Sketches, plans, circulation studies, and renderings document the competition proposal; it is presented as an unbuilt concept. View evidence ↓
Shanghai Museum – Phase II was a public competition proposal developed with Song Shuai and Chuou Zhang. I served as chief designer for the concept scheme.
The design treats circulation as a landscape promenade connecting exhibition halls, gardens, and courts. A sequence of compressed passages, open planted spaces, and elevated routes translates the spatial experience of Chinese landscape painting into the museum visit.
Landscape as a spatial sequence
The proposal draws on the shifting viewpoints of Chinese landscape painting. Valleys, wooded courts, elevated paths, and waterfalls become spaces along the museum route. Movement between exhibition halls brings visitors into contact with these interior and exterior landscapes.
Design sketches
A promenade through the museum
A hiking-like route connects the exhibition halls through a sequence of green hills, climbing paths, a waterfall, a mountain forest, and a valley. The circulation axonometric distinguishes the climbing ramp from accessible access, making changes in level part of the visitor sequence.
Site and circulation
Site plan and circulation axonometric showing the exhibition volumes, planted spaces, and linked visitor routes.
Ground-floor organization
The urban edge
Panoramic competition views study the museum’s street frontage, changing roofline, and planted edges.
Views along the landscape route
Competition renderings of garden courts, planted paths, exhibition façades, and waterfall spaces.
