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工作室简介WAI Architecture Think Tank is an international avant-garde studio practicing architecture, urbanism and architectural research. Founded in Brussels in 2008 by French architect, artist and writer Nathalie Frankowski and Puerto Rican architect, artist, and writer Cruz Garcia WAI is currently based in Beijing. WAI focuses on the understanding and execution of Architecture from a panoramic approach, from theoretical texts to architectural artifacts, narrative architectures, buildings and urban and cultural conditions. WAI strives to make significant contributions to the collective intelligence of architecture, from the conception of intelligent buildings and masterplans to the production of fresh research projects and innovative publications. WAI projects, publications and texts have been published and exhibited in Beijing, Tokyo, Cairo, Bratislava, Porto, London, New York, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Milan, Oslo, Rotterdam, Alberta, Osaka, Berlin, Seoul, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Buenos Aires, Paris, Helsinki, Santiago de Chile, Dublin, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Weimar. WAI is a Workshop for Architecture Intelligentsia. WAI asks What About It?
WAI建筑智囊团是当今国际先锋派建筑工作室。主要创作活动包括建筑设计，城市和建筑研究。工作室于2008年在布鲁塞尔市创立。由法国建筑师、艺术家、作家娜塔莉-弗兰克沃斯基（Nathalie Frankowski）和波多黎哥建筑师、艺术家、作家克鲁兹-卡塞尔（Cruz Garcia） 主持。目前活动于北京。WAI以多元的手段介入建筑领域，从理论输出、建筑设计到叙述性建筑进行对建筑、城市和文化等因素综合作用的讨论。WAI以领航建筑理论创新为主旨， 致力于建筑概念设计、理论研究框架策划以至创新刊物出版。WAI的项目和出版物在许多国家和地区展出，其中包括北京、东京、开罗、布拉迪斯拉发、波尔图、伦敦、纽约、洛杉矶、巴塞罗那、米兰、奥斯陆、鹿特丹、阿尔伯达、大阪、柏林、首尔、圣胡安、布宜诺斯艾利斯、巴黎、赫尔辛基、圣地亚哥、都柏林、布鲁塞尔、阿姆斯特丹和魏玛。 WAI的一贯工作标准是以建筑界知识分子为核心 。WAI即提问‘What About It？’
以下是采访的链接：
WAI architecture: what about it? WAI建筑：what about it？ CU空间-中国北京 onnow until september 17th 2011 截止于2011年9月17日
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aerial view of gallery space 展厅俯瞰 The first solo exhibition of work producedby international studio WAI architecture think tank, 'what about it?' iscurrently on display at the CU space in beijing, china. fourteen published,on-going and unreleased projects exhibited in the form of abstract animations, provocativecollages, analytical drawings, descriptive storyboards, magazines and twelverepresentational models are on show.also the title of their manifesto, their design methodology promotes the use ofarchitecture as a tool for progressive thinking for the utilization ofintellectual processes to advance the discipline into the future. 跨国建筑公司WAI建筑智囊团的第一次独立展览“what is it?” 在北京CU空间举行。十四个已建成，正在进行和没有发表的各个阶段的项目参加了这次展览。展出现场有动画影像，激情四溢的拼贴，分析草图，杂志等各种表达手段，还有12个实体模型。同他们的主题一致，他们的设计方法将建筑作为一种把创造性的思维物化为未来图景的工具。
gallery space 展厅
entrance to exhibition 展览入口
model of the football school and trainingcenter in san juan, puerto rico see designboom's coverage of this project here. 波多黎各圣胡安足球训练中心模型，点击链接进入项目页面
renderings of football school and trainingcenter 足球训练中心效果图
models and renderings 模型和渲染照片
Renderings 渲染照片
Model 模型
gallery space 展厅
cofounders of WAI architecture: nathaliefrankowski (left) and cruz garcia (center) WAI建筑合伙人：nathalie frankowski (左)； cruz garcia (中)
model of vertical omotesando see designboom's original coverage of thisproject here. 垂直表参道 模型 点击链接进入designboom项目页面
renderings of wall stalker see designboom's original coverage of thisproject here. Wall stalker 效果图 点击链接进入designboom项目页面 From september 26th through october 3rd,2011, designers and thinkers from across the world gather in beijing, china for the first annual beijing design week and beijing international designtriennial. exhibitions, conferences, workshops and lectures across the cityaddress the theme of 'design beijing - good design' for the nine-day event,which looks to transform the ubiquity of 'made in china' to 'designed inchina'. 从2011年9月26日到10月3日，来自世界各地的设计师和智囊们齐聚北京，迎接第一届北京设计周和北京室内设计三年展。围绕着”设计北京，好设计“这一主题，各种展览，会议，研讨会，演讲将在这九天里在北京各地举行，这些活动或将无处不在的“中国制造”这一词汇转换为“中国设计”。 Beijing design week is presented by theministry of culture, ministry of education, the china federation of literaryand art circles, and the municipal government of beijing, in collaboration thisyear with tsinghua university. 北京设计周由教育部，文化部，中国美术家协会和北京市政府举办，今年由清华大学组织协办。
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