LLLab.

Shanghai, China

LLLab. is a design studio based in Shanghai, Stuttgart and Porto operating within the fields of architecture, design, art, urbanism, research and development. The studio is led by four partners Hanxiao Liu, Luís Ricardo, David Correa and Taichi Kuma. Their work focuses on using design as a tool to improve social and cultural life through various scales, from urban projects to micro-architecture or installations. The principals are driven by an experimental and playful approach that leads to conceptually rigorous and well-executed design projects. Creating distinctive solutions adapted to a context and its users, LLLab produces site-specific design installations and building projects that both provoke and inspire. LLLab. founders Hanxiao Liu, Luís Ricardo and David Correa started their own practice after meeting at the German office haascookzemmrich STUDIO 2050 and the Institute of Computational Design, where they collaborated on various international projects in both practical and academic fields. Key projects include the Mercedes-Benz Cultural Center, the Fragrant Lake Residential District in Beijing, and the Guggenheim Helsinki Competition (in which the team’s entry became one of 6 shortlisted finalists, from the 1,715 submissions). In addition to their series of award-winning design projects, Liu, Ricardo, Correa and Kuma have also worked at SOM in New York, RCR Arquitectes in Barcelona, Kobayashi + Zedda Architects in Whitehorse, Canada, and Kuma & Associates Europe in Paris, France, respectively. LLLab. projects have been widely published in international press including Archdaily, Domus, FRAME, while their design research work has been featured at multiple international venues including the Keller Gallery at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the BOZAR Center for Fine Arts in Brussels among others. Hanxiao Liu Born in 1985 University of Britich Columbia Bachelor of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) University of Pennsylvania - Master of Architecture and Certificate in Landscape Studies Luís Ricardo Born in 1985 University of Oporto Faculty of Architecture - integrated Master in Architecture, FAUP Asst Prof. David Correa Born in 1981 Ryerson University - Bachelor in Architectural Science University of Calgary - Masters of Architecture. University of Stuttgart, ICD - PhD Dr. Taichi Kuma Born in 1985 University of Tokyo - Graduate School ICD, University of Stuttgart - Guest PhD student ITECH , University of Stuttgart -Master of Science University of Tokyo - PhD course