Scenic Architecture Office(SAO)

    SAO, founded in Shanghai in 2004, is a prominent contemporary Chinese practice that has long employed the ontological language of architecture to forge a vital, balanced relationship among humans, nature, and technology.In recent years, we have been focusing on exploring the potential of “settlement” spaces in contemporary life to carve a new identity for contemporary architecture niched between Chinese tradition and the future.

    Representative works of SAO include the YK Pao School Sports Complex (Bao Peiqing Building), Yuz Museum, Wave Cube “Three-Body” Pavilion, Pudong Adolescent Activity Center and Civic Art Center, Bridge of Nine terraces in Jiangsu Horticultural Expo Village, Xitang Naera Art Gallery, Dongyuan Qianxun Community Center, Soong Ching Ling Kindergarten (Xuhui Riverside Campus), Activity Homes at Yunjin Road, Huazhan Campus of Shanghai Gao'an Road No. 1 Primary School, and Deep Dive Rowing Club.

    Zhu Xiaofeng

    Founder of Scenic Architecture Office, Guest Professor at Tongji University CAUP, chartered member of RIBA, and Member of the Architectural Culture Committee of the Architectural Society of China. Mr. Zhu holds MArch degree from Harvard University and PhD from Tongji University. His works have been widely selected in prominent architectural publications including Modern Architecture: A Critical History (Kenneth Frampton), Drawing Architecture (Helen Thomas), The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. Mr. Zhu has won the Architizer A+ Jury Award, ArchDaily Building of the Year, PLAN Award, International Design Award, Far-Eastern Architectural Award, WA Chinese Architecture Award, and Perspective’s “40 Under 40” outstanding young architects in Asia. Exhibitions include Translated Traditions: Public Courtyards and Urban Platforms at Aedes (Berlin), Venice Architecture Biennale, New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Asia (Tokyo), and architectural exhibitions at V&A Museum, Pompidou, NAI and so on. In 2022, His monograph Rebirth of Form-type was published globally by Images Publishing.