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August 12, 2007

LEGO ARCHITECTURE: Building Asia Brick by Brick

by Tylene Levesque

Building Asia Brick by Brick, ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, People’s Architecture Foundation, LEGOs, Ma Qingyun for MADA s.p.a.m. Architectural Model, Shanghai & Los Angeles

Building Asia Brick by Brick is an architectural exhibition currently touring China put together by ArtAsiaPacific magazine, People’s Architecture Foundation and LEGO to raise the awareness of architectural preservation in Asia. The exhibition features the architectural designs of some of Asia’s leading architects, but you won’t find any traditional model building materials here, each original architectural model is built entirely out of LEGOs. The models will tour the urban hubs of Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu before being auctioned off in New York in 2008. Inhabitat brings you highlights of the Shanghai event.


Model by Ma Qingyun for MADA s.p.a.m. Shanghai/Los Angeles
‘Building Asia Brick by Brick, ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, People’s Architecture Foundation, LEGOs, Ma Qingyun for MADA s.p.a.m. Architectural Model, Shanghai & Los Angeles

Model by Zhu Xiaofeng for Scenic Architecture Shanghai
Building Asia Brick by Brick, ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, People’s Architecture Foundation, LEGOs, Zhu Xiaofeng for Scenic Architecture, Shanghai

Model by Urbanus Architecture and Design Shenzhen/Beijing
Building Asia Brick by Brick, ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, People’s Architecture Foundation, LEGOs, Urbanus Architecture and Design, Shenzhen and Beijing

Children building their own designs in Shanghai.
‘Building Asia Brick by Brick, ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, People’s Architecture Foundation, LEGOs, Designs by Children in Shanghai

Building Asia Brick by Brick is currently touring China as part of the Get It Louder! (GIL) Festival. GIL engages China’s dynamic, intelligent and trend-conscious youth population by bringing together cutting-edge international and Chinese creative talent in the art, design and architecture fields, and continues through September.

Venues:
Guangzhou: 6/23-7/8 Grandview Mall
Shanghai: 7/21-8/4 Life Hub @ Daning
Beijing: 8/16-9/1 Soho Shangdu
Chengdu: 9/13-9/25 Bailian Tianfu Shopping Mall

One Response to “LEGO ARCHITECTURE: Building Asia Brick by Brick”

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Please explain how building with legos will preserve China’s rich architectural heritage? Which, by the way is being torn down or flooded at an alarming rate. Building with legos does not enrich the present with an understanding of the old building traditions…it simply lets those who build image a new world of blocks that snap together in one way.

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