UCCA Dune Art Museum / OPEN Architecture
On a quiet beach along the coast of northern China?s Bohai Bay, the UCCA Dune Art Museum is carved into the sand, where it gently disappears.
Aerial View. Image © Qingshan Wu
Architects: OPEN Architecture
Location: Qinhuangdao, China
Architect In Charge: Li Hu, Huang Wenjing
Design Team: Tingting Zhou (Project Architect), Mengmeng Wang, Boji Hu, Kuanyin Fang, Joshua Parker, Di Lu, Bong Lin, Qing Ye, Steven Shi, Han Jia
Area: 930.0 m2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Qingshan Wu, Nan Ni
Client: Aranya
Operator: UCCA
Local Design Institute: CABR Technology Co., Ltd
Lighting Design: X Studio, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China + OPEN Architecture
Aerial View. Image © Qingshan Wu
Text description provided by the architects. On a quiet beach along the coast of northern China?s Bohai Bay, the UCCA Dune Art Museum is carved into the sand, where it gently disappears.
Bird's Eye View. Image © Qingshan Wu
Concrete Shell Construction Photo. Image Courtesy of OPEN Architecture
Countless years of wind have pushed the beach?s sand into a dune along the shore several meters high, stabilized by low-rising shrubs and other ground cover. Inspired by children?s tireless digging in the sand, the museum lies beneath this dune. ?Digging? creates a series of interconnected, organically shaped spaces which, enveloped...
Aerial View. Image © Qingshan Wu
Architects: OPEN Architecture
Location: Qinhuangdao, China
Architect In Charge: Li Hu, Huang Wenjing
Design Team: Tingting Zhou (Project Architect), Mengmeng Wang, Boji Hu, Kuanyin Fang, Joshua Parker, Di Lu, Bong Lin, Qing Ye, Steven Shi, Han Jia
Area: 930.0 m2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Qingshan Wu, Nan Ni
Client: Aranya
Operator: UCCA
Local Design Institute: CABR Technology Co., Ltd
Lighting Design: X Studio, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China + OPEN Architecture
Aerial View. Image © Qingshan Wu
Text description provided by the architects. On a quiet beach along the coast of northern China?s Bohai Bay, the UCCA Dune Art Museum is carved into the sand, where it gently disappears.
Bird's Eye View. Image © Qingshan Wu
Concrete Shell Construction Photo. Image Courtesy of OPEN Architecture
Countless years of wind have pushed the beach?s sand into a dune along the shore several meters high, stabilized by low-rising shrubs and other ground cover. Inspired by children?s tireless digging in the sand, the museum lies beneath this dune. ?Digging? creates a series of interconnected, organically shaped spaces which, enveloped...
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