transportation

Andrea d’Antrassi

Romina Carpentieri , Alessandro Fisalli, Paolo Pirri, Francesco Nardacci, Aldo Schirripa Spagnolo, Francesco Pasta, Anna Spaggiari, Elena Bellocchio

Architetto Andrea Nonni

Open Project srl

Progeca srl

MOLO