Un museo in Cina è un frammento di tessuto urbano

Il Shou County Culture and Art Center di Zhu Pei non ha una forma iconica, ma le sue corti sono un approdo prezioso in un quartiere in espansione e in cerca di urbanità.

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, planimetria generale

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, pianta piano terra

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, pianta secondo piano

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, pianta terzo piano

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, pianta delle coperture

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, sezione

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, sezione

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, vista assonometrica

Nelle parole del suo progettista Zhu Pei, “il Shou County Culture and Art Center è progettato per invitare i visitatori a scoprirlo e ad esplorarlo, e non come una scultura, che può solo essere ammirata, ma non sperimentata”. In questa occasione Zhu Pei ha un approccio diverso, sul piano concettuale e formale, rispetto ad altri musei che ha già realizzato, come l’OCT Design Museum di Shenzhen (2011). Se quest’ultimo si presenta come un colossale ciottolo morbidamente levigato, luccicante ed impenetrabile, il Shou County Culture and Art Center è una fortezza dalle linee rigorosamente stereometriche, severa ed aniconica, ma chiaramente permeabile.

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

La pianta del complesso è liberamente ispirata a quella delle abitazioni tradizionali della regione, e si organizza in una sequenza di cortili di diverse dimensioni. Tutti sono attraversati, con modalità e a quote diverse, da una passerella pubblica, che s’inoltra nell’edificio dopo aver scavalcato il fossato che lo delimita. Situato in un quartiere in espansione, il progetto di Zhu Pei si relaziona con il suo contesto in maniera non scontata. “Il concept introverso del Shou County Culture and Art Center”, spiega l’architetto cinese, “è una scelta ragionevole anche perché non possiamo sapere quale sarà lo sviluppo futuro dell’area”. Alla città che cresce freneticamente ma che non è ancora leggibile nei suoi connotati, Zhu Pei non impone un oggetto-protagonista, ma piuttosto offre un edificio che è un frammento di tessuto urbano di qualità, che resterà valido a prescindere dal corso imprevedibile degli eventi.

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019
  • Shou County Culture and Art Center
  • centro culturale
  • Shou County, Anhui, Cina
  • Studio Zhu-Pei
  • Zhu Pei
  • You Changchen, Shuhei Nakamura, Du Yang, Liu Ling, Wu Zhigang, Yang Shengchen, Ding Xinyue, Ke Jun, Wu Zhenhe, Duyao
  • Shouxian Government
  • ShengWo Construction Group Co., LTD.
  • Studio Zhu-Pei, The Design Institute of Landscape & Architecture China Academy of Art
  • 30.010 mq
  • 2019
Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, Shou County, Anhui, Cina, 2019

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, planimetria generale

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, pianta piano terra

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, pianta secondo piano

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, pianta terzo piano

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, pianta delle coperture

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, sezione

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, sezione

Studio Zhu-Pei, Shou County Culture and Art Center, vista assonometrica