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Project Location
Beijing China
Year of Completion
2007
Building Type
Institutional
Architect Location
Paul Andreu
Archived Year
12-17-2018
Climate
dfa
Application
concrete
Material and its Properties
Per Salk’s instructions, Kahn also designed the laboratories to be easily upgraded. Support beams are restricted to the edges of each lab, allowing for greater flexibility in reconfiguring the equipment and spaces within. Mechanical systems are not sealed away behind concrete, but behind block walls which can be moved out of the way during maintenance and renovations. Laboratory windows are held in place by screws, allowing them to be temporarily removed so that large equipment can be moved in and out of the building without requiring any of the structure to be demolished.The building is able to “guess tomorrow,” Salk suggested in 1967
Architect Website
https://www.archdaily.com/1218/national-grand-theater-of-china-paul-andreu
Recommended Citation
Yan, Yu, "National Grand Theater of China" (2007). Building Case Studies. 410.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/410
Owner
ALPOLIC, BFM