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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Minsheng Museum of Modern Art in Beijing, China by Studio Zhu-PeiAugust 30th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Studio Zhu-Pei The construction of the Minsheng Museum of Modern Art in Beijing, the biggest private museum in China, was financed by the Minsheng Bank. The museum building is a converted former Panasonic factory built in 1979. We used the factory hall with its simple concrete skeleton structure and modular façade almost as found, adding only a few interventions to make the new use visible. The museum design divides the building volume into different functions, which are supported by an external courtyard-like space, a roof terrace and a sculpture park. The renovation preserved the industrial character of the building, contrasting this in occasional places with new materials. The strongest intervention was needed for a new lobby that signals the entrance from the outside. It consists of interlocking cubes that blend together to form a multi-storey space. Generous, conical stairways are illuminated by skylights, and encourage informal use. The three exhibition rooms, the courtyard and the book-store are accessed from the lobby. Additional functions, including the auditorium, media library, cafeteria and restaurant are accessed from a corridor along the courtyard.  Exterior, Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei
 Exterior, Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei During the renovation process, we kept many existing traces of use, thus lending the museum a rougher character. The modular façade glazing calls to mind the former industrial use. This serial expression contrasts with the special treatment of the inserted cubes that form the lobby, which are clad with aluminium panels of only five millimetres thickness. Their striking velvety expression is further enhanced by the blurry reflections that layer over the diagonal grid pattern of the panels, reminiscent of textile qualities of traditional quilted silk jackets in the sun.  Main entrance, Image Courtesy © Zhu Qingsheng  1F Lobby and atrium, Image Courtesy © Zhu Qingsheng  Lobby and atrium, Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  1F Lobby, Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  1F Lobby, Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  Main stair &Exhibition terrace & Amphitheatre, Image Courtesy © Zhu Qingsheng  Atrium, Image Courtesy © Fang-Zhenning  Opening Ceremony, Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  New in Old, Image Courtesy © Qingzhu Image  Courtyard & Outdoor exhibiton space, Image Courtesy © Qingzhu Image  Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei  Image Courtesy © Studio Zhu-Pei
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