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Hao Liang
Hao studied architecture in Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA, B.Arch) and The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO, M.Arch) from 2006-2013. Hao then worked as an architect at Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute (BIAD), one of China’s largest architectural firms. From 2021 to now, he is studying for a PhD in design at the School of Architectural Arts (CAA), China Academy of Art. In the same year, he founded Atelier ingarden in Hangzhou. Hao is a member of the National Association of Norwegian Architects (MNAL).
Wenruo Jia
Jia graduated from the School of Architecture of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) as a bachelor and graduate student. Since 2014, she has been practicing architectural design in China’s largest architectural design company BIAD and participated in the design of a series of school buildings. Jia holds the National Class I Registered Architect License in China.
Practice Ideology
Atelier Ingarden was founded in Hangzhou in 2021. The studio’s ideology was influenced by the direction of CAA’s School of Architecture and the thought about the Chinese garden of its founding dean, 2012 Pritzker Prize-winning architect Wang Shu. The practice focuses on the traditional Chinese aesthetic idea of “architecture, village, and city are all gardens” and attempts to complete the architectural design with “basic construction” as the main method in various environments in China.
