ZUHAI CITY MUSEUM
Zhuhai, China
Artificial Lighting
Client: HUAFA Group
Architect: gmp International
Completion year: 2020
Images: CreatAR
The design of the Zuhai City Museum comprises a vertical and a horizontal tract. Together, they combine to form a sculptural ensemble. This contrasting duality reflects both the local situation between the mountains and the coast as well as the museum program – the exhibition areas provide visitors with a view into the past and the future of the city. The architects of gmp synchronise both these aspects to create a uniform architectural gesture.
Visitors enter the museum from the coastal road via the foyer in the linking part between the two tracts. The horizontal part of the building to the south facing the mountains exhibits, on two exhibition levels, the history of the city’s development in this traditional coastal region at the Pearl River Delta. In the exhibition area dedicated to the planning of the town, visitors are guided upwards along a spiral gangway to explore the cascading sequence of stacked exhibition rooms.
The design of the Zuhai City Museum comprises a vertical and a horizontal tract. Together, they combine to form a sculptural ensemble. This contrasting duality reflects both the local situation between the mountains and the coast as well as the museum program – the exhibition areas provide visitors with a view into the past and the future of the city. The architects of gmp synchronise both these aspects to create a uniform architectural gesture.
Visitors enter the museum from the coastal road via the foyer in the linking part between the two tracts. The horizontal part of the building to the south facing the mountains exhibits, on two exhibition levels, the history of the city’s development in this traditional coastal region at the Pearl River Delta. In the exhibition area dedicated to the planning of the town, visitors are guided upwards along a spiral gangway to explore the cascading sequence of stacked exhibition rooms.