Qingyun Ma

Infobox Architect


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name= Qingyun Ma
nationality= Chinese
birth_date=1965
birth_place= Xi'an, China
practice_name= MADA s.p.a.m.
significant_buildings= Qingpu Community Island
Centennial TV and Radio Center
Tianyi City Plaza |

Qingyun Ma born in Xi'an, China, received a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in Architecture from Tsinghua University. He went on to study architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. In New York, he worked several years at the firm Kohn Pederson Fox. Also he became close to Rem Koolhaas on the first Harvard Project on the City, which he organized resulting in the book "The Great Leap Forward".

In 1996, Ma founded MADA s.p.a.m. The architectural firm to date has built over 1,204,000 square meters. In 2000, MADA s.p.a.m. formally established itself in Beijing, moving to Shanghai the following year. Some of the groundbreaking icons are Qingpu Community Island in Shanghai, the Centennial TV and Radio Center in Xi'an, and Tianyi City Plaza in Ningbo.

Qingyun taught architecture in China at the University of Shenzhen, Tongji University, Shanghai, and Nanjing University; in Europe at the Berlage, the ETH, in Paris and in Germany; and in the United States at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. In October 2006, Qingyun became the new Dean of the University of Southern California School of Architecture.

Qingyun Ma acted as the curator for the 2007 Shenzhen-HongKong Biennale for Art and Architecture.