MoMA CHENGDU / Studio Ramoprimo

Feb 2012

By Kritiana Ross — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , China, Stefano Avesani with Wenjun Li, STUDIO RAMOPRIMO

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Studio Ramoprimo shared with us their winning proposal for the construction of MoMA in China. More images and architect’s description after the break.

Competition and design task: the Competition was organized by the Chengdu Ministry of Culture and the Chengdu Culture and Tourism Development Group in December 2007. The site is located on the north-west of the central Tianfu Square, around which the city government is planning to build a double ring of public facilities. The first ring will be the new cultural center, including cultural and leisure facilities and museum buildings, the second and larger one will be a crown of CBD style skyscrapers. Coincidentally the site corresponds to the southwest corner of the disappeared “Si Chuan Gong Yuan”, ancient city wall from the Qing Dynasty. If you dig here, there is a good chance to find some of those old rests.

Courtesy of Studio Ramoprimo

Masterplan and design concept: the concept for the Tianfu Museum of Modern Art in Chengdu takes advantage from the existing situation of the surroundings. The basic idea is to enlarge the existing public space of Tianfu Square and make it “climbing” on the roof of the new building. The new museum is a group of volumes creating a small cultural city. Two main axis cut the site area defining a comfortable pedestrian island where people can walk away from cars. The new urban situation is also establishing new visual and physical connections between existing parts of the city. People can pass trough the plot and easily come from the Tianfu square and reach the surrounding museums. The four museum blocks (restaurant, music auditorium, offices and exhibition) create an arising slope on which people can walk, seat, play, have a rest, enjoy the view to the central square like in a open public theater. The whole shape according the function is rising step by step from the earth to the sky, while the ending corner of the building replaces the original position of the ancient and forgotten city wall.

Courtesy of Studio Ramoprimo

Architects: Studio Ramoprimo, Stefano Avesani with Wenjun Li
Location: China
Design Team: Frisly Colop, Zhixing Zhao, Fei Tang, Jinze Cui, Xiancheng Feng
Year: 2008
Total site area: 18,000 sqm
Total floor area: 75,000 sqm
On Ground: 45,000 sqm
Underground: 30,000 sqm
Green Ratio: 35%
Photographs: Courtesy of Studio Ramoprimo

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: elevation 01

: elevation 02

: first floor plan

: masterplan

: second floor plan

: section 01

: section 02

: third floor plan

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
Ross , Kritiana . "MoMA CHENGDU / Studio Ramoprimo" 01 Feb 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 22 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/199671>

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Azhar says:

Outside design is good here

# February 1, 2012 at 05:37

vlad says:

is it just me or is this looking EXACTLY like a mall

# February 1, 2012 at 08:11

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Andrew says:

Hmmm…seems to me the nature of the Chinese government would destroy the very essence of much of the contemporary art produced today. But my perceptions of contemporary art are mostly limited to Western perspectives.

# February 1, 2012 at 10:37

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