The City Wall Museum is designed and built on the remains of the ancient city wall which locates on the east side of ancient city?s south gate (QuiGuang Gate). The ancient city wall was the remnant of Ming Dynasty and was buried for more than 600 years. Ancient Xuzhou, back to the dynasty of YU, has over 2600 years of city-construction history.

North Entrance. Image © Wei Qin

Architects: Continual Architecture, ARTS Group Co., Ltd

Location: South Huilongwo History District, Yunlong District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Lead Architects: Zhenggong Feng, Feng Lan

Design Team: Tufa Cui, JiQing Song, Lu Chen, Zheng Li, Yayuan Liu, Xiaofeng Pan

Clients: Xuzhou Huilongwo Project Construction Headquarters / Xuzhou Xinsheng Construction Development Investment Co., Ltd.
Area: 950.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Wei Qin

Wall Museum in Historical Block. Image © Wei Qin

Text description provided by the architects. The City Wall Museum is designed and built on the remains of the ancient city wall which locates on the east side of ancient city?s south gate (QuiGuang Gate). The ancient city wall was the remnant of Ming Dynasty and was buried for more than 600 years. Ancient Xuzhou, back to the dynasty of YU, has over 2600 years of city-construction history.

Wall Museum Aerial View. Image © Wei Qin

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