Qingyun Ma
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| Name | Qingyun Ma |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Birth date | 1965 |
| Birth place | Xi'an, China |
| Work | |
| Practice name | MADA s.p.a.m. |
| Significant buildings | Qingpu Community Island Centennial TV and Radio Center |
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 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.
Ma 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 of 2006, Ma 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.
