The Dalian Urban Planning Museum, designed by Architects Collective, is to be the gateway to the city center redirecting several main streets to the main boulevard. The building skin consists of a careful arrangement of transparent and opaque triangular surfaces closing and revealing the interior of the museum to the urban surrounding. This simple formal strategy keeps the building from overheating in summer and allows natural light in winter. More images and project description after the break.
The building is designed using low-tech and high-tech methods to minimize energy consumption and create comfortable and stable interior environments. The primary architectural ambition is to create a very public building with continuous inside/outside spaces creating physical relationships to the urban context. This is emphasized in the interior space by placing lounges, balconies, bridges and platforms the help to orientate the visitor and create visual connections to city.
