Ma Yansong decorates abandoned building with colourful fishing-net installation

Architect Ma Yansong has created Timeless Beacon, an installation constructed from multicoloured fishing nets and reflective film that covers an abandoned market building in China. The installation envelops an abandoned three-storey waterfront market building in Taiping Xu in the Guangdong province of China, which was once a bustling commercial area for trading. The structure's lower floors were wrapped vertically in ribbons of reflective film that aim to blur the facade of the building with its surroundings. “A three-story building is wrapped in reflective film, a new material that blurrily mirrors the surrounding old streets through the building's facade and inner space, respectively,“ Ma, who is the founder of architecture studio MAD, said. Read more on Dezeen: WATCH NEXT: Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest architecture and design movies: Like Dezeen on Facebook: Follow Dezeen on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Check out our Pinterest: