Guangdong Museum
Guangzhou, China
The Guangdong Provincial Museum was located on 215 Wenming Rd. (23°07′26″N 113°16′37″E), in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, on which was the original site of Sun Yat-sen University. It was a provincial general museum, founded in 1959 and with a land area of 43,000 square meters. It comprised three major parts: the museum, the relic of the First National Congress [zh] of the Kuomintang and Lu Xun Memorial House. Other affiliated buildings include the Red Tower (红楼) and the observatory of Sun Yat-sen University.
There are two separate buildings. The building which housed the original National Sun Yat-sen University became the Lu Xun Memorial Hall and contains an exhibition of objects related to Lu Xun and some other intellectuals who influenced Chinese modernization and indirectly prepared the way for the communist revolution.
The design of the museum, comprising a kind of multi-layer and transparent spatial configuration, was inspired by the traditional Cantonese ivory puzzle ball, which is characterized by a stack of carved ivory, similar to an onion. Thus, the spatial arrangement of the museum is designed to follow the ivory-layered composition of traditional Cantonese crafted artwork with multiple transparent concentric layers expanding from the atrium towards the periphery spaces. The main circulation space is a spiral staircase that goes from the first floor to the top floor, landed in different exhibition areas on each floor. Separated by transparent glass and iron curtain, the corridors on each floor lead visitors from outside into the four-story atrium to gain an overall view of the interior space. The ivory puzzle ball represents the technique of Cantonese vernacular craftsmanship.
There are two separate buildings. The building which housed the original National Sun Yat-sen University became the Lu Xun Memorial Hall and contains an exhibition of objects related to Lu Xun and some other intellectuals who influenced Chinese modernization and indirectly prepared the way for the communist revolution.
The design of the museum, comprising a kind of multi-layer and transparent spatial configuration, was inspired by the traditional Cantonese ivory puzzle ball, which is characterized by a stack of carved ivory, similar to an onion. Thus, the spatial arrangement of the museum is designed to follow the ivory-layered composition of traditional Cantonese crafted artwork with multiple transparent concentric layers expanding from the atrium towards the periphery spaces. The main circulation space is a spiral staircase that goes from the first floor to the top floor, landed in different exhibition areas on each floor. Separated by transparent glass and iron curtain, the corridors on each floor lead visitors from outside into the four-story atrium to gain an overall view of the interior space. The ivory puzzle ball represents the technique of Cantonese vernacular craftsmanship.
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The Guangdong Provincial Museum was located on 215 Wenming Rd. (23°07′26″N 113°16′37″E), in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, on which was the original site of Sun Yat-sen University. It was a provincial general museum, founded in 1959 and with a land area of 43,000 square meters. It comprised three major parts: the museum, the relic of the First National Congress [zh] of the Kuomintang and Lu Xun Memorial House. Other affiliated buildings include the Red Tower (红楼) and the observatory of Sun Yat-sen University.
There are two separate buildings. The building which housed the original National Sun Yat-sen University became the Lu Xun Memorial Hall and contains an exhibition of objects related to Lu Xun and some other intellectuals who influenced Chinese modernization and indirectly prepared the way for the communist revolution.
The design of the museum, comprising a kind of multi-layer and transparent spatial configuration, was inspired by the traditional Cantonese ivory puzzle ball, which is characterized by a stack of carved ivory, similar to an onion. Thus, the spatial arrangement of the museum is designed to follow the ivory-layered composition of traditional Cantonese crafted artwork with multiple transparent concentric layers expanding from the atrium towards the periphery spaces. The main circulation space is a spiral staircase that goes from the first floor to the top floor, landed in different exhibition areas on each floor. Separated by transparent glass and iron curtain, the corridors on each floor lead visitors from outside into the four-story atrium to gain an overall view of the interior space. The ivory puzzle ball represents the technique of Cantonese vernacular craftsmanship.
There are two separate buildings. The building which housed the original National Sun Yat-sen University became the Lu Xun Memorial Hall and contains an exhibition of objects related to Lu Xun and some other intellectuals who influenced Chinese modernization and indirectly prepared the way for the communist revolution.
The design of the museum, comprising a kind of multi-layer and transparent spatial configuration, was inspired by the traditional Cantonese ivory puzzle ball, which is characterized by a stack of carved ivory, similar to an onion. Thus, the spatial arrangement of the museum is designed to follow the ivory-layered composition of traditional Cantonese crafted artwork with multiple transparent concentric layers expanding from the atrium towards the periphery spaces. The main circulation space is a spiral staircase that goes from the first floor to the top floor, landed in different exhibition areas on each floor. Separated by transparent glass and iron curtain, the corridors on each floor lead visitors from outside into the four-story atrium to gain an overall view of the interior space. The ivory puzzle ball represents the technique of Cantonese vernacular craftsmanship.
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Country
China
City
Guangzhou
Address
2 Zhujiang East Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou