"In 2012, he was recognized with the Pritzker Prize, becoming the first Chinese citizen to receive the distinction. The award jury acknowledged his body of work "for the exceptional nature and quality of his executed work, and also for his ongoing commitment to pursuing an uncompromising, responsible architecture arising from a sense of specific culture and place.""
"The name itself signifies the studio's deliberate focus on the more spontaneous and experimental aspects of design. For Wang Shu, architecture is not meant to achieve a singular, static state of "perfection". Instead, he thinks architecture is never static, as it allows the users to make of space something of their own. In that sense, he has said architecture is more of a progress in the journey of time, that evolves and lives, providing a framework for the everyday life that unfolds within it."
Wang Shu, born in 1963 in Urumqi, Xinjiang, pursues a contemporary architectural approach deeply rooted in China's cultural and material history. He received the Pritzker Prize in 2012, the first Chinese citizen to do so, recognized for executed work and commitment to responsible architecture responsive to specific culture and place. With his wife Lu Wenyu he founded Amateur Architecture Studio in 1997, focusing on spontaneous, experimental design. He rejects static perfection, viewing architecture as evolving over time and allowing users to make space their own. Wang and Lu helped found the Architecture Department (2003) and School of Architecture (2007) at the China Academy of Art and will curate the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale.
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