He Jingtang Explained
He Jingtang (; born 1938 Dongguan) is a Chinese architect and the head of the architecture program at the South China University of Technology's school of architecture whose works include the wrestling and badminton venues built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the Chinese Pavilion sometimes referred to as the "Crown of China" for Expo 2010 which was held in Shanghai and later reopened as the China Art Museum. More recently designed the new campus of the University of Macau which was completed in 2013.[1]
In 2016 the Dachang Muslim Cultural Center designed by He opened outside Beijing. It features a colonnade of petal-shaped arches that in turn give birth to an illuminated walkway around the outline of cultural centre[2] [3]
He participated in the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture, in an exhibit named "PLACE, CULTURE, TIME He Jingtang: Design for Drastically Changing China”".[4]
Notes
- Web site: 2010 Expo: He Jingtang and the China Pavilion . https://web.archive.org/web/20100626002213/http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/01/21/1781s544131.htm . dead . June 26, 2010 . CRIENGLISH.com . 21 January 2010 . Liu . Donghui . 26 May 2010.
- Book: Xue, Charlie Q. L. . Building a revolution: Chinese architecture since 1980. 2005. Hong Kong University Press. 978-962-209-744-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=Clb3QCHszHUC&q=%22He+Jingtang%22&pg=PA125. 125. Portraits of Chinese Architects.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: UM New Campus | PRRLA.
- Web site: Arched walkway wraps Muslim centre near Beijing by He Jingtang. 27 October 2016.
- Web site: He Jingtang Teams with SCUT to Design an Islamic Culture Center in China. 2017-03-15. 2017-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170316124501/http://www.contractdesign.com/news/projects/He-Jingtang-Teams-with-SCUT-to-Design-an-Islamic-Culture-Center-in-China-39474.shtml. dead.
- Web site: "Made in Guangdong" Architecture to show its glamour in Venice_Guangdong_www.newsgd.com. Nan. www.newsgd.com.
