Description
Vector Architects, founded by Gong Dong in 2008, has prioritised the relationship of built work to its site, from seasides or mountains to the heart of the city, while investigating both natural and artificial landmarks for clues on how best to address the requirements of each programme. And while the office is no stranger to bold gestures, a recent work such as the Jingyang Camphor Court seems to retreat from view, knitting itself into the urban fabric until structure and surroundings become inseparable. The issue also features Xiangshan Library, Changjiang Art Museum, Shanghai Maritime Pavilion, and more, plus essays by Gong Dong, David Leatherbarrow, and Michele Bonino.
CONTENTS
- Manifesto: Seeing into the Site. Gong Dong
- Seashore Chapel
Seashore Library
Restaurant Y by the Sea - Essay: Gong Dong and Vector Architects. Henry Plummer
- Xiangshan Library
Mountaintop Theater
Tianye Art Museum
Cluster of Juxtaposed Courtyards – Xirang Hotel
Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring - Essay: Lifelines in Plan and Perspective – The Drawings, Paintings, and Buildings of Gong Dong. David Leatherbarrow
- Jingyang Camphor Court
Revival of Ordinary Trees
Chapel of Music 86
Changjiang Art Museum - Essay: News from the Sites. Dongyang Liu
- Bishan Granary Art Center
Banyan Garden Community Art Center and Canteen
Liyuan Foreign Language Primary School
Steel Reed
Haibing Center of Nankai University
Haikou Cultural and Ecological Memorial Park
Shanghai Maritime Pavilion - Essay: Vector Architects: Designing Intersections. Michele Bonino

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