Qin Pang on designing architecture as an evolving system: featured in PropertyGuru magazine

What would an architect design with no constraints? Not a tower or museum, but ​“a megastructure that functions like nature itself: filtering air, processing waste, and generating energy without becoming the centrepiece,” says Qin Pang, Director and Head of Benoy Shanghai Studio.

After two decades navigating China’s urban transformation, Pang has shifted from spectacle to systems, prioritising what architecture enables over what it shows. His approach balances commercial success with urban quality, proving the two aren’t contradictory but complementary.

Read how he’s shaping Shanghai’s Xujiahui district and other new urban landmarks, and why he believes the next generation of architects must work at the micro scale to inject vitality back into cities:

PropertyGuru Property Report No.192 – October/​November 2025