{"id":5240,"date":"2026-02-10T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=5240"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:57:25","slug":"mad-models-lishui-airport-in-china-on-mist-covered-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/mad-models-lishui-airport-in-china-on-mist-covered-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"MAD models Lishui Airport in China on &#8220;mist-covered hills&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"852\" height=\"852\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-homepage_article_featured size-homepage_article_featured lazyload\" alt=\"Lishui Airport by MAD\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lishui-airport-mad-infrastructure-china_dezeen_2364_sq-852x852-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Misty landscapes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/birds\/\">birds<\/a> in flight were visual references for this sculptural silver-white <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/airports\/\">airport terminal<\/a>, completed by Chinese studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/MAD\/\">MAD<\/a> near the city of Lishui.<span id=\"more-2295041\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now officially open to passengers, Lishui Airport is nestled within a low mountain range 15 kilometres southwest of the city in the coastal province of Zhejiang, China.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2295050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2295050\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2295050 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Lishui Airport by MAD\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1773\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lishui-airport-mad-infrastructure-china_dezeen_2364_col_0.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2295050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MAD has completed Lishui Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Lishui Airport&#8217;s site spans 2,267 hectares, the curved terminal building itself encompasses 12,000 square metres. It has eight aircraft parking bays and will accommodate up to one million domestic passengers annually.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i-mad.com\/\">MAD<\/a> said the terminal itself has a deliberately compact design, but that it is designed to feel airy and comfortable inside, thanks to a warm wood-lined interior.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2295055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2295055\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2295055 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Lishui Airport by MAD\" width=\"2364\" height=\"2249\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lishui-airport-mad-infrastructure-china_dezeen_2364_col_5.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2295055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While Lishui Airport&#8217;s site spans 2,267 hectares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We used materials with warm tones and natural textures to create a bright and airy interior,&#8221; said the studio&#8217;s founder Ma Yansong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By adopting a one and a half story layout, the airport remains compact, while supporting daily comfort and engaging in a dialogue with nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2295048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2295048\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2295048 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"White airport terminal in China\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1577\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lishui-airport-mad-infrastructure-china_dezeen_2364_arch-exist.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2295048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Its design references birds and misty hills. Photo by Arch-Exist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to MAD, the goal was for the terminal to feel as though it is part of the mountainous site, with its roof clad in silver-white aluminium panels to &#8220;respond to changing light and weather&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The roofline evokes the imagery of mist-covered hills and birds in flight, allowing the architecture to register as part of the broader landscape rather than an isolated object,&#8221; said the studio.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-in-article-wrapper\" id=\"recommended-item-single-story\">\n<article class=\"related-in-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2023\/02\/07\/mad-feather-like-terminal-3-changchun-airport\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Can this image be in the exclude lightbox list? --><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"excludeLightbox wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Aerial visual of Terminal 3 at China&#039;s Changchun Longjia International Airport by MAD\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/changchun-airport-t3-mad-architecture-infrastructure-china_dezeen_2364_sq-191x191-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article-text\">\n<h1>Read:<\/h1>\n<h2>MAD designs feather-like terminal for Changchun airport in China<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The one-and-a-half-story airport was designed in 2008, with completion wrapping up after 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>According to MAD, it was one of the &#8220;most topographically complex airport projects in East China&#8221; due to significant earthworks required to level the site.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2295057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2295057\" style=\"width: 1773px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2295057 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Lishui Airport by MAD\" width=\"1773\" height=\"2364\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lishui-airport-mad-infrastructure-china_dezeen_2364_ding-junhao2-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2295057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It is clad in silver-white aluminium. Photo by Ding Junhao<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fourteen umbrella-shaped structural columns support the sculptural, lightweight roof, which is punctured by a long skylight.<\/p>\n<p>This skylight illuminates the terminal in tandem with curtain walls, which also frame views of the surrounding mountains.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2295052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2295052\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2295052 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Wood-lined terminal interior\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1576\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lishui-airport-mad-infrastructure-china_dezeen_2364_col_2.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2295052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skylight punctures the terminal roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Completing the terminal is a sunken car park, a landscaped central promenade below the building and a double-height entrance hall that links the ground-floor arrival spaces with the upper-level departure lounge.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, the number of annual passengers is expected to increase to 1.8 million by 2030 and to five million by 2050 when an international terminal is set to be added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2295053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2295053\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2295053 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Lishui Airport by MAD\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1576\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lishui-airport-mad-infrastructure-china_dezeen_2364_col_3.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2295053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior is lined with wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MAD was founded by Yansong in Beijing in 2004. The completion of Lishui Airport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/05\/14\/mad-fenix-museum-rotterdam\/\">follows its opening of the Fenix museum in Rotterdam<\/a>, where it created a pair of giant staircases designed as a &#8220;living room for people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in China, the studio is also designing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2023\/02\/07\/mad-feather-like-terminal-3-changchun-airport\/\">the feather-like Terminal 3 at Changchun Longjia International Airport<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2019\/05\/24\/harbin-airport-terminal-three-mad-china\/\">the snowflake-shaped Harbin Airport Terminal Three<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The video is by Blackstation and the photography is by CreatAR Images unless stated otherwise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2026\/02\/10\/mad-lishui-airport\/\">MAD models Lishui Airport in China on &#8220;mist-covered hills&#8221;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\">Dezeen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misty landscapes and birds in flight were visual references for this sculptural silver-white airport terminal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5251,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240\/revisions\/5251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}