gèn, which means something is permeate in chinese, all over the mountains and plains without an ending in the universe. such pure natural scenery with massive serenity is what the world initially was. inspired by that, we are trying to constantly feel and perceive this world with awe.
partners
partner
principal architect
FAN Beilei is class 1 registered architect and visiting lecturer of tongji university. she received a master of architecture and a bachelor of architecture from tongji university, and a master of urban design from technische universität berlin.
KONG Rui
partner
principal architect
KONG Rui is visiting lecturer of tongji university. he received a master of architecture from nanjing university, and a bachelor of architecture from xi‘an university of architecture and technology.
XUE Zhe
partner
principal architect
XUE Zhe received a master of architecture from peking university, and a bachelor of architecture from xi‘an university of architecture and technology.
office
based in shanghai, genarchitects was founded in 2013. whether in urban or natural environment, genarchitects insists focusing on the genuineness of designing and constructing, and hopes that through discreetly dealing with location and functional requirements, we could offer a calm and sincere answer towards complicated and uncertain reality situations.
genarchitects’ works and researches were published on several academic journals and significant new media, such as 'architectural journal', 'world architecture', 't+a', 'new architecture', 'urban environment design (ued)' and 'interior designer'. recent project 'baggy tree house on mountain qiyunshan was invited to participate the exhibition 'towards a critical pragmatism: contemporary architecture in china' in harvard university. and this project also have been shortlisted in the 2016 waaca house awarding. other completed projects by genarchitects, such as ‘fuli garment factory renovation’ and ‘shangsian cottage’, have also been documented in publications including ‘new chinese architecture: 20 women building the future’, ‘chinese architecture today’, and ‘china architecture: a selection 2013-2017’.
the partners of genarchitects serve as visiting lecturers for the architecture department of tongji university. they also served as visiting lecturers and critics at southeast university, tianjin university, china acdamy of art. in the meanwhile, they are invited to have lectures and academic activities at universities and cultural institutions, such as nanjing university, university of hong kong shanghai study center, TEDx, and PSA shanghai.