LLLab. is a design studio based in Shanghai, Stuttgart and Porto operating within the fields of
architecture, design, art, urbanism, research and development. The studio is led by four partners Hanxiao
Liu, Luís Ricardo, David Correa and Taichi Kuma. Their work focuses on using design as a tool to improve
social and cultural life through various scales, from urban projects to micro-architecture or installations.
The principals are driven by an experimental and playful approach that leads to conceptually rigorous
and well-executed design projects. Creating distinctive solutions adapted to a context and its users,
LLLab produces site-specific design installations and building projects that both provoke and inspire.
LLLab. founders Hanxiao Liu, Luís Ricardo and David Correa started their own practice after meeting at
the German office haascookzemmrich STUDIO 2050 and the Institute of Computational Design, where
they collaborated on various international projects in both practical and academic fields. Key projects
include the Mercedes-Benz Cultural Center, the Fragrant Lake Residential District in Beijing, and the
Guggenheim Helsinki Competition (in which the team’s entry became one of 6 shortlisted finalists, from
the 1,715 submissions). In addition to their series of award-winning design projects, Liu, Ricardo, Correa
and Kuma have also worked at SOM in New York, RCR Arquitectes in Barcelona, Kobayashi + Zedda
Architects in Whitehorse, Canada, and Kuma & Associates Europe in Paris, France, respectively.
LLLab. projects have been widely published in international press including Archdaily, Domus, FRAME,
while their design research work has been featured at multiple international venues including the Keller
Gallery at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the BOZAR Center for Fine Arts in Brussels
among others.
Hanxiao Liu
Born in 1985
University of Britich Columbia Bachelor of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering)
University of Pennsylvania - Master of Architecture and Certificate in Landscape Studies
Luís Ricardo
Born in 1985
University of Oporto Faculty of Architecture - integrated Master in Architecture, FAUP
Asst Prof. David Correa
Born in 1981
Ryerson University - Bachelor in Architectural Science
University of Calgary - Masters of Architecture.
University of Stuttgart, ICD - PhD
Dr. Taichi Kuma
Born in 1985
University of Tokyo - Graduate School
ICD, University of Stuttgart - Guest PhD student
ITECH , University of Stuttgart -Master of Science
University of Tokyo - PhD course