Beijing-based Vector Architects designed the Momentary City project in Hefei, China. Vector Architects pursues the fundamental simplicity and logical clarity through the everyday thinking and working process.
Hefei, like all Chinese cities, suffering a rapid transformation. The original urban fabric was torn apart and discarded, replaced by giant blocks of anonymous structures and forms. The present Hefei is just a fleeting moment on its relentless march toward the future.
So, we call it a “Momentary City”.
The neighborhoods that were demolished and the new sites that are under construction fill this “Momentary City” with scabs. We try to design such a place that creates peace and tranquility for people’s souls. It filters out the noise and dust from the outside world, but retains light and its shadow, water and its ripples, wind and it’s sounds, plants and their aroma, a series of momentary phenomena to create a memory that lasts.
