Archi-Union Architects

Founded in 2003, Archi-Union Architects is a Shanghai-based architectural design firm with a Grade A design qualification certificate issued by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Over the years Archi-Union adheres to the combination of traditional Chinese culture and digital construction technology, focuses on "parametric construction", "robot construction" and "green industrialization" and some other objectives, and practices the symbiotic relationship of nature, urban and architecture.

There are more than 70 designers in the office currently and it has finished large amount of projects in the past decade including Linear House-Jiujiantang in Shanghai, Lanxi Curtilage in Chengdu, Taisheng Garden, Jade Museum, Shangart Gallery on the West Bund, Fab-Union, Chi She, Hefei Bashang Street Mixed-use Project, Songjiang Art Campus, Aux Campus (Shanghai) etc. Its business scope includes comprehensive design services such as architectural design, urban planning, landscape design and interior design.

Archi-Union design team focuses on applying experimental research into practical projects. The parallel stage of complementary development of theoretical research and practice is a major feature of the company. Projects were published on many architectural magazines and mass medias like Time+Architecture, Architectural Journal, World Architecture, Urban Architecture, Design Trends Arquitectura Viva, ABITARE, Architectural Digest, PLAN, ID, Dezeen and Archdaily. Meanwhile, Archi-Union is also actively involved in the relevant academic activities; it was invited to participate in the Hong Kong Biennale, Shanghai Biennale, Milan Triennial and many other international professional exhibitions for several times.

Philip F. Yuan, Professor, Ph.D Advisor in College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) Tongji University: Co-chair, Built Environment Technology Center, CAUP; Council Member, Architects Sector, Architectural Society of China; Council Member, Digital Fabrication Sector, Architectural Society of China; Director, Academic Committee of Shanghai Digital Fabrication Engineering Technology Center; Founder of Archi-Union Architects and Fab-Union Intelligent Engineering Co. Ltd.

He has accomplished achievements on the research and discovery progress of Digital Design and Intelligent Construction area. In recently years, Philip F. Yuan was awarded a variety of educational and design prizes, including Winner of Feng Jizhong Architectural Education Award in 2013, Architectural Society of China, Winner of the Young Architect Award of Architectural Society of China in 2014, the Nomination Award in 2014 ARCASIA Award, the 2014 Wienerberger Brick Award, Shenzhen Biennale Popularity Award in 2015, Gold and Silver Prize of Architectural Design awarded by Architectural Society of China in 2016.

Philip F. Yuan has published more than 120 academic theses and his architectural design projects on academic architectural journals and magazines like ARCHITECT, ARCHITECTURE DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL VIVA, PLAN, DETAIL, etc. He has written 7 books including Fabricating the Future, Scripting the Future, From Diagrammatic Thinking to Digital Fabrication, etc.