Anhui Provincial Art Museum Building, Hefei Architecture, New Chinese Design

Anhui Provincial Art Museum, Hefei

Building in Central Eastern China – design by RTA-Office Architects

post updated 22 Oct 2017

Anhui Provincial Art Museum Hefei

Design: RTA-Office

Location: Hefei, Anhui Province, Eastern China

Anhui Provincial Paleontological Fossils Museum

Photos from 27 Apr 2016:

exterior – patterned with strong horizontal emphasis enlivened by angles:

Anhui Provincial New Museum

more restrained rectilinear interior, very high ceiling:

photographs © Dr. S. Welch

Context – spectacular new Hefei building – Hefei Feicui TV Tower, 227m high:

photos © Dr. S. Welch

16 Apr 2012

Anhui Provincial Art Museum in Hefei

Design: RTA-Office

Location: Hefei, Anhui Province, Eastern China

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Anhui Provincial Art Museum, Hefei

The project developed by RTA-Office belongs to a big masterplan that includes three different museum buildings surrounded by a big green area. The Anhui Provincial Paleontological Fossils Museum and the Anhui Provincial New Museum are already built. RTA-Office was involved in the design of the third one, the Anhui Provincial Art Museum.

The plot is located in a new political and cultural district. The new building will occupy the Southwest corner of the park.

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The client asked for a design in accordance with the surrounding environment, for a modern architectural concept, simple and elegant, at the same time for a design with complete functions.

The proposed design organizes the program into two separate structures in accordance to axial site conditions and programmatic requirements. Although two separate buildings, they are seen as a unified body through the poetic design of the skin.

The project finds inspiration from the rugged mountain landscapes, the natural elements, and the provincial artwork – silk painting and wood carving – unique of Anhui Province.

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The museum complex aims to achieve different functions such as collection, research, exhibition, education, communication, services, features; it focuses on collections. Exhibition reflects the history of art development in Anhui province and outside through artists’ works of art, literature, etc.

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The proposal pays special attention to spaces’ distribution and is designed with the aim of holding international art activities.

Plans – general ; first ; second ; third

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Anhui Provincial Art Museum Hefei – Building Information

Total land area: 1.214.056,93 m2 (300 acres) for the Museum Quarter
Total building area: 36.000 m²
Primary Function:
Art Museum (16,000 m2)
Secondary Functions:
Painting/Calligraphy Institute (2500 m2)
Research Institute of Province, Archeology (2500 m2)
Tertiary Functions:
Artists’ Association, Provincial Calligraphers Business Area (1100 m2)
Auxiliary Functions:
Parking (3500 m2)
Completion Date: 2012 project
Landscape Design: Santiago Parramón, RTA-Office
Architecture Design: Santiago Parramón, RTA-Office Team: Margherita Filpi, Isabel Granell, Mariana Rapela, Kelly Sadikin, Arsenii Shiianov, Lorena Trinidad, Miguel Vilacha, Fei Fei Zhan
Images: All images courtesy of RTA-Office

Anhui Provincial Art Museum Hefei images / information from RTA-Office

RTA-Office

Address:
The old site: No. 268, Anqing Road, Hefei, Anhui Province
The new site: No. 268, Huaining Road, Hefei, Anhui Province (500 meters south from the Swan Lake)

Location:No. 268, Huaining Road, Hefei, China