Article source: Jean Nouvel

In the presence of Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Mrs. Liu Yandong, deputy Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China in charge of Education, Culture, Sciences, Health, Tourism and Sport announced officially on Thursday, September 18th the launch of the design and construction of the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) by the French Architect Jean Nouvel and the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD).
Located next to the historic axis of Beijing and symbolically connected to the Forbidden City, the new National Art Museum of China will take its place by its size – 130 000 square meters – and by the importance of its collections – from the Ming Era to today – among the greatest museums of the world.

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• Architects: Jean Nouvel
• Project: NATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF CHINA (NAMOC)
• Location: Dongcheng, Beijing
• Gross area: 130.000 m²
• Plot: 30,000 m²
• Program: 
  • Permanent exhibition galleries
  • Temporary exhibition galleries
  • Research Centre
  • Education Centre
  • Public spaces and reception
  • Auditorium
  • Reserves
  • Administration of the museum
  • Services

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