Designed by MAD, Erdos Museum is located in a city that is currently being built, almost overnight.

Driven by a booming economy, the Municipal Government of Erdos, in Inner Mongolia has determined to build a new city centre, dozens of kilometers away from the current city. There was nothing but the Gobi Desert on this site in 2005. An urban masterplan was created, entitled ‘Ever Rising Sun On The Grass Land’. This plan drew a beautiful but empty image, one which fulfills the wishes of the government, but doesn’t hold much for the people who will have to live there.

Erdos Museum will be created at the centre of this new city. MAD's concept is a reflection and a reaction to the masterplan. The design is a natural, irregular nucleus, to contrast with the planned city; to provide interior scenery completely separate to that which is outside. The museum is wrapped in reflective metal louvers. The surface of the museum thus reflects and fragments the surroundings.

The interior will become a new public space, divided into several exhibition halls, connected by continuous white curvilinear walls. The glazed roof will let light into this space, whilst the louvers will allow natural ventilation.

The Los Angeles based team of Studio SHIFT and SWA Group has been selected to create a master plan for the Sichuan Province, a developing area in China. The plan consists of SHIFT’s Miyi Tower that aims to promote the region’s heritage, and SWA Group’s design for a sustainable promenade.

The Miyi Tower sits at the edge of the Anning River. The spot marks the transition between the newly developed areas in the North with the agricultural districts of the South. A one kilometer long promenade connects the cultural hub devoted to regional arts on one end with the Miyi Tower at the other. Along the promenade, SWA Group created an abundance of public spaces that feature photovoltaic fields and wind turbines. The promenade disperses into rising paths that converge to form a bridge over the river, affording views of reclaimed wetlands.

The Miyi Tower, designed as an educational building for residents and tourists, is meant to act as a major landmark. The temperate climate of the region allows the tower’s programmatic elements to be interspersed between enclosed and open spaces. Double height enclosed spaces, such as an auditorium, exhibition space and restaurants, alternate with open spaces, such as gardens, an observation deck, and event areas, around the vertical core of the tower. A porous, yet continuous skin, gives the various programs their unified form. The skin is designed as a patterning of objects that are mounted to a light frame, rather than a series of perforations. This enables the appropriate panels on the skin to be lined with photovoltaic cells.

The energy producing tower, along with the ecological features of the promenade, will allow Miyi County to become the region’s leader in sustainability.

Ong & Ong Architects based in Singapore designed the new National Heart Center in Singapore. This project is part of a larger master plan to redevelop the Singapore General Hospital's Outram campus in a more technologically advanced and environmentally friendly way. The ten-storey hospital is formatted to minimize travel distances for patients. The first six floors house the active zone of the hospital, with labs, facilities for surgery, radiology, and similar programs. The upper four storeys of the building focus on portions that are patient-free, such as facilities for staff training and administrative and research space.

Courtyards, gardens and other open spaces is integrated throughout the building to help speed up healing through natural light, ventilation and air purification. These common spaces were also designed to encourage socializing and interaction among patients, staff and visitors. The Center’s dynamic façade emphasizes these public areas as large portions of the skin seem to be peeled back to reveal the inner programs of the gardens. The hospital entrance is a spacious and naturally lit reception area. The idea of openness is also carried through the main building as the halls are enlarged to create more circulation space. These enlarged passages serve a dual purpose as they maximize retail opportunities for users and create more space for operational efficiency for staff. The building is constructed using a modular method which will help expedite the construction phase of the project. Work will begin in September 2009 and is set to be complete in early 2012.

Plasma studio has been commissioned to design the international horticultural fair in xi’an, china taking place in 2011. The project involves structures totaling 12,500 square meters and over 35 hectares of landscape. This massive project aims to synthesise ‘horticulture and technology where landscape and architecture converge’. The main buildings include an exhibition hall, greenhouse and a gate building. Plasma studio will be working with Arup (structural and civil engineering) and groundlab (landscape design) for this ambitious project slated for completion in 2011. The three buildings mimic the landscape design, sitting at major interactions along the pathways. The masterplan design weaves the landscape, circulation system and architecture into one seamless unit. The expected 20,000 daily visitors can enjoy four different climatic zones of plants and flowers in the greenhouse, overlooking the exhibition hall and outdoor gardens across the water.