SUNNY ZHANHUI CHEN QINGYUN MA, MADA s.p.a.m.
MADA s.p.a.m. is the most influential Chinese architectural practice on the international scene. It engages in strategy, planning, architecture and media, and takes a critical stance as regards current patterns of architectural practice: it aims to break through the intellectual "firewall" and reclaim responsibilities which architects had voluntarily abandoned in past decades. MADA s.p.a.m. belongs to a new generation of architects who are breaking with the (un)culture of a "tabula rasa" of Chinese ilk and paying tribute to the historically grown city. MADA s.p.a.m. was founded in 1999 by Qingyun Ma and Sunny Zhanhui Chen, together with further partners. At MADA s.p.a.m. Sunny Zhanhui Chen helds a key management position and is coaching most of the major city development projects, which require close partnership and consultation with clients and other collaborating parties; examples include Ningbo Tianyi Plaza, Wuxi Commercial Business District and, more recently, Xi’an Broadcast and Television Century Park. Within the framework of a joint venture, MADA s.p.a.m. (which today numbers around 50 employees) is furthermore collaborating with OMA as its Chinese partner on the construction of the spectacular Central China Television Tower (CCTV) in Beijing. Sunny Chen is also one of the founders of Shanghai SPAM Metropolitan Architecture & Art Exhibition Company, Hong Kong SPAM Ao Investment & Planning Company, the America SPAM Art Fund and XI’an Modern Art Center. From 1987 onwards, Sunny Chen spent nearly 10 years in Shenzhen, witnessing its process of development from special economic zone (SEZ) to post-SEZ status. His photographic work on architecture has been published by many specialist magazines worldwide. >>> more
MADA s.p.a.m.
Valid as of 27.5.2008
