using a limited and straightforward set of construction
techniques is able to construct more rapidly.
One of the young architects in China that have used
repetition positively to meet these cycles of construction
repeatedly, using a set of forms and material/structural
combinations from one project to another is the Shanghai
based practice of Atelier+ led by Zhang Bin and Zhou Wei.
Atelier+ has, since the early 2000’s, utilized steel and
glass construction combined with a number of different
surface material treatments such as aluminum, stone
and steel in their architecture, advancing this approach
through their work. Starting from earlier projects such
as the Building C – College of Architecture and Urban
Planning Tongji University, Shanghai (2004) and the SinoFrench Centre, Tongji University, Shanghai (2006) to most
recently the Anting Sports and Cultural Center in Anting,
Jiading, Shanghai, the firm has relied on the scale and
efficiency provided by a the structurally expressive use of
steel combined with the use of different surface materials
to create architecture with character. In their most recent
project for the Anting Sports and Cultural Center, steel and
glass is used throughout the project, but advancements
have been made in this technique through the large-scale
application of stone.
The Center is located in Anting, an urban town in the
northwest of Shanghai in an area known as a center of
the Chinese automotive industry. The site of the Center
is adjacent to one of the many rivers and highways
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