This document profiles Asynsis Architecture + Design Ltd., an international architecture and design firm led by Nigel Reading. It provides details about Asynsis' projects in various cities in China and abroad. It also includes photos of conceptual designs and completed projects applying Asynsis' principle of "form follows flow" inspired by natural patterns. Nigel Reading's background and credentials in sustainable design are highlighted.

1. ASYNSIS
Architecture + Design
Form follows Flow
Shanghai | Hong Kong | London
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ASYNsis Architecture + Design Ltd Form follows Flow: More for Less | Ideas Realised
Hong Kong Spin – West Kowloon Cultural District – Zhong-中- Phi- φ – A celebration of “One-country Two-systems”
and symbolising the Asynsis principle-Constructal law of Design in Nature
ASYNSIS Design Director Nigel Reading – Recent Designs: 2012-15

2. • Wanzhou City
Yang Yangtse River
• Chongqing
Nigel Anthony Reading RIBA LEED GA Design Director, Asynsis Architecture + Design
Hong Kong-Australian raised, London educated, ARB-UK registered Eurasian bilingual Senior Architect and Interior Designer with
substantial Masterplanning & Landscape design expertise. 25 Years of experience with over a decade in the Asia-Pacific including 7
years in Shanghai & Hong Kong-Macau, with numerous consultant, industry and stakeholder contacts. Design, construction and
operations optimisation paradigm pioneer and sustainable design thought-leader. Designer for Shangri-La-Kerry Parkside, Grand
Hyatt-City of Dreams & Galaxy Macau, Disney-Shanghai, InterIKEA-China, Tianjin EcoCity-Keppel Land, BBC World, NM Rothschild &
Sons, Eden Project, London Overground, Westfield, Maitreya Buddha, Wanzhou City - Chongqing (below) and the iconic Hong Kong
Spin. Chartered member of the RIBA, founder member of RIBA-HK chapter and USGBC LEED GA accredited.
So Li means then the order of Qi flow, the wonderful dancing pattern of liquid, because Lao-tzu likens Tao to water:
The great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, it loves and nourishes all things.
Alan Watts, Taoism

3. InterIKEA Wuhan

4. InterIKEA Wuhan

5. InterIKEA Wuhan – Heart Hub – Four Seasons: Spring with
Rain & Ripple hanging Sculpture

6. InterIKEA Wuhan – Retail Street – Four Seasons: Summer &
Aalvar Alto Pavilion Island

7. InterIKEA Wuhan – Rain & Ripples - Lakes Theme: Floors & Ceilings

8. Ceiling Feature Details – Downstands naturally allow for structure/services
coordination

9. Ceiling Ripple Features concentrated at Welcome Halls

10. Floor Ripple Features concentrated at Welcome Halls

11. IKEA store main entrance: Welcome Hall 1

12. IKEA store main entrance: Welcome Hall 1

13. IKEA store main entrance: Welcome Hall 1

14. Inter IKEA mall south entrance: Welcome Hall 3 – Heart Hub

15. Escalator options

16. Rain-Ripple/Rods-Rings Central Heart Hub hanging sculpture, inspired by
the Asynsis principle, designed by NR in glass and steel

17. Heart Hub

18. Ice Rink Ceiling Study

19. Ice Rink Floor Study

20. Four Seasons and Wayfinding Colour-coded Public Lift Cores

21. Public WC with Forest Super-graphics

22. Public WC Study

23. Shopfronts along Aalto Island

24. Welcome Hall 4 – LRT Link with auspicious Wuchang Fish Theme

25. Welcome Hall 4 – LRT Link with auspicious Wuchang Fish Theme

26. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace

27. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace

28. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace

29. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace
(Referencing the Water Gardens for which Nantong is famed)

30. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace

31. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace

32. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace
Form follows Flow – Double Loading – In+External Frontages

33. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace - Birdseye

34. Nantong Incity Mall – River Walk – Emerald Necklace - Sketch

35. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall - Fishtraps

36. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall - Fishscales

37. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall – Option 1

38. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall

39. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall

40. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall - Vernacular

41. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall – Option 2

42. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall

43. Qingdao-Jiaozhu City East River Renaissance Mall

44. Tianjin Eco-City Seasons City Gaia Mall Studies

45. Tianjin Eco-City Seasons City Gaia Mall Studies

46. Tianjin Eco-City Seasons City Gaia Mall Studies

47. Tianjin Eco-City Seasons City Gaia Mall Studies – Option 1

48. Tianjin Eco-City Seasons City Gaia Mall Studies – Option 1

49. Tianjin Eco-City Seasons City Gaia Mall Studies – Option 2

50. Tianjin Eco-City Seasons City Gaia Mall Studies – Option 3

51. Disney Resort Shanghai – Cinderella/Buzz+Woody Hotels

52. Disney Resort Shanghai – Cinderella/Buzz+Woody Hotels

53. Disney Resort Shanghai – Cinderella/Buzz+Woody Hotels

54. Disney Resort Shanghai – Cinderella/Buzz+Woody Hotels

55. Parkway Shanghai International 5 Star Private VIP Hospital

56. Parkway Shanghai International 5 Star Private VIP Hospital
Main Entrance Lobby

57. Parkway Shanghai International 5 Star Private VIP Hospital
Main Entrance Lift Lobby

58. Parkway Shanghai International 5 Star Private VIP Hospital
VIP Entrance Lobby

59. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

60. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

61. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

62. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

63. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

64. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

65. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

66. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

67. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions

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Conceptual References

91. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions
Conceptual References

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Conceptual References

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Conceptual References

94. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions
Conceptual References

95. Qingdao – Jiaozhu City East River Public Park Pavilions
Conceptual References

96. Nigel Anthony Reading RIBA-LEED GA
Design Director
ASYNSIS Architecture + Design
Form follows Flow
Ideas Realised : Poetic Pragmatism
Dao of Design: Providing Transformative Leadership in Transcultural, Sustainable Design
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More 4 Less. A new optimal design, construction & operations paradigm
Asynsis Principle-Constructal Law Team @ ARUP Foresight & Innovation,
London Friday 3 May 2013 http://wp.me/p1zCSP-2V
Asynsis presents @ Constructal Law Conference, Nanjing University of Science & Technology
Nanjing Tuesday 15 October 2013 http://wp.me/p1zCSP-3q
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