Chapel of Sound
Chengde, China, 2021
Nestled in a mountainous valley two hours away by car from the center of Beijing, The Chapel of Sound is a monolithic open-air concert ha...
Pinghe Bibliotheater
Shanghai, China, 2020
Pinghe Bibliotheater is the core of OPEN’s latest project—School as Village/Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School. A library, a the...
Tank Shanghai
Shanghai, China, 2019
Along the banks of Shanghai's Huangpu River, five decommissioned aviation fuel tanks once stood abandoned on an empty industrial site. To...
Pingshan Performing Arts Center
Shenzhen, China, 2019
In tandem with China’s economic boom and rapid urbanization, theaters have sprung up throughout the country in the past decade. Most have...
UCCA Dune Art Museum
Qinhuangdao, China, 2018
After more than three years of extraordinary effort, OPEN’s UCCA Dune Art Museum has at last been completed, opening to the public with i...
Dialogue by the Sea
Qinhuangdao, China, 2018
On a quiet stretch of beach along the coast of Bohai Bay in northern China, OPEN designed two art spaces: one hidden in the sand dunes, l...
Tsinghua Ocean Center
Shenzhen, China, 2016
Tsinghua Ocean Center, a laboratory and office building for the newly established ocean deep-ocean research base of Tsinghua University, ...
Pudong Art Museum
Shanghai, China, 2016
The Pudong model of new urban development has had a significant impact on the rapid urbanization of China in the past 20 years, adopted a...
HEX-SYS
Guangzhou, China, 2015
The idea for this flexible and reusable building prototype came about as our reaction to the unique Chinese phenomenon in the recent deca...
Stepped Courtyards
Changle, Fuzhou, China, 2014
This project is the staff dormitory for Net Dragon Company’s new campus by the sea shore. The main idea is to create a collective living ...
Beijing No. 4 Middle School Fangshan Campus
Beijing, China, 2014
Situated in the center of a new town just outside Beijing’s southwest fifth ring road, this new public school on 4.5 hectares of land is ...
OPEN Prototype for Temporary Sales Pavilion
Beijing, China, 2013
As a unique Chinese architectural typology in recent years, sales pavilion reflects rather interesting phenomena. A sales pavilion will s...
Gehua Youth and Cultural Center
Qinhuangdao, China, 2012
This pioneer youth and cultural center is located in Beidaihe, a seaside town with exceptional historical and cultural significance. The ...
Zeppelin Hangar
Anhui, China, 2011
OPEN Architecture was invited to participate in a competition to design a zeppelin hangar situated in the serene landscape of Ma’an Mount...
Sky City - a different kind of landmark
Wuhan, China, 2011
Ubiquitous icon building is no longer the symbol of progress. The future of architectural and urban design, at its core, must balance and...
Open Nature
Shenzhen, China, 2011
We are living in an era of a looming environmental crisis. After 3 decades of unprecedented urban growth in China, we are seeing remarkab...
Netdragon Commune
Fujian, China, 2011
At the virgin beach front area where Min River meets the Pacific Ocean, and adjacent to Fuzhou Changle Airport, Netdragon Websoft Company...
2nd Ring 2049
Beijing, China, 2011
The 2nd Ring 2049 project is an anticipation of the final transformation of the 2nd Ring into a greenway that houses all of the cultural ...
Studio-X Beijing, Columbia University GSAPP
Beijing, China, 2009
This project is an experiment in achieving maximum space and flexibility with minimal resources. An abandoned warehouse has been transfor...