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TAO (TRACE ARCHITECTURE OFFICE) 迹. 建筑事务所由华黎创立于北京，是一家从事建筑、城市、景观及家具设计的设计事务所。TAO对当代建筑在全球化的消费主义语境下沦为时尚符号或形式教条持批判性的态度，反之，TAO关注通过空间的诗意和建构的清晰来呈现建筑的本质意义。TAO的项目大多处于具有特殊的地域文化和自然景观的环境中，因此TAO的工作致力于深入理解和尊重项目此时此地的条件，营造根植于当地社会土壤和环境生态的当代建筑和景观。场所意义营造、场地及气候回应、本地资源合理利用，以及适宜的材料与建造方式等命题的探讨，构成了TAO每个项目工作的核心内容。

自成立以来，TAO的建成作品得到国内外诸多建筑媒体的广泛报道和出版，并参加了多项展览。2012年孝泉民族小学和高黎贡手工造纸博物馆项目同时荣获美国《建筑实录》杂志“好设计创造好效益”中国奖的“最佳公共建筑奖”。

TAO (TRACE ARCHITECTURE OFFICE)

Founded by Hua Li in 2009, TAO (TRACE ARCHITECTURE OFFICE) is a Beijing based design studio committed to architecture, urban, landscape, and furniture design. Being critical at contemporary architecture as an obsession to fancy forms and becoming fashions or dogmas in the context of media driven globalized consumerism, TAO pursues essence of architecture with poetics of space and clarity of tectonics. With their most projects positioned in specific cultural and natural settings in China, TAO makes architecture deeply rooted in its social and environmental context with respect of its gravity. The sense of place, response to climate, efficient use of local resource, appropriate material and construction method, such issues are always explored in every TAO project responding to its specific context. TAO has realized several award wining projects including Museum of Handcraft Paper in Yunnan and XiaoQuan Elementary School in Sichuan. Their works have been recognized and published widely both in China and internationally.

关于TAO的小院

2012年因为原来所在的厂房拆除，TAO搬进了北京旧城胡同里的一座小四合院。开始原本觉得用起来有点局促的空间，后来却因小院有着天空、枣树、阳光、微风，以及能接地气、能上房顶而带来更加轻松和亲切的工作氛围，为我们释放出更多内心的空间。院子本身并不太老，但房子的细节处处都透着古意，花窗、牌匾、雀替、彩画、青砖墙上的青苔，这些东西让时间变慢，提醒我们不要工作得太快了。而老房子里浓烈的色彩和丰富的细节也在述说一个事实：建筑不是抽象的，正是这些对细节、色彩、氛围的感受和记忆才构成了有生命的建筑。

四合院是典型的内向空间，外部边界确定。我们戏说这样可以用物理边界来限制事务所的盲目扩张。而安静的小院也有助于我们更多地内省。在这样一个很容易被外部喧嚣所干扰的时代，指向内心的观照尤其重要。此外，四合院小巧的尺度使大家可以近距离地交流，而分散的格局又提供了一些可以独立工作和思考的角落。唯一的问题是模型越做越多，会没地方放，那时或许只有掘地三尺了。

About the courtyard house of TAO

In 2012 TAO moved to a small courtyard house in Hutong area of Beijing due tothe demolition of factory when previous office was located.The physical space in courtyard is little tight for the office, however the courtyard offers sky, tree, sunlight, breeze, ground and roof to us and creates a pleasant and warm atmosphere for a working environment. Thus setting free more space in mind.

The house is not so old, but its details give an ancient feeling—window frames, inscribed board, Queti, color painting, and moss on brick wall.These things make the time slower, reminding us slow down the working pace. The vivid color and rich details in courtyard house also tells the fact: architecture is not abstract. It is exactly the sensation and memory to these details, colors, and atmosphere make the real architecture alive.

Courtyard house is a typical introversive space with its boundary defined. We say that by living here physical boundary will help us not to expand blindly.Well the quiet courtyard can help us to introspect more. In a time while one is always distracted by outside noise, the introspection to heart is even more important. The intimate scale of courtyard shortens the distance and makes the communication among teams closer. Its dispersive layout makes the corners for independent working possible. The only problem of courtyard house is lack of storage space. When more and more models produced in studio, we may need to dig into ground.

TAO创始人及主持建筑师华黎1994年毕业于清华大学建筑系，获建筑学学士学位，1997年获清华大学建筑学硕士学位，1999年毕业于美国耶鲁大学建筑学院，获建筑学硕士学位，之后曾工作于纽约Herbert Beckhard & Frank Richlan建筑设计事务所。2003年回到北京开始独立建筑实践，2009年创立TAO迹. 建筑事务所。华黎主持建成的设计作品及访谈获得了时代建筑、世界建筑、建筑学报、domus，AREA，A+U，Abitare, AV, Space, Casabella，Architectural Review, Architectural Record等国内外建筑媒体的报道。华黎曾受邀在中央美院、清华大学、香港大学的建筑学院演讲，同时在中央美院和清华大学建筑学院兼任建筑设计课程客座评委。

The founder and principal of TAO, Mr. Hua Li received his B. Arch. Degree from Tsinghua University in 1994 and M. Arch. Degree from Yale University in 1999. He has worked for Westfourth Architecture and Herbert Beckhard Frank Richlan &Associate in New York. In 2003 he moved to China and started his own practice in Beijing. In 2009, he established TAO. Hua Li’s design works and interviews have been published by numerous architectural media including T+A, WA, domus, AREA, A+U, MD, Wallpaper, Abitare, Space, AV, Casabella, Architectural Review and Architectural Record.

Hua Li has also taught at Central Academy of Fine Arts as a visiting professor and been a visiting critic at School of Architecture in Tsinghua University since 2005.

Awards

2012/07美国《建筑实录》杂志“好设计创造好效益”中国奖“最佳公共建筑奖”，四川孝泉民族小学
2012/07美国《建筑实录》杂志“好设计创造好效益”中国奖“最佳公共建筑奖”，高黎贡手工造纸博物馆
2011/09 UED博物馆建筑设计优秀奖 高黎贡手工造纸博物馆
2010/12 华黎获第二届中国传媒建筑奖青年建筑师奖提名
2012 Architectural Record “Good Design is Good Business” China Awards, Best Public project, Honor Award, Xiaoquan Elementary School,
2012 Architectural Record “Good Design is Good Business” China Awards, Best Public project, Honor Award, Museum of Handcraft Paper
2011 UED Museum Architecture Award, Museum of Handcraft Paper
2010 Nominee CAMA Award, Young Architect Award

Main Publications

2006 domus 与78位中国建筑师| 设计师
2007/07 WA世界建筑 华黎 设计作品及访谈
2008/12 T+A时代建筑 常梦关爱中心小食堂
2008 Architects — Made In China
2009/03 AREA域杂志 华黎的建筑观
2009/12 MD Exemplary Metamorphosis
2010/07 A+U Hua Li/ TAO Architect’s Office
2010/11 Wallpaper Top 20 Reasons to be in China
2011/01 T+A时代建筑 高黎贡手工造纸博物馆
2011/05 domus 微缩之城——四川孝泉民族小学灾后重建
2011/06 建筑学报 建造的痕迹，云南高黎贡手工造纸博物馆
2011/6 Casabella China Tale, Gaoligong Museum手工造纸博物馆
2011/07 城市中国 原乡建筑
2011/07 建筑学报 微型城市——四川德阳孝泉民族小学灾后重建
2011/09 Space 手工造纸博物馆
2011/10 Abitare住杂志 微型城市——孝泉民族小学
2011/11 UED城市.环境.设计 华黎/TAO迹.建筑事务所专题介绍“还原与呈现”
2011/11 T+A时代建筑 断裂与延续，孝泉民族小学
2011 AV MADE IN CHINA，高黎贡手工造纸博物馆
2012/01 建筑学报 水边会所
2012/04 XXI 孝泉民族小学
2012/04 建筑评论Architectural Review 高黎贡手工造纸博物馆
2012/0506 Surface Talent-Architecture
2012/07 建筑实录Architectural Record “好设计创造好效益”中国奖

2006 domus and 78 Chinese Architects/ Designers
2007/7 WA, design works and interview with Li Hua
2008/6 T+A Changmeng Care Center Dining Hall, Beijing
2008 Architects — Made In China
2009/3 AREA Perception of Li Hua’s “Universal Architecture”
2009 Un_Natural Rock Chair and Interview
2009/12 MD Exemplary Metamorphosis
2010/7 A+U Li Hua/TAO Architect’s Office– Refurbishment of a Warehouse
2011/1 T+A Museum of Handcraft Paper, Yunnan
2011/5 domus Rebuilding of XiaoQuan Ethnic Elementary School
2011/6 Architectural Journal Trace of Construction, Museum of Handcraft Paper
2011/6 Casabella China Tale, Gaoligong Museum
2011/7 Urban China The Aboriginal Architecture
2011/7 Architectural Journal Micro-city, XiaoQuan Ethnic Elementary School
2011/9 Space Museum of Handcraft Paper
2011/10 Abitare Mini City
2011 AV MONOGRAFÍAS 150, MADE IN CHINA
2012/04 XXI Xiaoquan Elementary School
2012/04 Architectural Review Museum of Handcraft Paper
2012/05 Surface Talent-Architecture
2012/07 Architectural Record 2012 Good Design is Good Business China Awards
2012 Green Architecture Now vol.2, (Taschen), Philip Jodidio
2012 Concrete Architecture & Design (Braun) Manuela Roth

Exhibitions and lectures

华黎在马来西亚建筑师协会主办的国际建筑师大会上做题为“在地建筑”的演讲
2012/05 双廊公益论坛，云南大理
2012/04 Homecoming Symposium, Hong Kong University
华黎在香港大学建筑学院举行的Homecoming 研讨会上做题为“TAO乡村实践”的演讲
2011/10 2011成都双年展－国际建筑展《物我之境：田园／城市／建筑》
TAO实践——还原与呈现（实践展）；街亩城市——东村（策略展）
2011/10 Domus下午茶讲座，华黎演讲：建筑——记忆重构，北京，798
2011/06 UED“博物馆建筑设计沙龙”，华黎演讲，北京
2009/11 “建筑奥德赛” 中央美术学院建筑学院 华黎 演讲， 北京
2009/04 Un_natural “不自然”展览，华黎作品岩石椅，北京
2008/10 Area域杂志中国创刊论坛， 北京
2008/07 后居住文化，Domus讲座，华黎演讲：两种居住之间， 北京
2008/06 汶川地震灾后重建——建筑行动, 建筑论坛，成都

2012/07 Datum International Architectural Design Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hua Li Lecture: Architecture In-situ
2012/04 Homecoming Symposium, Hong Kong University School of Architecture, Hua Li Lecture: TAO’s Rural Practice
2011 Chengdu Architectural Biennale Exhibition
Holistic Realm: Landscape/Urbanism/ Architecture,
TAO’s practice—- Origin and Presence; Streetacre City, East Village
Domus talk series, Lecture: Architecture-Rebuilding of Memory, Beijing, 2011/10
UED Museum Design Forum, HUA Li lecture, 2011
Architecture Odyssey, HUA Li Lecture at CAFA School of Architecture, Beijing, 2009/11
Un_Natural Exhibition, Rock Chair, Beijing, 2009/04
Forum of Biennale by AREA, HUA Li Lecture: In-Site Architecture Beijing, 2008/10
Post Residential Culture, Domus talk series, HUA Li Lecture: In-between Living, Beijing, 2008/07
Forum on “Rebuilding after the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan”, Chengdu, HUA Li Lecture: Thoughts on Reconstruction, 2008/06
The 2nd Architecture Biennale Beijing, “The works of the International Young Architects and Students”, 2006/10
2012/07 Datum International Architectural Design Conference, Malaysia,

Projects

Gaoligong Museum of Handcraft Paper, 2010, completed 云南高黎贡手工造纸博物馆，2010，已建成

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XiaoQuan Elementary School, 2011, completed 四川德阳孝泉镇民族小学灾后重建，2011，已建成

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Riverside Clubhouse, 2011, completed 水边会所，2011，已建成

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