MAD architects: china wood sculpture museum
consisting of two separate exhibition spaces, the museum's design features a fluid body form which explores the relationship between the building and its environment.
prefer designboom on google‘china wood sculpture museum’ by MAD architects in harbin, china all images courtesy MAD architects
internationally renowned firm MAD architects has sent us images of ‘china wood sculpture museum’, a new facility dedicated to the arts in harbin, china. located in one of the most rapidly expanding creative regional hub in northern china, the project is one of three cultural buildings the beijing-based firm was commissioned to design in 2009.
street view
influenced by the local winter landscapes, the design aims to expand on the contrasting qualities between nature and the speed of daily life. the 200 meter-long museum negotiates the site’s conditions while exploring the relationship between the building and the environment, resulting in a dynamic form that resembles a frozen fluid.
approach
in line with the continuous nature of the exterior, the museum’s circulation flows uninterrupted between two exhibition spaces. connected by a central entrance, curved wall forms open up to the skylights above, filling the voids adjacent to the galleries with natural daylight. pockets and openings between levels provide visual transparency, connecting the energy of the building’s activities together.
atrium
interior levels
circulation space
overall view
physical model
entrance
detail
construction shot
exploded axo
site plan
cross section
cross section
cross section
sectional models
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