Art museum design of circular oval and square volumes in China

Shanghai-based Wutopia Lab designed an art museum consisting of square,

circular and oval volumes surrounded by another flowing volume in Beidaihe District,

Qinhuangdao, China.

Dubbed the Museum of Monologue Art,

the 1,272-square-meter project was commissioned by

the Sino-Ocean Group to create the Museum of Monologue Art in the Green Garden of Siatopia in Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao.

The museum is dedicated to the untold minority of people who want freedom from worldly distractions.

The project was completed and opened to the public in July 2022.

Queen Dido created the great Carthage by cutting cowhide into thin strips and rolling a piece of earth.

In an open green space at the intersection of three residential clusters on the Whelan Coast Campus.

The 1,300 square meter building has been divided into different monoliths together with walls,

corridors and shadowy spaces in a triangular shaped space of 3,600 square metres.

The Monologue Museum is a slowly unfolding hand scroll.

Starting at the entrance of the small theater where the light cuts through the corners,

and entering the art gallery, the quiet water courtyard slowly reveals itself along the open corridor with changing lights,

It passes through the colorful yoga room to the bright art gallery (gallery and painting rooms).

Then the light fades, the path narrows, and you almost miss the tea room hidden behind the wall.

At the end is a dance studio, and when you exit the building, you continue along the flower wall and wade through the water in dappled shadows.

The water runs through the center and sinks into the building, apparently towards the sea.

And when you come across the little stage again, you see six trees by the water,

whispering and bobbing their heads in the breeze.

The Monologue Museum of Art is a multifunctional space.

It allows different people to be in different places at the same time, but one can be alone in an artistic way.

The plan is complex and irregular, and the structural design is not conducive to earthquake resistance.

However, when the museum is divided, except for the art gallery, the rectangular dance studio,

the circular yoga studio, and the oval theater are all symmetrical and regular with excellent seismic performance.

In this regard, Lau (a structural engineer) constructed three seismic joints to divide them into four independent structural units.

The stretching and deformation of the ultra-long structure are released, reducing thermal stress,

and avoiding structural cracks caused by temperature changes. Having to accept seismic joints.

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