OMA - National Museum Of China, China, Beijing, 2004

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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHINA, CHINA, BEIJING, 2004

Architectural design of the rebuilding and extension of the National Museum of China

The buildings around Beijing's Tiananmen square have been meticulously composed at both an urban and architectural level. Each component has been planned and massed to contribute to the harmonious condition of the whole. How then to graft 110,000m2 (almost double the existing floor area) of new space onto the National Museum of China, occupying 330m of the eastern edge of Tiananmen Square?
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FACT SHEET

Status:
Competition 2004

Client:
National Museum of China

Budget:
N/A

Site:
Opposite Tiananmen Square

Program:
Existing (65,000m2) + new (112,092m2) = 177,092m2; special display 15,500m2; temporary display 6,000m2; relics preservation 2,842m2; plus display and exhibition, entertainment and service, education and publicity, administration, operation and academic research, exterior public area

COLLABORATORS

Structure:
Arup: Rory McGowan, Hamish Nevile

CREDITS

Partner in charge:
Rem Koolhaas

Associate in charge:
Shohei Shigematsu

Project Team:
Michael Smith, Catarina Canas, Michelle Liu, Xiadong Liu, Jin Chong, Joao Bravo da Costa, Marieke Kums, Berit Bessell, Clement Blanchet