Buschmeyer + Cai Architeken wins the competition for the Yichang Golden Spike Geological Museum and the surrounding Geological Science Expo Garden in China’s Hubei province.
LDI: CSCEC (China Construction Engineering Design Group Corporation).
Progress: structural steel works / House P – Refurbishment
A chimney and two load-baring walls got replaced through two steel beams. Four small rooms got combined into a single, generous one on the groundfloor of House P. Roofers are continuing now with the conversion of the roof. Electrical works and plumbing have been started.
Progress: roofing ceremony / House dN – Extension
Main structural and roofing works of the extension are completed. Interior works and the renovation of the existing house go on. Go to project.
Award: AD100 China 2017 / 23.06.2017
Buschmeyer + Cai Architekten is part of AD China’s AD100 listing of the 100 top architecture and design talents in China for the year 2017.
Opening: KHWürtz “Eternal Earth – The Perfection of Calm in Clay” / 11.03.17
Fine Danish clay pottery exhibited in Beijing’s The Opposite House hotel. Exposition concept and design by Buschmeyer + Cai Architekten.
Press: Chikalicious Dessert Bar / ELLE DECORATION
ELLE DECORATION China portrays the Chikalicious Dessert Bar (issue: 02/16).
Progress: sliding door artwork / Apartment S2
After two months of painting and precision works the pixelated landscape artwork is completed. 13,000 different shades of oil paint have been mixed and carefully applied onto the two wooden sliding door panels which have been already succesfully installed in the main reception hall of the apartment.
Progress: main structural and façade works / Children’s Camp
Main structural and facade works are completed. Interior and landscaping works go on. Opening scheduled for May. Go to project.
Progress: pantry wall / Apartment S2
The pantry wall has been successfully installed in the dining room. Highlight of it is definitely the modestly wall integrated slim Gaggenau wine climate cabinet.
Opening: Chikalicious / 12.12.15
With delicious dessert finger food, champagne, good wine and an amazing number of guests the first Chinese branch of the famed New York dessert bar Chikilicous celebrated its opening in Shanghai.
Go to the project.
Publication: Strategies for the Built – China / TU Berlin + CADI
The result of the research project Buschmeyer + Cai took part in has been published.
Research abstract:
Strategies for the preservation and redevelopment of old city quarters and buildings in China
using the example of DongKou Village on Zhibu Island.
With the rapid growth and densification of Chinese cities over the past 50 years, in many places the old city structures had to give way to the new city developments. The preservation of today´s remaining existing old residential quarters with their traditional Chinese courtyard houses is at risk for mainly two reasons: First, the density of the low rise old structure is too low for the valuable city center areas, where a lot of the historical quarters are located. Second, the old houses were usually not systematically modernized. Thus, historic courtyard houses, which are mostly still used as residential buildings, are often dilapidated, utilities are obsolete and no longer correspond to the comfort standards of contemporary living. On the other hand, the old towns are now more and more understood to be valuable documents of Chinese history, tradition and identity that ought to be preserved. Between these conflicting interests there is a need for strategies that reconcile cultural with economic interests.
Against this background, the aim of this co-operation is a German-Chinese transfer of knowledge and ideas to develop new potential architectural strategies for the preservation and redevelopment of old city quarters. The study aims to preserve as much of the local urban fabric and old buildings as possible and at the same time find ways and strategies to transform historic sites into a contemporary, livable or usable part of the city.
Contributers: Guestprof. Dr. Matthias Ballestrem, Wei Cai, Philipp Buschmeyer, Bogdan Stugar, Jin Haiping, Daniela Schaffarczyk, Reidar Mester
Progress: silver ceiling / Apartment S2
The silver finish in the reception hall is getting applied onto the recessed ceiling. Painstaking workmanship.
Opening: The Urban Mobility Store / 8.8.15
After facing concept and construction phases of together less than two months and a tight budget, we are proud that today The Urban Mobility Store has celebrated its opening. The interested public came, enjoyed some typical English refreshments, the clear store design and last but not least the fascinating Brompton bikes.
Link: The Urban Mobility Store
Research: Strategies for the Built – China
From March 2015 on, Wei Cai and Philipp Buschmeyer will take part in a research project by the Technische Universität Berlin (Fachgebiet Baukonstruktion und Entwerfen, Prof. Regine Leibinger / Gastprofessor Matthias Graf von Ballestrem) in cooperation with the China Architecture Design Institute.
Talk: Schnappschüsse China / Universität der Künste Berlin / 18.12.14
The chair for Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte of Prof. Dr. Susanne Hauser at the Berlin University of the Arts invited Wei Cai and Philipp Buschmeyer to talk in front of students about their experience in working in China.
Talk: City Flaneur / Chuan’R / 17.11.14
Wei Cai talked on the “City Flaneur”.
Teaching: Wohnpavillon Peking / UdK Berlin
2012年冬季学期，B+C与柏林艺术大学建筑系的Adolf Krischanitz教授合作，参与了通州运河小木屋项目的教学指导工作。这个项目选址在北京通州大运河岸边，21个学生分成7组，设计了7所风格各异的木结构居住建筑。学生们独立完成了从规划到结构构造设计的一系列工作，若能付诸实践，这些木屋将被用作特色度假酒店。
这些木屋的设计，用Krischanitz教授的话来说：探索了简单构建的本质。尝试在返璞归真的形式语言和当代木构技术之间找到一个平衡点，以唤起人们对居住本能的欲望。
In winter semester 2012, Buschmeyer + Cai cooperated with Professor Adolf Krischanitz, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning in the Berlin University of the Arts, on a teaching project of wood pavilions. This Project is located on the riverbank of the Grand Canal in Tongzhou, Beijing, China. 21 Students took part in this project. They were divided into seven groups, each of them working on an individual wood pavilion for living. The students developed the project from architectural design to construction. Should the pavilions be built, they will be used as boutique hotel units.
The different designs of the wood pavilions, according to Professor Krischanitz, are “developing the character of simple artefacts. They evoke an atavistic desire to inhabit those objects between nature-like modality and artificial mechanics.“
Publication: Nieto Sobejano Architects / WA
客座编辑：涅托-索韦哈诺事务所
《世界建筑》，2012年第11期
Guest editor: Nieto Sobejano Architects
World Architecture, 11 (2012), CN
Publication: Place and Boundary / T+A
建筑评论：场所与边界 NSA设计的西班牙圣塞巴斯蒂安圣太摩博物馆
发表于《时代建筑》，2012年第4期
architectural criticism: Place and Boundary | San Telmo Museum by NSA, San Sebastian, Spain
Published in Time + Architecture, 4 (2012), CN
Publication: Places and Memories / T+A
建筑评论：场所和记忆——西班牙麦地那扎哈拉博物馆
发表于《时代建筑》，2012年第3期
architectural criticism: Places and Memories – The Madinat Al-Zahra Museum, Spain
Published in Time + Architecture, 3 (2012), CN
