Ningbo Museum / 宁波博物馆
Ningbo Museum
The architectural scheme proposes a composition of three elements: an ephemeral exhibition volume, a massive base and a group of three cone-like halls. The ephemeral exhibition volume is raised above the massive administration base to form a lobby and entertainment level from which the visitors ascend into one of the three cone-like spaces upon starting their tour. At large these elements are positioned in a manner of overall harmony and balance to form a composition that follows the principles of an ideal landscape. Approaching the New Ningbo Museum from the plaza, the building resembles an ideal coastal landscape, similar to the perception of a seafarer returning to the coastline of Ningbo.
The inner organization of the museum as well reflects the transition from water to land, and the tension and correlation between these two elementary forces. On entering the new Ningbo Museum, the visitors will find themselves in a wide-open lobby where all public areas of the museum are intermingled in a natural flow. The lobby is only structured by the three massive cones. Inside, each cone defines its separate starting point for three different exhibition areas that are located in the exhibition volume above.
The unified surface of lobby and cones consists of horizontal stone plies, that depending on the lighting conditions change their appearance during the course of the day from earth layers to a gently rippled water surface at night.
Project Name: Ningbo Museum
Location: Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Client: Ningbo Museum
Architect: crossboundaries architects with studio berlin (Berlin)
Building Area: 25,970 sqm
Design Period (Competition period): March 2005– June 2005
宁波博物馆
该方案由三部分构成：一个临时展览空间，一个厚重的底座和三个锥形大厅。
临时展厅位于布置行政办公用房的基座之上，同时作为入口门厅引导参观者进入三个圆锥展厅中的一个开始参观。平衡和谐的组织方式使这些大尺度的元素最终呈现出完美的建筑形体。新宁波博物馆与广场中其它建筑共同构成了完美的临海景观。
博物馆内部空间组织同样反映出海洋到陆地的过渡，以及“海”“陆”之间的对比和协调。参观者进入博物馆后，即置身于开敞的大厅中，其内组织所有的公共空间。大厅由三个巨大的圆锥支撑，每个圆锥为独立的展区，圆锥下为各自的参观起点。
大厅和锥体的表皮统一使用横向石材条板，建筑外观随外界光影变化而变化。
项目名称：宁波博物馆
位置：宁波，浙江，中国
业主：宁波博物馆
建筑设计：科罗思邦建筑设计咨询公司和studio Berlin (Berlin)
建筑面积：25,970平方米
竞赛起止时间：2005.3-2005.6