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Works of The Northwest Courtyard of China Construction | The Ancient Mountains and Rivers of Shenzhou Sun and Moon Ming - The Great Wall of China Cultural Museum

The Construction of the Great Wall culture museum (tentative name) in Shanhaiguan, designed by the Northwest Design and Research Institute of China Architecture, has begun construction. The project has a construction area of about 30,000 square meters and a total investment of 420 million yuan. Li Qiang, deputy general manager of China Construction Northwest Institute, and Lv Cheng, deputy chief architect, project leader and main creative designer of the institute, attended the groundbreaking ceremony.

Construction background

On December 5, 2019, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Construction Plan for the Great Wall, the Grand Canal and the Long March National Cultural Park". The Great Wall carries the great spirit of creativity, struggle, unity and dreams of the Chinese nation, and the construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park is of great importance to carrying forward the spirit of the Chinese nation.

The Great Wall Culture Museum of China is the core building of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, a national museum for displaying, researching and protecting the culture of the Great Wall, and an important carrier for demonstrating the will of the state, telling Chinese stories, carrying forward the spirit of patriotism, and disseminating the culture of the Great Wall in the new era.

Renderings of the front façade

Perspective view of the façade on the east side of the museum

Project site selection

The project site is located on the north side of Shanhaiguan Guancheng and at the foot of Jiaoshan Great Wall Mountain. Here at an altitude of 70m, looking at the sea by the mountains, the view is excellent, you can look up at the majestic Jiaoshan Great Wall, overlooking the Bohai sea, the entire Shanhaiguan Great Wall system has an unobstructed view. The project land is 70 acres, close to the entrance of Jiaoshan Park, with convenient transportation and relatively perfect infrastructure.

Improve system planning and integrate functional layout

The overall planning layout incorporates the North Wing City and the Great Wall Cultural Industrial Park into the unified design, so that the entire Jiaoshan area and Shanhaiguan City are connected as a whole, and a comprehensive cultural and tourism system is constructed. The museum building plays a role in the flow of the tour.

The museum building and the entrance of Jiaoshan Park are planned and designed in a unified manner, making full use of the original environment to design the garden landscape, and using the original facilities to design the outdoor parking lot. The original road system was remodeled to ensure smooth traffic in the museum area and the ring access to the fire escape.

Aerial view (north side)

"Tibet" + "Fusion"

The design stems from the study of the history, culture and architecture of the Great Wall. The Great Wall is a comprehensive system of integration of the city and the city, which undertakes the mission of defense function and cultural exchange and integration. The building is integrated into the Great Wall Guancheng system in the form of a "city", dissolving the building volume, making it a member of the Shanhaiguan Great Wall system and unifying with the historical context of Shanhaiguan. It has become a continuation of the entire Great Wall architectural system and the Shanhaiguan Great Wall and the cultural context of the city.

Schematic map of The Great Wall Shanhaiguan

Night view renderings of the museum

The shape of the building is in place according to the mountain, integrates into the natural environment with a Tibetan posture, strictly follows the protection requirements of the Great Wall, and highlights the main position of Jiaoshan and the Great Wall. The main body of the building is symmetrical and horizontally extended, and the connection between Jiaoshan Mountain and Shanhaiguan City establishes a time-space connection between the entire mountain and the sea, highlighting the towering mountain and the grandeur of the Great Wall, reflecting the concept of the unity of heaven and man in traditional Chinese architectural culture. The image of the building is simple and simple, reflecting the posture of a big country. It not only shows the country's great instrument tolerance, but also reflects the distinctive characteristics of the times. The material is selected from Yanshan stone, the overall atmosphere is neutral, simple and simple.

See the renderings of the museum from the Kakuyama Mountain Gate

Perspective view of the museum's north façade

The fusion of internal and external space overlooks the beautiful scenery of mountains and seas

The interior and exterior spaces of the building blend with each other, and the three-storey public space makes the panoramic view of the Great Wall the most important scenery of the museum through huge open windows. From the roof platform, look south to the Bohai Sea, and north to the Horn Mountain. The Great Wall of Jiaoshan and the distant Guancheng and Bohai Sea are used as the climax of the exhibition.

Aerial view

Look north from the hall on the third floor to the renderings of the Great Wall

After fully considering the regional cultural diversity, the design takes protection as the priority, strengthens the inheritance as the basic principle, takes the characteristics of leading the culture as the basic outline, the overall design, the overall planning, the use of the "Tibet" + "fusion" dual thinking as the design concept, respects the landscape and geographical environment of the Great Wall around the land with the attitude of Tibet, integrates the Great Wall system of Guancheng in the form of an abstract city, designs landmark buildings rooted in the environment, and creates a first-class national museum.

Famous

Jia Junming

Majestic shut up

Xiao Xiao's war drums sounded

Chinese Revival Chronicles

Spiritual Guardian City

Project Leader: Lv Cheng

Architectural design

Lü Cheng Cao Huiyuan Wang Jun Wang Meizi Xiao Lu Wei Peina Liu Yihan Li Heng

Structural design

Jia Junming Li Zhifu Liu Tao

Water supply and drainage design

Zhao Fengxia, He Pengpeng, Zhang Zhi, Lin Guochuan, Pan Ying

HVAC design

Zhou Min Yang Chunfang Ma Jinxing Yin Yongguang Cao Minglin

Electrical design

Wei Chunping Wang Jiwen

Weak current design

Zhang Biao Xue Kang

General drawing design

Zhu Chunhong Liu Wei

Landscape design

Zeng Jian, Pan Haiyan, Wang Tao, Chen Zeyu, Bian Yu, Niu Yue, Li Yani, Zhao Chao

Green building

Yang Liu Luo Zhixing Mao Pan Gu Zeyu Guo Chengzhi Lei Chenxiao Sun Weihui

Photo: Zhang Yilin Cao Huiyuan

Proofreader: Cao Huiyuan

Review: Li Jie, Lü Cheng, Gao Chaojun

Source: Northwest Design and Research Institute of China Architecture · Huaxia Architectural Design and Research Institute, etc

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