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- Then you came back to China…
== - When I was in London, I __entered__ a few Chinese __competitions__. And I got a commission. ==

 - No, SOHO was done for Zaha. There __where__ other projects in Shanghai and elsewhere.
==- And then you __started__ MAD? Why __did__ you call it MAD? == == - MAD is an __abbreviation__ of Ma Design. Because I don’t __want__ to only design __buildings__. I want to __desing__ other things as well. ==

- So you are going to….
== - We are __already__ designing things like __furniture__, a fish tank, and some __interior__ design pieces. ==

 - What about the Canadian __project__ and the building you __designed__ ?
== - It’s a unique building. At the __beginning__ of this year, we entered the __international__ competition. At the __end__ of last year, we __won__ a Chinese design competition. There were a lot of __famous__ foreign firms competing, but we won, so that __gave__ us confidence. ==

- What competition was that?
== - It was Shengwu Island in Guangzhou. The Sun Plaza, a triangular building floating above the island. It came from a __concept__ we had been developing. Then we __decided__ we wanted to enter a __foreing__ competition. We __saw__ this (Canadian) one on the __internet__. It interested us, so we entered it. From there, everything went very smoothly. After we entered, they __selected__ six __finalists__ from __around__ the world. From the beginning, ours seemed to be the most __popular__. All the local __newspapers__ highlighted our design. With big __pictures__ in their coverage. It was __nicknamed__ “Marilyn Monroe” building by a critic during the competition. Two __months__ later, we refined the design, then we won. == ==- Why did they come up with that name? Because it __looked like__ her legs? ==

 - It looked like her body.
==- When you designed it, were you already thinking that? == == - I was thinking in those terms. It wasn’t exactly Marilyn Monroe or a women’s body. I just knew I __did not__ want it to be a box-like __structure__. I wanted to do an __irregular__ twisting type of __form__. == ==- When I first came to China, I thought the architecture was terribly __unsophisticated__, without international influences. Now that has __changed__ completely. Why do you think it changed so __fast__? I feel like it happened quite suddenly. == ==<span style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> - This change is not only in __architecture__. It’s also affecting for example, fine arts and economy. So many things are changing __quickly__. But these changes manifest themselves in __different__ forms. People often don’t really care about the background and history of __these__ forms. So here it is __possible__ to do anything. == ==<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;">- What do you think is the biggest problem facing Chinese architecture? == ==<span style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> - I think of the foreign __architects__ coming to China. Most of them are not very good. The problem is not that the __market__ isn’t open. And if you look at, for example (architects) Herzog and Koolhaas; many of these foreign architects are __excellent__. But they can only design __a few__ buildings, one or two in a city. Most projects go to __commercial__ firms. They can’t __assign__ a good architect to each project or else make constructive and creative works. Even more cities are impacted by Chinese architects. These architects don’t have __time__ or don’t have the __abilit__y to do proper research or to properly understand their own __culture__ and problems in __society__, so many projects do not have any connection with society. I think that is a __big__ problem. It’s a two-part problem. One is the big, commercial foreign firms, the other is the __local__ architects. This is the Hongluo Club (located in Huairou, Suburban Beijing), very difficult to build, a small house but very complex. ==

<span style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Not too bad, not too bad.

 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks a lot Ma Yansong. Good __luck__ to you. There are many challenges for Chinese architects in the __future__. **