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ATTRACTIONS IN CHINA


Sifang Art Museum NANJING


Innovative architects Steven Holl have also designed The Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing, which hit the public arena last November. The structure explores the viewpoints, structures and materials that influence Chinese painting.


Four museums will be connected by a light loop mimicking China’s massive Jiaozhou Bay Bridge


Qingdao Culture & Art Centre QINGDAO


Chinese port city Qingdao is to become the home of a huge two million sq ft (185,806sq m) cultural complex featuring museums, galleries and art islands. The Qingdao Culture and Art Centre, designed by Steven Holl Architects, will house four museums connected by a specially designed light loop that mimics the characteristics of China’s Jiaozhou Bay Bridge − the world’s longest bridge over water. The loop will connect all parts of the complex, as well as gallery space, so that visitors can enjoy the views while exploring the centre. The loop will also be raised in such a way as to permit the natural sounds and breezes blowing in from the nearby ocean to flow across the attraction.


The main feature of the site is the use of art islands − otherwise known as


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Yishudao − which will come in the form of three sculpted cubes and four small landscaped art areas. The Modern Art Museum is to sit in the central square of the site, while the Public Arts Museum will form the main experience for those who enter from the south. The north Yishudao will house the Classic Art Museum, while the south Yishudao will host the Perform- ing Arts Programme and exhibition space. The light loop will also create a public central square overlooking a water garden. Renowned for focusing on sustainable resources, Steven Holl has encompassed solar cells in the loop to provide 80 per cent of the museum’s electrical needs. Reflecting on-site ponds will help recycle water, while 480 geothermal wells will provide the centre’s heating and cooling. Qingdao is emerging as one of China’s most culturally expansive cities. The re- gion hosted the watersports section of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and in 2017 it will be home to a cinematic mega-complex cre- ated by the Dalian Wanda group – aimed at pushing the country’s cinematography


Based at the opening of an architec- tural site in the Laoshan National Forest Park, which houses projects from the Chinese International Practical Exhibition of Architecture (CIPEA) programme, the museum incorporates parallel perspective spaces and gardens and is furnished in black bamboo-formed concrete. The black- and-white colour scheme was designed to complement the exhibits housed inside, while the centre’s courtyard is paved in re- cycled Old Hutong bricks from the ancient courtyards in the centre of Nanjing city. The 30,000sq ft (2,787sq m) Sifang


Art Museum is capped by two impressive lighted structures, which appear to hover over the museum’s base. These two structures house gallery spaces providing views across the skyline of one of China’s most ancient cities. The country’s growing desire to increase its usage of economically viable process- es and materials has resulted in the implementation of a geothermal cooling and heating system which makes use of recycled storm water. The Sifang’s opening exhibition − The


Garden of Diversion − explored the utopian tradition of philosophical gardens in the region, showcasing works from the likes of He An and emerging Nanjing-based artist Li Jingxiong. l


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