Yuan Art Museum

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Cultural Architecture
Firm LocationShanghai, China
CompanySHUISHI
Lead ArchitectXu Jinwei/Xie Yuan
Design TeamChen Jing/ Hu Zhichao/ Wang Youwen/ Zhang Kairui/ he Yanjiao
ClientSUNRIVER

The "tree-like" form is an ideal structure providing people with two different perceptions of the space: the place of shelter under the "shade", and the space of "branches" looking up. These are perhaps two of life's most primal spatial needs, the safe sense of belonging and the curiosity of exploring faraway places. a buffered space to act as a filter for the mind - an elliptical circular gallery with a 180m circumference. An undulating and shifting ethereal realm wrapped in a circular corridor. Through abstraction, the land, water, forests and hillsides in nature are symbolized.