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The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing and China Academy of Art in Hangzhou serve a central role in the field of art education in China.
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This museum which was planned for the China Academy of Art in the outskirts of Hangzhou was designed with the objectives of being in harmony with the environment and proposing a new relationship between people and art by creating seamless and highly diverse display spaces.
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The structures were designed with cross-sections that blend in with the mountain slope to instead of grading it, with the respective display spaces seamlessly being revealed as you go through the museum.
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Roof tiles used to cover old homes in the area were gathered, and these and various other locally available materials with rich textures such as cedar were used inside.
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The group of small roofs that were made using these tiles give the museum the appearance of a village.
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The tiles are held in place with stainless steel wire to create a screen which controls the light and view, and a façade that has a rich variation of shadows.
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This methodology proposes the idea that rather than the gardens being in contrast with the architecture, the soil from the tea gardens is gradually transformed into the man-made architecture. Source by Kengo Kuma.
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Location: Hangzhou, China
Architects: Kengo Kuma and associates
Area: 4,970m2
Year: 2015
Photographs: Eiichi Kano, via Kengo Kuma
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