LEEMUNDWILER ARCHITECTS
DAPENG GEOLOGY MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTER
Area: 6200.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Location: Shenzhen, China
• EACH PANELS HAS MAX 6
• THE TEXTURED OPENINGS OF THE
FAÇADE ALLOW FOR A VARIED
MOOD INSIDE THE MUSEUM,
WHERE DARKER LIGHTING
SCHEMES ALTERNATE WITH SUN LIT
INTERIOR AS NEEDED BY THE
EXHIBITIONS..
• TO PANELS ARE SANDWICHES
DIFFERENT OPENINGS
PANEL SANDWICHES ARE ARRANGED TO FORM WALLS ,ROOFS ETC
• THE FORM AND TEXTURE OF THE MUSEUM
DOES NOT RESEMBLE BUILDING, BUT RATHER
A LARGE ROCK FORMATION
• DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO SET A LONG AND
NARROW ZIGZAG APPROACH IS ADOPTED
FROM THE STREETS IN OLD VILLAGES NEARBY.
• THEY REFLECT THE STONE CLAD AND WORN
STREETS OF THOSE VILLAGES FOR THEIR
NARROWNESS CURIOUSLY EVOKES THE
FEELING OF TENSION AND MILD EXPECTATION
OF WHAT WOULD BE WAITING AT THE END.
TOGETHER SOT THAT OPENINGS
DO NOT ALIGN
OPENINGS
WINDOW WITH GLASS
IN EXHIBITION AREA
IF NEEDED,
CONCRETE BEAM
INTEGRATED INTO GLASS WITH TRANSPARENT
SANDWICH
SOLAR CELLS AND SOUTH
SIDE
FILLED WITH DIFFERENT COLOURED
AND TEXTURED CONCRETE, WHERE
TRANSPARENCY IS NOT REQIRED