WANG SHU – PRITZKER

LAUREATE 2012
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Only people who understand the nature of
materials can make art using the materials

- Ar. Wang Shu

 Nanjing Amateur
4 November Tongii
Institute of Architecture
1963 ,China University
Technology Studio

Global Award For Schelling

French Gold PRITZKER
Sustainable Architecture
medal PAKER
Architecture Award
Design approach

Wang creates modern buildings making use of traditional materials and

applying older techniques. The Ningo Museum is constructed of bricks
salvaged from buildings which had been demolished to facilitate new
developments.

Wang is a keen supporter of architectural heritage where globalization Ningbo Tengtou Pavilion,
has stripped cities of their special attributes. In an age where the goal is to Shanghai Expo (2010)
offer a distinct, individualized style, Shu has shied away from such a
prerogative.

 Ironically, with his manner of seamlessly meshing the contemporary

with the cultural, innovation with tradition, Shu’s work has come to define
itself. The work is infused with fresh material juxtapositions and an
expressive quality grounded in traditional formal proportions and scale. Ningbo Museum (2008)

He requires his freshman architecture students to spend a year working

with their hands, learning basic carpentry and bricklaying, and Wang also
requires other teachers in the department learn basic building skills.
Because he believes "Only people who understand the nature of materials
can make art using the materials."

Ningbo Museum of Art (2005)

Esteem

 Zaha-Hadid says his unique ability to evoke the past, without making direct references to history" and
called his work "timeless, deeply rooted in its context and yet universal.

ALEJANDRO , a member of the Pritzker Prize jury, stated "Wang Shu’s outstanding architecture may be
the consequence of being able to combine talent and intelligence. This combination allows him to produce
masterpieces when a monument is needed, but also very careful and contained architecture when a
monument is not the case. The intensity of his work may be a consequence of his relative youth, but the
precision and appropriateness of his operations talk of great maturity.

The chairman of the Hyatt Foundation said Wang's win represented "a significant step in acknowledging
the role that China will play in the development of architectural ideals" going forward . Zhu Tao, a Chinese
architectural critic and historian, speculated that the win could signify a turning point in Chinese
architectural history saying the prize "sends a message that architecture is a cultural enterprise ... that
architects are creators of culture.
His works

Youth Center (1990) Library Of Wenzheng College Vertical Courtyard Apartments

Xiangtan Campus

Architecture is Not Just an Object That

You Place in the Environment.

AMATURE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO Bus stop ,Austria

Sanhe House Teaching Building of Music & Dance Ceramic House

Five Scattered House
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