Zhongxian underwater exhibition hall
crossboundaries architects together with the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design is proposing a new urban planning for the central area of the city of Zhongxian.
Recently there were changes in the urban policy of Zhongxian, main reasons for those changes were:
1. the building of the Three Gorges Dam, which caused the rise of the river water level: part of the city along the riverside had to be removed.
2. the conversion that many Chinese provinces are undertaking by shifting from an agricultural/industrial based economy to one related to tertiary activities, in this case tourism. The plan for Zhongxian is to turn it into a touristic attraction/zone.
Within this urban planning crossboundaries architects was in charge of submitting two proposals: one for a museum dedicated to the local poet Bai Juyi 白居易, the other one for an underwater museum that could also host city meetings.
The Underwater Hall is a mixed -used floating platform. The local government wish is to combine region and city exhibition, conference and also representing function in one space.
The interesting location on the river gives lot of opportunities for the landscape quality view. The building is situated at the end of the axis, which begins with head office of the local government and then goes down the hill towards the water. There are three connections between the building and the riverbank, the main one is forming the extension of the axis, the other two ones are slightly angled footbridges to the coast.
crossboundaries architects 和北京市建筑设计研究院正在进行位于忠县市中心的一项城市规划项目。
今年来，忠县正在改变城市策略，这样的改变有几个原因：
1.由于三峡大坝的建设，江岸水位上升，一些沿江的城市设施需要迁移到别处。
2.许多中国的省份都在经历从以农业/工业作为经济支柱转向以第三产业作为经济支柱的过程，忠县希望利用自身有利条件发展旅游业，成为旅游型城市。
在这个城市规划项目中，crossboundaries architects 负责两个建筑方案的设计：白居易纪念博物馆和城市水下展览馆。
水下展览馆是一个多功能的漂浮平台。当地政府希望在这个空间中同时综合会展、会议和展示的功能。
江面这个有趣的基地位置给了建筑很好的景观视野。建筑处在城市轴线的末端，从山坡上的政府办公室开始，向下延伸至水面。在建筑和江岸之间有三个连接，最主要的一个构成了城市轴线的延伸，另两个则是与轴线角度稍有不同的步行桥。