AOE Architecture Group was founded in 2016, inspired by the renowned quote from American architect and theorist Bernard Tschumi: “There is no architecture without an event.”
This philosophy forms the core of AOE Construction Group’s approach to architecture. Emerging in a dynamic and rapidly evolving era, the group embraces vitality and rejects exaggerated, superficial decoration. Instead, it focuses on exploring the relationship between users and architectural space. The team prioritizes logically constructed environments—carefully considering materials, structure, and craftsmanship—while opposing mere formalistic design. AOE Construction Group consistently adheres to the principles of cultural inheritance and innovation, transcending mere form to inspire diverse “architectural events.”
Over the past four years, AOE Construction Group has embarked on a distinctive creative journey, showcasing six carefully selected representative projects. These works reflect thoughtful exploration into humanities, art, nature, technology, and material innovation. Each building is thoroughly researched and designed in response to its city, context, environment, terrain, and community. Beyond meeting homeowners’ needs, these buildings contribute positively to the living environment, creating beautiful spaces for users to live and work.
In architectural evolution, form emerges as a logical outcome, with events serving as the source of this logic. Variations in influencing factors during the design process lead to diverse final forms, which define the unique character of AOE’s team.
AOE Construction Group believes architecture is not defined solely by architects; styles and genres are subjective interpretations of the objective world. While fulfilling fundamental functional requirements, buildings can possess infinite possibilities—architects are simply discoverers and facilitators of these potentials through their expertise.
The following six projects illustrate how the AOE Construction Team crafts spaces that inspire meaningful events.
01 Rongchuang State Guest No.1 Courtyard
Project Details:
Type: Commercial Building
Location: Chongqing
Status: Completed
Area: 2000 square meters
The designers distilled the essence of Chinese architectural culture by integrating new technologies, materials, and concepts to create contemporary Chinese architecture that reflects the spirit of the times. Rongchuang No.1 Courtyard functions both as a sales office and a kindergarten, blending two distinct spatial functions seamlessly. While satisfying the kindergarten’s practical requirements, the design also embodies the Zen spirit of traditional Chinese architecture, infusing cultural depth into this commercial building.
Unlike Western architecture, which often emphasizes geometric forms built from bricks and stone, Chinese architectural tradition highlights the logical beauty of structural elements. Traditional buildings follow natural mechanical laws through components such as columns, beams, wooden arches, rafters, and curved roofs. This project applies these aesthetic principles while overcoming traditional material constraints.
Modern metal materials are utilized to create a detachable, eco-friendly exterior facade. The natural sagging of the metal forms graceful, dynamic arcs. The overhanging eaves produce a shaded gray space that seamlessly integrates with the surrounding natural environment, embodying a harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. Semi-transparent green metal curtain materials subtly transition between interior and exterior spaces, enriching spatial layers while providing energy-saving sunshade functions.
02 Chongqing Shanxiao Demonstration Zone – Floating Oriental Scenery in the Clouds
Project Details:
Type: Commercial Building
Location: Chongqing
Status: Completed
Area: 1026 square meters
Situated in Chongqing’s Nanshan district—a cultural symbol of the city—this sales office design draws inspiration from the texture of the local land. The concept, “learning from the land”, shapes an innovative lifestyle aesthetic museum. From afar, the building resembles a glass box nestled within the southern mountains, harmonizing with the continuous mountain range to evoke a serene atmosphere.
Embracing the secluded mountain scenery, the design fosters a tranquil retreat between city life and nature. Inspired by traditional Nanshan architecture and landscapes, modern technology and artistic expression transform this heritage into a contemporary architectural language that evokes a hidden poetic atmosphere.
The main building is compact and elegant, blending naturally into its surroundings. Its facade features perforated panels arranged as louvers around the curtain wall for shading, creating a continuous, organic form reminiscent of Nanshan’s clouds and mist. A timed misting system enhances this effect by enveloping the building in fog, camouflaging it within the mountain landscape. Away from urban noise, this space offers tranquility and relaxation.
The design respects the scale and characteristics of mountain architecture and local living habits. It incorporates open, freely flowing public corridors to maximize interactions between people and nature. Exterior colors are inspired by traditional residences, and the play of light and shadow from sunlight further enhances integration with the environment.
03 Heze Guangzhou Road No.1 Courtyard
Project Details:
Type: Commercial Building
Location: Heze, Shandong
Status: Completed
Area: 1560 square meters
As urbanization advances, developers increasingly target third- and fourth-tier cities to expand their markets, making exhibition centers key venues for showcasing brand strength and design philosophy. Developers aim to attract customers and boost sales through outstanding design.
Unlike typical exhibition centers with single functions that often face demolition or renovation after sales, this project seeks to create an iconic public building for the region through a distinctive design.
Located at the junction of Guangzhou Road and Minjiang Road in Heze’s development zone, the building’s unique geography and human-centered, sustainable design create a meaningful urban public space for local residents. The concept draws from the Art Deco supremacy of the 1920s, expressing the relationship between physical and virtual spaces in the information age.
Reflecting the growing virtual engagement in the digital era, the spatial blocks intentionally evoke a “floating” instability, resembling traces left on glass surfaces.
The exhibition center features floor-to-ceiling glass windows that maximize transparency, revealing the vibrant interior and attracting visitors.
Inside, stainless steel plates with varying reflectivity create a dynamic play of blocks, light, shadow, color, and materials, immersing visitors in a virtual world.
Through rethinking and deconstructing the traditional exhibition center, the project transcends a single real estate sales function, serving the local community and inspiring an ongoing pursuit of quality living and appreciation of everyday beauty.
04 Chongqing Rongchuang No.1 Institute
Project Details:
Type: Commercial Building
Location: Yubei District, Chongqing
Status: Completed
Area: 3210.56 square meters
Located in Chongqing’s main city core, built along a mountainside, the project integrates the existing architecture with terrain and environmental factors to enrich the spatial experience.
The building resembles a community public art center rather than a sales center. Drawing inspiration from mountains and stones, the design breaks traditional enclosure patterns, creating a fluid visual experience and a highly recognizable sculptural form. Materials such as Roman perforated panels, acrylic rods, glass, and metal are creatively combined, with careful manipulation of light and shadow to produce a dreamlike atmosphere.
The main entrance features a steel riveted structure with triangular supports creating a lightweight frame. The transparency of the glass box is achieved through point clamps and pressure grooves, complemented by an 8-meter glass overhang on the facade, adding dynamic form. Surrounding walls use suspended steel columns and composite panels to reduce load.
The “Thousand Paper Cranes” concept is realized through stainless steel plate keels with subtle angle variations, creating rhythmic openings and closings inside. Colorful aluminum panels on the exterior are folded and hung to achieve a graceful, dazzling appearance, producing harmony between interior and exterior.
The design narrates the relationship between architecture, nature, society, and people in Chongqing, repositioning contemporary life and using architecture as a medium to inspire meaningful urban stories and enrich lives.
05 Shuifa Information Town Industrial Center – Jade on the Wilderness
Project Details:
Type: Commercial Building
Location: Jinan, Shandong
Status: Built in 2020
Area: 5200 square meters
Located in the Changqing Economic Development Zone in Jinan, this area remains largely undeveloped, surrounded by wild farmland and scattered high-voltage power lines. To distinguish the building from its environment, the design concept extends inward from the exterior. Inspired by Wang Wei’s poem “Autumn Night in the Mountain Residence,” the four “stone” buildings are crafted from interlocking white perforated panels, evoking a serene cultural atmosphere reminiscent of mountain waterfalls.
The building accommodates sales display, industrial exhibition, and office functions. To reduce visual clutter from the chaotic surroundings, geometric landscape ramps were designed around the main west entrance. As visitors enter, elevated terrain gradually obscures external views, focusing attention on the building itself. The entire structure is enveloped by perforated panels with irregular gaps, connecting it subtly with the outside world. The natural intersections define the building’s entrance.
Illuminated from within, the building glows softly through the perforated panels at night, resembling jade shining in the wilderness. The landscape design reflects Jinan’s nickname, “Spring City,” featuring a waterfall facade descending from a four-meter stone staircase connected by a bridge. The exterior simulates a roaring waterfall, while the interior offers a placid water surface, symbolizing movement and stillness.
The interior continues the perforated panel theme, with a four-story atrium featuring a sand table as the focal point. Natural light filters through skylights and observation windows set within the panels, enriching the space with interactivity. The ground floor houses the sales center, with walls that extend the building’s form inward. Two connecting bridges above the atrium promote connectivity between floors, while mirrored stainless steel surfaces reflect and amplify the space. Observation windows allow visitors to view the sand table from different vantage points, enhancing spaciousness and brightness.
The second floor serves as an industrial exhibition hall, with interior facades shaped like folded paper walls consistent with the architectural language. The motif of “stones” runs throughout, linking the reception area and exhibition spaces. The varied wall shapes diversify spatial experiences.
The seamless integration of architecture, landscape, and interior design makes the project a distinct landmark contrasting its environment, meeting display needs and opening new development opportunities.
06 China-Italy Cultural Exchange City Reception Room
Project Details:
Type: Cultural Architecture
Location: Tianfu New Area, Chengdu
Status: Built
Area: 1695.8 square meters
Chengdu, known for its rich history spanning 4500 years of civilization and 2300 years as a city, was visited by Marco Polo in the 13th century, who noted its bridges, Jinjiang River, and Shu Bu in his travelogue. In recent years, under the Belt and Road Initiative, Chengdu Tianfu Cultural and Creative City was developed. The Sino-Italian Cultural Exchange Center is a key component, aimed at fostering cultural and civilizational exchange between China and Italy.
The architects sought to bridge cultural differences between China and the West through design. Elements were inspired by the ancient Chinese “Ruyi” gift symbolizing friendship and prosperity, while the Italian Pavilion reflects the essence of Italy’s iconic squares. Drawing from the arches and domes of ancient Rome, multiple circular plazas are enclosed and interconnected to create vibrant multifunctional spaces for exhibitions, conferences, receptions, and dining.
The building’s pure white walls and three-dimensional lighting effects under sunlight create a striking presence. Expansive glass surfaces extend indoor space into the outdoors, forming a dynamic seasonal mural. Material variations blur boundaries between inside and outside, integrating the building with its natural surroundings. Energy-efficient materials like low-e glass, local wood, and rooftop vegetation promote sustainability.
The ecological forest surrounding the exhibition hall forms the core of the design. Circular spaces are divided into indoor and outdoor plazas. The entrance’s fountain square is encircled by three semicircular outdoor spaces, while the Italian square is framed by ruins of Roman arches. These plazas and outdoor theaters reproduce typical Italian city square forms. Visitors can reach Piazza del Popolo through an eaves corridor and ascend curved stairs to two rooftop gardens juxtaposing natural vegetation and stone. From the rooftop, cultural corridors and bridges connect to the Chinese Culture Museum, symbolizing the Silk Road’s land and water routes between East and West.
Spatially, the design offers great flexibility for exhibitions. The building’s staggered heights allow visitors to enjoy varied views. Indoor spaces consist of 10 circular walls of varying sizes, facilitating smooth circulation. High glass walls unify interior and exterior views, incorporating outdoor landscapes into the exhibition experience.
Three circular interior spaces—the reception hall, multifunctional hall, and multimedia exhibition hall—are arranged around the central exhibition hall. Water features and sculptures enhance the reception area’s ambiance. Wall openings allow control of lighting and atmosphere, enriching the visitor experience.
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