Since 2015 the studio has designed museums, campuses, hotels, offices and sports buildings across China, Europe, the Gulf and Southeast Asia.
We read the site first. Large programmes are broken into smaller buildings that people can find their way through, and we choose materials local to the place. Both founders worked for more than ten years in the atelier of Christian de Portzamparc before starting AND Studio, and that training shows in how the studio handles light, sequence and the space between buildings.
Our principles
Follow the land
In Lhasa the museum climbs like the Red Hill beneath the Potala Palace. In Tuscany the winery walls trace the contour lines of the hill they are cut into.
Break the mass
A large brief is split into several volumes, each with its own use, so that views and paths can run through the site instead of around it.
Build with what is near
Local stone, timber and traditional patterns, used in a contemporary way, tie a building to its region.
Selected projects
All 77 architecture projects
Tibetan Thangka Art Museum
Volumes climb with the ground to a rooftop terrace facing the Potala Palace.
Leccetella Winery Cultural Center
Walls of local stone follow the hill; one volume leans out like a telescope towards the valley.
Renmin University
A campus for 21,800 students, broken into separate buildings so it stays at a human scale.
Chengdu Tianfu City Planning Hall
A pavilion shaped like a bird taking off from the top of the hill.
Zhengzhou Riverside Sports and Cultural Center
Separate buildings under one roof garden, clad to recall stones from the nearby river.
Xintiandi Art Center
An arts centre and a commercial centre that can share space or work apart.