LI WENXI
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FAMOUS ARCHITECT, WHO WAS BORN IN HANGZHOU, CHINA. PH.D. AND ADJUNCT RESEARCHER IN WASEDA UNIVERSITY, LECTURE IN CHINA ACADEMY OF ART, MEMBERSHIP OF THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE. TEACHING FELLOW IN SHANG HAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY (SJTU).
HIS RESEARCH FIELD IS MAINLY THE PROTOTYPE THEORY OF SPACE AND ITS APPLICATION. HE INTERESTED IN THE CHANGES OF MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE AND THE ABSTRACT TRANSLATION OF TRADITIONAL SPACE. HIS RESEARCH OBJECTS INCLUDE THE CHINESE CLASSICAL GARDENS, POST-WAR HOUSES IN JAPANESE, TEAHOUSE AND SUKIYA. SOME OF THE RESEARCH RESULTS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF SHIDAIJIANZHU (CHINA) AND JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (TRANSACTIONS OF AIJ).
LI WENXI'S ARCHITECTURE WORK HAS RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL COMPETITION PRIZES AND DESIGN AWARDS, INCLUDING GERMAN DESIGN AWARD, ICONIC AWARDS 2020, GOLDEN AWARD IN THE CIRCOS INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION, JAPAN; ENVIRONMENT ART EXHIBITION OF CHINESE YOUTH DESIGNERS; YOUNG BIRD PLAN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, TOP50. HIS DRAWINGS, DESIGN MODELS HAVE BEEN WIDELY EXHIBITED, INCLUDING I DESIGN WEEK INTERNATIONAL DESIGN EXHIBITION IN CHINA, YOUNG ARCHITECTS EXHIBITION (LONDON-SHANGHAI-BEIJING ), BEST INTERNATIONAL HOUSES DESIGN(VENICE, ITALY) .
IN ADDITION TO EXTENSIVE EXPERIMENTAL WORKS IN DRAWING AND ARCHITECTURAL PROTOTYPING, HIS WORK IN BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOCUSES ON ABSTRACT TRANSFORMATION OF CHINESE CLASSICAL GARDEN, THE BASIC ISSUES OF ARCHITECTURE AND OFF-SITE PREFABRICATION APPLIED TO UNIQUE SITES AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS. AS A PRACTICAL ARCHITECT, HE FOUNDED LI WENXI ARCHITECTS (THE ORIGINAL IN ARCHITECTS) WHICH MAINLY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT PROJECTS IN CHINA AND JAPAN, RECENT BUILT WORKS INCLUDE THE FOUR PIECES OF DIFFERENT SCALE FURNITURES, HANGZHOU; BOUNDARY HOUSE, LUOHE; RED NOTE HOUSE ON THE HORIZON, ANJI; UNIQUE CENTER AND BROKEN BOUNDARY, TOKYO. THEY ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF DOMUS (CHINA), ID+C (CHINA), HUAZHONG ARCHITECTURE (CHINA), THE MEDIA OF ARCHDAILY, GOOOOD, ARCHITIZER, DESIGNBOOM AND OTHER MEDIA WHICH PUBLISHED MY WORKS. HE ALSO TEACHES ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STUDIO COURSES ON EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING.