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Many parts of our natural world are deteriorating at a noticeable rate. When we took on a project in Wuhan China, we back-tracked only a few years to find out the site was quickly turning from green to brown. This may be caused by soil contamination, water pollution, bad air, or a combination of all […]
Develop and Repair Environmental Deterioration Read More »
Our design breaks away from the traditional 2-dimensional isolated layout of cargo layout, using a 3 dimensional, hybrid, integrated, and holistic model. The entire cargo hub is a large architectural multiplex, reflecting a complete new way of logistics operation.
Integrated, Hybrid, and Shared Air Cargo Hubs Are Coming to an Airport Near You Read More »
In recent decades, science and technology parks have been changing the ways urban forms are generated. From world’s very first science park built in 1950’s, these parks have opened up and are integrated with surrounding urban fabric. As they incubate new ideas and new technological innovation inside these parks, these parks are also shaping the urban forms as well.
Science & Technology Parks As Urban Form Generators Read More »
G+SAAN designers have been studying this economic phenomenon and focused on the design of airports and their surrounding regions. We have been involved in the master plan of many major airports’ aviation-led development as well as for the entire region, including Beijing’s Daxing Airport, Xi-an International Airport, Wuhu Airport, Datong General Aviation Airport, and finally Ethiopia New Airport.
Airport City‘s Logical Structure and Spatial Form Read More »
Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it was originally built or designed for. It is also known as recycling and conversion. Adaptive reuse is an effective strategy for optimizing the operational and commercial performance of built assets. G+SAAN designers constantly seek out opportunities to use adaptive reuse as a tool to solve urban degeneration problems.
Adaptive Reuse: A Powerful Way to Revitalize Urban District Read More »
We like metaphors. We always like to explore the best ways to combine metaphors with other design treatments to a set of design problems. We experiment with ways to embed metaphors in our design to add meaning to the final design solution.
Architectural Metaphorism Read More »