Archi‐Union Architects, City of Breeze, Shenzhen Bay, Shenzhen, China

What happens when ancient cultural practices are combined with the most current design technologies? Archi‐Union Architects used the opportunity of their entry to the 2014 Shenzhen Bay ‘Super City’ International Competition to develop a bespoke generational method that integrated feng shui with advanced environmental simulation techniques. Philip F Yuan, the founder and director of Archi‐Union Architects, who is Associate Professor in Architecture at Tongji University, Shanghai, here describes the City of Breeze project and the design methodology behind it.