Admiring the Chinese style master of architecture, Pei Ming



Master of Architecture

In an era when all Chinese architects are in line with the West, he is committed to developing his own architectural language for China.

In 2001, a Western journalist consulted many Chinese and foreign architects on the best five modern Chinese buildings in their minds. Most of them did not think that they could find five decent modern buildings in China, but everyone did not. I did not hesitate to mention the Xiangshan Hotel.

His designer is Chinese American architect Pei Ming. Although this is not the greatest name in the history of architecture, it is undoubtedly the world's most popular star architect, and he is a household name in China.

His work is always in the focus of public attention - the Paris Louvre expansion in France is almost exactly the same as the Eiffel Tower, first resisted by anger, and then unrecognized praise; the National Gallery of the National Gallery is He won the Nobel Prize in architecture – the Pulitzer Prize for Architecture; the Bank of China Hong Kong Building, which has been in the shape of a spring, has become a symbol of Hong Kong.

Xiangshan Hotel is his first work in mainland China. This 350-room hotel is built in a Chinese courtyard style. Its roof is framed by traditional Chinese architecture and the lobby is like a Chinese courtyard. In Xiangshan Hotel, the principles of Western modern architecture and the traditional Chinese construction techniques are subtly integrated to form a building space with Chinese temperament.

In 1979, the design and construction of the Xiangshan Hotel caused a strong shock in the Chinese architectural community.

In this era when all the architects are in line with the West, IM Pei wants to remind people through his design that there are such valuable architectural styles and techniques in the Chinese tradition that we need to be preserved and extended. He hopes to develop a set of architectural language for a new generation of Chinese architects – pavilions, screens, tortuous cloisters, and shaded flowers. These Chinese people are good at the way of space treatment, in the eyes of Pei Ming, with the West. Steel, concrete and glass are equally powerful.

Xiangshan Hotel is the first work of foreign architects in China after China's reform and opening up. After seven months of its opening, Pei Yingming won the Pulitzer Prize for Architecture. He will receive a $100,000 bonus for donating to the Chinese Student Study Fund. After retiring in 1990, Pei Ming also took the lead with the famous Chinese musician Ma Youyou to organize the Sino-US cultural exchange organization "Hundred People's Association" and spare no effort to promote exchanges between the two countries.

Pei Ming's biography

Born in Guangzhou on April 26, 1917.

In 1918, his father, Bezu, became the general manager of the Bank of China Hong Kong Branch. Bayes spent his childhood in Hong Kong. In 1927, his father was transferred and his family moved to Shanghai.

In 1935, he was sent to the University of Pennsylvania to study architecture. After transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he graduated with honors in 1940.

In the 1940s, due to the war, Bayes stayed in the United States under the advice of his father, working in an engineering company known for its concrete.

In 1942, he went to Harvard University to study for a master's degree in architecture. He dropped out of school shortly after enrolling, working at the International Research Council, and his main job was to destroy the bridges in Germany.

In the autumn of 1945, after the end of the Second World War, Bayes began his unfinished studies. Because of his outstanding achievements at MIT, he was hired as a lecturer by Harvard Design Institute without a master's degree.

In 1958, Bayes established a personal architectural firm. Since its opening, almost every project has been completed, and it has received attention from the architectural community and won glory. The National Gallery of the United States, designed in 1978, won the Pritzker Architecture Award.

In 1979, the design of Xiangshan Hotel was completed.

The Bank of China Building, designed by the Bank of China in 1982, is the tallest building in all Bayesian designs.

The building of our time

Constructions of our time

Three Gorges Project

It is the best example of very large construction projects. A 3km long, 185m high dam smashed the Yangtze River and formed a giant reservoir of more than 600 kilometers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. 1.2 million people migrated. The Three Gorges Project, which has been in construction for more than 70 years, is the largest Chinese construction project since the Great Wall. Its design power generation capacity is equivalent to 18 nuclear power plants, one-ninth of China's annual power generation. According to the engineer, through it, the 10,000-ton ship can reach the western hinterland and bring incalculable prospects for the development of the western economy. The Three Gorges Project is undoubtedly the epitome of the Chinese economy that has developed rapidly in the past two decades.

Lujiazui

When you enter Shanghai from the Huangpu River, you will experience a slight “schizophrenia” when you arrive at the Bund. On the left hand side, it is a dignified Bund European-style complex that embodies the history of the old Shanghai. On the right hand side, it is a skyscraper composed of steel and glass. forest. Headed by Jinmao Tower, 420 meters high, more than 70 buildings belong to the same name - Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone. In the past 14 years, the construction of the skyscrapers in Lujiazui has shared a total of 141.9 billion yuan. In this 1.7 square kilometers of land, nearly 200 financial institutions, more than 2,000 trading companies, and 2,000 financial and trade service agencies have gathered. Almost all multinational financial giants have found a place here.

International Building

In the 1980s, it was the tallest building in Beijing and the first office building in Beijing for foreign businessmen. At the most, it accommodated 98 foreign trading houses and bank offices. It was once called "small UN" by Beijingers at the beginning of reform and opening up, and foreigners called it "chocolate building" because of its shape. The People’s Daily in 1987 portrayed it: “Many cars are moving around the building. Chinese and foreigners are coming in and out of the building.... In the eyes of many people, it’s a mysterious Color." At that time, this building was the "CBD" of Beijing.

Oriental Plaza

With an investment of 2 billion US dollars, it is the largest commercial group in Asia, only 1200 meters away from Tiananmen Square. It is one of the most commercially valuable plots in China. When the Beijing real estate market started in 1992, it fell into the hands of Li Ka-shing. When the plan proposed by the investor was issued, it was opposed by the architects, CPPCC members and cultural relics experts. The reason was: violation of planning. The Oriental Plaza project was temporarily suspended and the program was revised - two floors were removed from the side of the Forbidden City. It was restarted in August 1997. The "Beijing Evening News" on a certain day in July 1999 said that it "will add a beautiful landscape to Beijing", and some media said it is "a pearl on Chang'an Street."

Hong Kong Bank of China Building

After completing the design of Xiangshan Hotel, Pei Ming began the last design task of his architect career - BOC Hong Kong Building. The more special significance of this design is that its owner was founded by Pei's father. When Bezu became the Bank of China Hong Kong Branch in 1918, Pei was only 1 year old.

The unique structure and shape of the Hong Kong Bank of China Building has earned it the respect of professionals and Hong Kong people who love Feng Shui. The entire building consists of a decreasing triangle upwards, which relieves the load on the structure and makes it more stable, while the shape of the knot is undoubtedly auspicious. Since the completion of the building in 1990, it has always been the most well-known symbol of Hong Kong.

Xiangshan Hotel

Design: Pei Ming

Built: 1982

Shanghai Grand Theatre

Design: French Summer Pontiac Architects

Built: August 1998

Mission Hills Golf Course

Design: 10 designers including Jack Nicklaus

Finally completed: May 2004

Shanghai Yangpu Bridge

Design: Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute

Built: October 1993

Shanghai Pudong Airport

Design: French architect Paul Andrew

Built: September 1999

(Text / "Global Entrepreneur" â–¡ Lv Li | Text from: July 2004 total 100th)



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