2025-01-05
POA Architects

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Pan Chengshou, born on October 30, 1990, is a Chinese architect, founder and creative partner of Pan of Architects (POA).


In 2020, he founded POA Architects. By 2024, the company had expanded its partners, and famous projects included Ouhai Bay Public Rental Housing, Gold International Plaza, Oulian Auto Plaza, Wuqian Sports Park, China Eye Valley Convention and Exhibition Center, "Phoenix Green Valley" Comprehensive Bonded Zone Project, Binhai Water Treatment Plant Covered Intelligent Industrial Park, Wuhan Optics Valley East Neighborhood Center, Yunhechao, and Digital Agriculture Cooperative.


Since 2024, Pan Chengshou has won many architectural competitions. On September 25, 2024, Pan Chengshou was featured on the cover of the French "Design Collection" magazine and won the 2024 FDC AWARD "International Influence Cover Person of the Year" award. 2024Perspective 40 under 40 Annual Award.


In November 2024, the Royal Institute of British Architects invited Pan Chengshou to become a British Royal Chartered Architect (RIBA), and in 2024 he was also invited to join the American Institute of Architects (AIA).




Chinese name                   Pan Chengshou

Nationality                        China

Ethnicity                           Han

Date of birth                     1990

Graduated from                 Zhejiang Wanli University

Occupation                        Architect

Major achievements            Founder and partner of POA Architecture

Place of birth                     Zhejiang

Representative works          Ouhai Bay Public Rental Housing, Gold International Plaza, Oulian Auto Plaza, Wuqian Sports Park, China Eye Valley Convention and Exhibition Center, "Phoenix Green Valley" Comprehensive Bonded Zone Project, Binhai Water Treatment Plant Covered Intelligent Industrial Park, Wuhan Optical Valley East Neighborhood Center

Gender                              Male





Contents

1. Personal experience

2. Occupation

▪2015-2019

▪2020-2023

▪2024 to present: International vision

3. Design concept

4. Major achievements

5. Major works

6 Published books



Personal experience

Pan Chengshou, who studied at the Department of Architecture of Zhejiang Wanli University, won the Zhejiang Province Undergraduate Scientific Research Innovation Team Project Research Award in 2009, and received a bachelor's degree in engineering and an excellent graduation design in 2012. He obtained the certification of architectural engineer in 2018, developed China's first batch of future community pilots "Ouhai Nanhu Future Community" in 2020, and was selected into the Future Community Expert Database in 2021. In 2024, he was invited to join the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and in 2024 he also became a British Royal Chartered Registered Architect (RIBA). In 2024, he designed the China Eye Valley Convention and Exhibition Center, the Binhai Water Treatment Plant Cover Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park, and the Belt and Road Initiative in the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, which attracted the attention of the industry and was invited to be included in the international publication "China Architectural Design Works Yearbook". In 2024, POA Shanghai Office was established and won the "Annual International Influence Cover Person" award from a French magazine.



Career

2015-2019

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The first major achievement was the European Bay public rental housing designed by Pan Chengshou in Wenzhou in 2019. It connects 12 residential neighborhoods through spreading clouds and is completed in 2024. The design pays great attention to daylight, privacy and vision. All apartments can see the surrounding diagonal landscape. The buildings are no longer isolated, but enclosed or semi-enclosed courtyard spaces. The corridors are bright and the comfortable space scale makes people feel a sense of belonging and intimacy. In 2020, this building won the first batch of pilot models of future communities in China.


2020-2023


POA Architects (POA) was established in 2020. As an independent company, by 2024, POA had won numerous architectural competitions and international awards.

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POA designed the complex project Gold International Plaza in 2021 and completed it in November 2024. It designed a headquarters park integrating offices, apartments and convention centers. The building uses a green roof. "The client believes that the green roof is an integral part of the building. This not only provides the environmental benefits of the green roof we are familiar with, but also increases the visual effect of the roof terrace."


Their third medical project, "Tengjiao Central Health Center", was designed and constructed in 2022. The theme of the entire building is people-oriented and patient-centered, with a compact layout, scientific processes, and avoidance of cross-infection. The building is expected to be completed in 2027.


In 2022, POA won the design competition for the China Longgang Digital Agriculture Cooperative. The construction of China's first digital agriculture innovation project with a construction area of 10,191.65 square meters began in 2022, representing the beginning of the road to rural revitalization. Expected to be completed in 2025



2024 to present: International perspective


Pan Chengshou designed a Phoenix Green Valley Comprehensive Bonded Zone project for Yiwu in 2024. Covering an area of 718,500 square meters, this is a project that can provide logistics, processing, maintenance, trade and other bonded services to the world. The project fully meets the needs of the community and promotes regional development. The roof uses solar photovoltaic panels and is designed as an entire ecosystem, which is an important foundation for future sustainable urban development.
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The Wuqian Sports Park designed by POA started construction in Cangnan, China in 2024. The project has made great contributions to promoting local mass sports. The construction area is about 35,000 square meters. The project is mainly centered on the citizens' desire to build a unique land art park, breaking the traditional independent spatial relationship between gymnasiums and parks.



Design Concept

Pan Chengshou said: "For us, it is more important to spread our ideas. Architecture ultimately achieves the goal of harmonious coexistence between heaven, earth and man. This is the long-term consensus of Chinese architectural theory from the past to the future. The most important tradition of Chinese architecture is the perception and creativity based on the idea of "harmony between man and nature", which is also an important factor in the continuous development of our national culture. The vitality of Chinese architecture is not the pursuit of formal innovation, but the creation of the future.





Main achievements

2024: Perspective 40 under 40 Annual Award

2024: GFDA Global Future Design Award

2024: International Influence Cover Figure, French "FDC AWARD" Magazine

2024: AIA Associate Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA)

2024: RIBA Chartered Member, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

Won the Architectural Engineer in 2018

Won the Zhejiang Provincial Undergraduate Scientific Research Innovation Team Project Research Award in 2009




Main works

2023-2027     Tengjiao Central Hospital                                 Competition       Pingyang, China       Under construction


2020-2024     Ouhai Bay Public Rental Housing                       Competition       Ouhai, China            Completed


2021-2024      Gold International Plaza                                    Commission      Ruian, China             Completed


2022              Longgang International Printing Market                 Proposal          Longgang, China       Proposal


2022              Dongtou Citizen Center                                       Proposal          Dongtou, China         Proposal


2022-2025     Digital Agriculture Cooperative                             Competition      Longgang, China     Under Construction


2022-2027  "Wangshan" Water Plant in Southern Zhejiang           Competition      Cangnan, China      Under Construction


2023-2028   Ruian Agricultural Technology College                     Competition       Ruian, China          In-depth Design


2023-2027    Wuqian Sports Park                                              Commission       Cangnan, China     Under construction


2023             Wenzhou Grain Processing Park                             Proposal             Longwan, China     Proposal


2023              Vineyard Club                                                      Proposal             Ouhai, China         Proposal


2023              East 31st Street Apartment                                    Proposal             Ouhai, China         Proposal


2023-2025      Oulian Auto Plaza                                               Commissioned    Longwan, China    Under construction


2024-2029      "Phoenix Green Valley"                                        Competition        China Yiwu             Scheme Design


2024-2029       Binhai Water Treatment Plant                              Competition        Longwan, China      Scheme Design


2024-2028   China Eye Valley Convention and Exhibition Center    Competition           ·                        Scheme Design


2024-2029     Wuhan Optics Valley East Neighborhood Center      Competition         Wuhan, China         Scheme Design


2024                Shenzhen No. 31 Senior High School                     Proposal             Shenzhen, China      Proposal



Published books (books about POA)
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French Design Converge Magazine

Publisher: Editorial Board of French Design Converge Magazine

Author: Pan Chengshou

Work Time: 2024-11


French Design Converge Magazine, English name Design Converge, was founded in 2013. It is a professional international design magazine founded by China International Interior Design Network. In 2019, Design Converge Magazine reached a strategic cooperation with the French CEIDA China-Europe International Design Association and registered for an international publication number at the International Series of Publications Registration Center (CIEPSISSN International Center) in Paris, France.


In 2014, the cover story of the December issue of French Design Converge Magazine introduced POA Architecture, published an exclusive interview with Pan Chengshou, and was selected as the annual international influential cover figure. POA's column article "The Belt and Road International Supply Chain Project of the "Phoenix Green Valley" Comprehensive Bonded Zone" was published. The article pointed out that we need a dialogue between universal architecture and the environment, and are committed to exploring a future path of organic symbiosis and sustainable development between people, architecture and the environment.