Born in Aichi, Japan, Yosuke Hayano is a first-class registered architect in Japan. He oversees all design works at MAD, directing each project team to seamlessly materialize MAD’s philosophy, from concept sketch to technical drawing to final architectural form. Yosuke also oversees MAD’s design language from the human scale to the architectural and urban scale, thus implementing MAD’s unique, site-specific architectural response for each project.

Yosuke received his Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering from Waseda University in Tokyo in 2000. He gained his Associate degree in Architecture from the Waseda Art and Architecture School in 2001, and his Master’s degree in Architecture from the Architectural Association School of London in 2003. Yosukehas been the winner of several high-profile awards in his career to date, including the Architecture League of New York Young Architects Award (2006), the Design for Asia Award (2011), and the Kumamoto Artpolis Award (2011). He served as a visiting lecturer at the Waseda Art and Architecture School from 2008 to 2012, and at Tokyo University from 2010 to 2012. In addition, he acted as an external examiner at the Architectural Association School of London from 2015 to 2019. He has been a visiting lecturer at Waseda Art and Architecture School since 2022.

Beijing Office

Born in Aichi, Japan, Yosuke Hayano is a first-class registered architect in Japan. He oversees all design works at MAD, directing each project team to seamlessly materialize MAD’s philosophy, from concept sketch to technical drawing to final architectural form. 

Situated on the site of a traditional siheyuan courtyard dating back to 1725, Courtyard Kindergarten inserts a new building onto the historic site, forming a multi-layered urban narrative where old and new co-exist.

There is a saying in old Beijing: ‘three days without beating, and the child will scale the roof and rip off the tiles!’ Somehow, it describes the freedom of climbing up high and running on the roof hat children picture. MAD imagines the rooftop as a dynamic floating structure – a colourful playground, a magical place and an escape for children. Below the roof, the kindergarten’s open-concept layout serves multiple functions, offering a free and inclusive environment, with no boundaries or obstacles.

In its entirety, Courtyard Kindergarten merges seemingly conflicting architectural elements with the new design. It retains the authenticity of the original buildings, while creating new interaction between the old and the new. It offers children an understanding of history and space, preserving their inborn passion for freedom and pure imagination.


Beijing, China

Education

YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten

Blueprint Beijing is the architectural section of the first Beijing Biennial, curated by Ma Yansong and co-organized by MAD. Opening in January 2023, the exhibition brings together architects, artists, and collectives from around the world to explore the future of Beijing through models, installations, photography, and film.

The exhibition juxtaposes historical visions of the city with speculative ideas that reimagine its future. It features 20 invited architects and artists presenting site-specific works, eight collectives showcasing archival research, and four Chinese science fiction films that offer alternative urban narratives. Through this diverse collection, Blueprint Beijing fosters dialogue between past and future, tradition and innovation, local and global perspectives.

The blueprint, both a record of history and a tool for imagining what lies ahead, serves as a central theme. Architecture shapes cities over time, and this exhibition highlights how visionary thinking can transform urban life. It examines the tensions between preservation and development, individual and collective identity, and the evolving role of architects in shaping culture.

The exhibition’s concluding video installation poses fundamental questions about architecture’s role in connecting history with the future. Blueprint Beijing is both a reflection and a provocation, offering an open-ended platform for international dialogue on the city’s future while inviting broader participation in shaping a more inclusive and livable Beijing.


Exhibition

Blueprint Beijing

On the morning of the opening ceremony, we placed a 9x9x9 feet ink ice on the China Millennium Monument and allowed it to melt with sunshine and wind for three consecutive days. The ice which is made from smoke ink of varied density, weighs 27 tons. The shape of the ink ice kept changing as it melted away and flowed in all directions on the square. The passers-by were drawn to the site, and they talked with each other about the scene with interest. In three days the ice ink as a solid entity disappeared, only leaving a black mark on the ground. The abstract symbols vanished as well, and a space for imagination in the time and the ink mark are all that is left behind.

Installation 

Ink Ice

When designing a stadium (or several stadiums), the scheme should be derived from the architect’s vision for the greater city, bringing both the competition among sports stars and the physical activity of people’s daily lives, together.

Following this ideology, Quzhou Sports Park embeds its functions into a public park. Façades disappear into the terrain, covered by greenery. Contours are engraved into the surface, some forming pedestrian pathways that weave between the mountains and over the architecture. Naturally serving as a new place for citizens to exercise, they offer the opportunity for people to climb the architecture. The lawn also provides a place where people can relax, introducing a new public green space into the city.

Upon completion, the project will become the world’s largest earth-sheltered architecture. MAD believes that the buildings and its architectural techniques should dissolve into human behavior and humanity’s greater spiritual pursuits, and to inspire the birth of a new urban civilization.


Quzhou, China

Sports Infrastructure

Quzhou Sports Park

Amazing Walk is an immersive installation for Milan Design Week 2024, created in collaboration with Amazon and INTERNI. Located in the historic Cortile della Farmacia at the University of Milan, the installation explores the relationship between architecture and nature through form, material, and light.

Standing 7.5 meters tall, the structure is made of hundreds of triangular aluminum components and is built without internal columns. Its mountain-like form encourages exploration and interaction, offering a space that feels both grounded and surreal.

A semi-reflective, transparent membrane covers the pavilion, allowing light and the surrounding architecture to pass through while providing a sense of shelter. By day, the surface reflects light and movement; by night, integrated lighting and mist soften the structure’s edges, creating a floating effect.

Built with sustainable materials, Amazing Walk shifts in appearance throughout the day and is further enhanced by virtual reality elements that add an interactive digital layer.

The installation invites visitors to pause, connect, and reimagine the boundary between the natural and built environment.



Milan, Italy

Amazing Walk

Sustainable Energy
MAD’s scheme harnesses solar and wind energies to power the HyperloopTT system. The transportation tunnels are outfitted with bendable solar panel skin modules that are used to power the Hyperloop itself, along with LEDs installed along its surface that function as interactive information boards. Bladeless wind turbine forests positioned at certain sections of the HyperloopTT system will harness the vorticity of the wind, creating a main source of power for the transportation network, lowering overall energy costs.

Small Footprint
The pylon design minimizes the system’s physical footprint by lifting its functions almost 7 meters above ground. This eliminates the possibility of collision with road traffic, which in turn decreases the cost of land acquisition. It is composed of a single-mold fiberglass structure, proving its efficiency in both its development and usage.

Urban Farming
Sustainability is further emphasized through urban farming opportunities. The base of each pylon is conceived to host crop-growing facilities that encourage urban farming. The light energy sourced from the solar-powered LEDs allows the plants to be self-sustainable, forming a friendly, green environment – a truly organic infrastructure.

Worldwide

Transportation

Matthew Pugh, Wang Tao, Chris Nolop,  Nathan Kiatkulpiboone

HyperloopTT

MAD was invited to design the Aquatic Center for the 2024 Paris Olympics in collaboration with Jacques Rougerie Architecture, Atelier Phileas, and Apma Architecture.

Located in Saint-Denis, adjacent to Stade de France, the center is one of only two new permanent venues for Paris 2024. It is connected to the stadium by a pedestrian bridge over a major roadway, forming a key urban link.

The design envisions the facility as a sculptural public artwork light, fluid, and responsive to the sky and city. Its curving, translucent form appears to float, shifting with sunlight like ripples on water. The structure accommodates 5,000 spectators during the Games and is designed to downsize post-Olympics, ensuring long-term usability.

Sustainability is central to the design. Around 70% of the building is constructed from wood to reduce carbon footprint. Solar panels help offset energy use, and rainwater is collected for irrigation across 6,000 sqm of landscaping.

A translucent curtain wall brings in natural light and serves as a 360-degree projection surface. During the Games, it will broadcast live events and local multimedia art, turning the center into an engaging public space by day and night.

Paris, France

Paris Olympics Aquatic Center

Hutong Bubble 32 is our first built prototype from its Beijing 2050 vision, originally presented at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. The concept reimagines Beijing’s rapid urban development through micro-scale interventions that preserve and adapt the historic hutong neighborhoods, rather than replacing them with large-scale developments.

Amid ongoing demolition and neglect of old Beijing’s alleyway districts, Hutong Bubble 32 offers a functional yet symbolic insertion into the decaying urban fabric. Installed in a small courtyard, the bubble houses a toilet and staircase leading to a rooftop terrace. It is designed not as a standalone object, but as an extension of community life, encouraging new uses and social interactions.

Its smooth, mirrored surface reflects the traditional wood, brick, and greenery of the courtyard, creating a contrast between old and new while visually blending into its surroundings. Rather than displacing existing residents or history, the bubble coexists with them, catalyzing neighborhood revitalization.

These bubbles are intended to gradually form a network of architectural “membranes” that reactivate the city’s cultural core. Hutong Bubble 32 is a small but powerful gesture, emphasizing that meaningful urban progress can happen through intimate, community-focused design.


Adaptive Reuse

Hutong Bubble 32

We collaborated with Sawaya & Moroni during Milan Design Week to unveil “Mogu,” a chair inspired by the rounded, organic contours of fungi. Conceived as a single unit within a larger family, “Mogu” allows multiple pieces to be clustered in flexible arrangements, transforming both indoor and outdoor spaces into inviting social settings.

Originally designed for a public art installation, “Mogu” occupies the space between furniture and sculpture. By grouping multiple units, the chairs resemble mushroom caps scattered across an urban landscape, challenging conventional seating arrangements and blending seamlessly with surrounding environments. Soft, undulating surfaces encourage a relaxed posture, while the form’s overall ambiguity invites users to interpret it freely whether as a playful seat, a shared bench, or a casual resting spot.

For Milan Design Week, we re-examined materials and production methods to enhance “Mogu’s” adaptability to diverse contexts.


Product

Mogu Chair

The “Marilyn,” is a door handle designed in collaboration with Olivari for Milan Design Week. Inspired by our “Absolute Towers” in Mississauga nicknamed the “Marilyn Monroe Towers” for their soft, curving silhouette the handle echoes the same fluid movement in miniature.

The door handle represents the first point of physical connection between a person and a space. With this in mind, “Marilyn” was designed to feel intuitive and natural from the moment of touch. Its sinuous form gently twists, referencing the continuous rotation of the towers while providing a smooth, ergonomic experience.

The horizontal curve fits easily into the palm, while the vertical surface invites the thumb to rest comfortably, offering a quiet but meaningful interaction with form.
