Project Name

National Grand Theater of China

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Project Location

Beijing China

Year of Completion

2007

Building Type

Institutional

Project Architect

Yu YanFollow

Architect Location

Paul Andreu

Owner

ALPOLIC, BFM

Student Author

Yu Yan

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