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East elevation

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View from the north


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View from the south-west

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Lower gallery

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Multipurpose hall

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Foyer

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Upper gallery

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Upper gallery

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View to the Huangpu river

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Views

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Three exhibition volumes

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Exhibition with daylight

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Café, atrium, terrace and sunken courtyard


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Circulation

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Gallery daylighting

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Gallery artificial lighting

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Ground floor plan

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First floor plan

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Section

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Section

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North elevation

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Façade detail

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West Bund Museum

Shanghai CN
David Chipperfield Architects
2013

Type

Museum

Tags

cultural facilities, global cultural institutions, art spaces , West Bund art area, Huangpu riverside renovation

Visitability

Allowed

Description

The Shanghai West Bund project – the new name of the Xuhui waterfront – launched by the Xuhui district authority immediately after Expo 2010 in Shanghai, is at the heart of the cultural development area mapped out in the Shanghai 2017–2035 Master plan and aims to create a waterfront worthy of a global metropolis. With a shoreline of 11.4 kilometres, the West Bund area covers 9.4 square kilometres.An origin place for the national manufacturing industry in the 20th century, the area is being transformed from an industry-intensive site into a public open space. Following a culture-oriented development principle, more than 20 cultural and art institutions have gathered along the uninterrupted shoreline of the West Bund, forming one of Asia’s foremost cultural districts by the end of 2020. The design of the West Bund Museum responds to the openness of the site as well as the surrounding development of a new cultural corridor along West Bund. The wilful act of twisting the three main exhibition halls breaks the conventional geometry and creates powerful interstitial public spaces. A wide esplanade opens onto the waterside promenade, offering an outdoor space for use by everyone.(David Chipperfield)