AV Monografías

Vector Architects, founded by Gong Dong (Beijing, 1972) has become one of the key architectural offices in China. Their work is distinguished by its careful attention to context, a deep respect for landscape and the natural environment, the contemporary reinterpretation of Chinese building traditions, and the conscientious use of natural light as a project tool. With these ingredients the studio envisions and designs intimate and emotional spaces, as those that can be found in the sixteen projects, all of them in China, featured in this monograph. The list includes works like the Alila Yangshuo Hotel, the Seashore Library and Chapel, the Captain’s House, and the Changjiang Art Museum.

Luis Fernández-Galiano: Ex Oriente Lux

Three Approaches
Liu Dongyang: Gong Dong, An Intellectual Biography
Luca Molinari: Landscape and Materiality in the New China
Vladimir Belogolovsky: Intimate Spaces, a Conversation in Beijing

Sixteen Works
Community Center, 2010-2015, Chongqing
Eco-Farm Series, 2010-2014, Kunshan
Alila Yangshuo Hotel, 2013-2017, Guilin
Seashore library, 2014-2015, Beidaihe
Seashore Chapel, 2014-2015, Beidaihe
Intangible Heritage Museum, 2014-2016, Suzhou
Hybrid Courtyard, 2015-2017, Beijing
Seashore Restaurant, 2015-2018, Beidaihe
M Woods Entrance Revitalization, 2016, Beijing
Captain’s House, 2016-2017, Fuzhou
Art Museum, 2016-2019, Taiyuan
Souchengli Neighborhood Library, 2016-2017, Yantai
Haibing Center, 2017-2019, Tianjin
Xiaoqinghe Wetland Youth Campsite, 2014-, Jinan
Jinshanling Village Center Complex, 2018-, Chengde
Wulingshan Bathhouse, 2019-, Chengde

Gong Dong: Site, Light, and Making: A Manifesto