Maison de la Chine

The convergence of two cultures in form and concept: the new Maison de la Chine in the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP).

In 2023, the new Maison de la Chine was opened as part of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP), the French capitals famous campus of student residencies founded in 1925. Designed by Beijing-based Atelier Feichang Jianzhu (Atelier FCJZ) and realized in collaboration with the French architecture firm Coldefy, the building continues the tradition of national pavilions within the CIUP. The Maison de la Chines design bears the DNA of traditional Chinese architecture, yet Atelier FCJZ also clearly acknowledges its inspiration from Le Corbusier. This book documents the building and its design process in rich detail through sketches, drawings, plans, and photographs. Architectural historian and curator Martino Stierli places the Maison de la Chine in the context of the evolution of contemporary Chinese architecture. Yung Ho Chang and Yishi Cheng, respectively the founding partner of and project architect at Atelier FCJZ, discuss conceptual and technical aspects of the design. The volume is completed by American critic Ariel Genadt, whose essay relates the building to the sites extraordinary history and the culture within which it was created.

Yung Ho Chang ist Gründungspartner des Architekturbüros Atelier FCJZ in Beijing und Professor emeritus am MIT Department of Architecture in Cambridge, USA. Er ist Fellow des American Institute of Architects und war von 2011 bis 2017 Mitglied der Jury des Pritzker-Preises für Architektur.