Lu Wenyu: Quiet Radicalism and the Practice of Repair

"Lu Wenyu-co-founder of Amateur Architecture Studio with Pritzker laureate Wang Shu-has shaped many of the practice's most emblematic works across China, including the Ningbo History Museum and the Xiangshan Campus of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Often working outside the spotlight, her leadership is unmistakable in the discipline of execution and the roles she has assumed: in 2003, together with Wang Shu, she established the Architecture Department at the China Academy of Art,"

"where she also serves as Director of the Sustainable Construction Center. Her practice and teaching form a reciprocal loop: research conducted in studios at the China Academy of Art continually folds back into construction strategies on site, while lessons learned in the field return to the classroom as material intelligence rather than abstract theory. Amateur Architecture Studio's ethos of making with"

Lu Wenyu, co-founder of Amateur Architecture Studio, has shaped emblematic projects across China including the Ningbo History Museum and the Xiangshan Campus of the China Academy of Art. She established the Architecture Department at the China Academy of Art in 2003 and serves as Director of the Sustainable Construction Center. Her practice and teaching operate as a reciprocal loop: studio research informs on-site construction strategies, and site lessons return to the classroom as material intelligence. The studio prioritizes materials with memory, the traces of everyday life, and the craft and tempo of the construction site, recomposing vernacular logics with contemporary engineering to repair, remember, and continue.

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