Project Name

Chengdu Museum

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Project Location

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Year of Completion

2016

Building Type

Institutional

Building Massing

Low Rise

Project Architect

Sutherland Hussey Harris

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Student Author

Shijing Zhu

Archived Year

10-12-2018

Climate

Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate

Application

Exterior

Material and its Properties

The remaining façades consequently enclose the largely hermetic exhibition halls, these are represented as a giant crafted artefact in the city cloaked in a precious skin of copper alloy rigorously profiled to play with light, shade and texture whilst accommodating all the technical requirements for ventilation grilles.

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Fabricator

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Location of Fabricator

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Architect Website

http://www.suhuha.com

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Other Sources

https://www.archdaily.com/799912/chengdu-museum-sutherland-hussey-harris

Environmental Response

The long narrow site is exploited using all the public areas to maximise a dramatic relationship with the new square, the remaining façades consequently enclose the largely hermetic exhibition halls, these are represented as a giant crafted artefact in the city cloaked in a precious skin of copper alloy rigorously profiled to play with light, shade and texture whilst accommodating all the technical requirements for ventilation grilles. Aside from the east face this skin is ‘lifted’ to reveal glazing at street level, allowing a more human scaled intimacy and a relationship to the interior.

Recommended Citation

Harris, Sutherland Hussey, "Chengdu Museum" (2016). Building Case Studies. 311.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/311