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The Selected Architectural Solution of Modern Museums in China in the Aspect of Manifestation of Traditional Culture


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Figure 1.

The Ningbo Historical Museum. The shape of the museum building reflects the nature of the outlines of the nearby mountains
The Ningbo Historical Museum. The shape of the museum building reflects the nature of the outlines of the nearby mountains

Figure 2.

Repetition in the structure of the museum building of local relief
Repetition in the structure of the museum building of local relief

Figure 3.

The Folk-art galleries for China Academy of Arts. In the form of the roofs of the museum building, one can see an appeal to the outlines of the local mountains
The Folk-art galleries for China Academy of Arts. In the form of the roofs of the museum building, one can see an appeal to the outlines of the local mountains

Figure 4.

The Museum of Handcraft Paper. Adaptation of the architectural solution of the museum building to the scale of rural buildings
The Museum of Handcraft Paper. Adaptation of the architectural solution of the museum building to the scale of rural buildings

Figure 5.

The Museum of Handcraft Paper. Integration of the architectural solution of the museum building into the surrounding landscape
The Museum of Handcraft Paper. Integration of the architectural solution of the museum building into the surrounding landscape

Figure 6.

The Mu Xin Museum of Art in Wuzhe. The architectural form of the museum building is an interpretation of the quarters of the historical part of the city
The Mu Xin Museum of Art in Wuzhe. The architectural form of the museum building is an interpretation of the quarters of the historical part of the city

Architectural and design techniques for creating museum buildings in China, demonstrating a professional rethinking of regional and cultural features

Object Form making and scale Local materials and nature of enclosing surfaces Traditional technologies Religious teachings, cultural traditions
Ningbo Historic Museum

– cracks in a monolithic form that resemble surrounding mountains;

– enlarged scale providing communication with surrounding landscape;

– brick and tile from villages destroyed in this place;

– bamboo for formwork;

– local “wapan” technology based on the use of building materials from destroyed buildings;

– resource saving as a traditional virtue;

Xinjin Zhi Museum in Chengdu

– spiral shape organizing upward movement;

– tiles made according to traditional technology;

– use of natural water surface near the building;

– traditional technology of roof tiles production;

– clear stagnant water, in Buddhism symbolizes contemplative perception;

Folk-art galleries for China Academy of Arts

– resembles the relief of a hill on which the building is located;

– a block model with individual pitched roofs interprets traditional village;

– a scale of rural buildings;

– local tiles from destroyed old buildings;

– relationship with environment, unity with nature that corresponds to Taoism;

Museum of Handcraft Paper

– broken roof shapes that are identical to surrounding hilly area;

– space-planning solution interprets traditional rural house;

– scale of rural buildings;

– local materials: wood, bamboo, handmade paper, volcanic stone;

– the system of wooden structures traditional for this region;

– relationship with environment, unity with nature that corresponds to Taoism;

My Xin Art Museum in Wuzhen

– parallel epipeds interconnected in sections remind city blocks;

– the scale is coordinated with the nature of historical urban area;

– texture of wooden boards on a concrete surface;

– a traditional way of buildings' location on the water;

– in Buddhism water surface near the building personifies eternal flow of material world, and its transparency symbolizes contemplative perception;

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Architecture and Design, Architecture, Architects, Buildings