"Not everyone's cup of tea"
In this week's comments update, readers are reacting to images of the newly completed Exploratorium museum in China.
Industrial revolution: Bernard Tschumi Architects' recently completed Exploratorium museum in China sparked debate among readers thanks to its giant industrial chimney-shaped exhibition spaces.
"The thing is boring, it's feeble, it sits awkwardly next to its neighbour, and looks as though it should house a 4D experience in Disneyland," said Elliot Dennis.
Jon was also unimpressed: "I think the size of this thing got away from Tschumi a little bit, like it was initially designed as a much more reasonable project but someone scaled the entire thing up by 300 per cent in Rhino at the last minute."
"Not everyone's cup of tea, but there's so much to learn from it," responded Bassel, democratically. Malgorzata Boguslaw was much more complimentary, calling the project: "Big, interesting, original and beautiful."
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Mammoth museum: David Chipperfield's Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, also in China, caused more controversy with its monolithic exhibition halls. The museum is set to open later this year.
"Gosh! An extremely ugly and sad place, perhaps another cemetery"," commented Francesco Sacconi.
Threefloatingorbs was equally uninspired: "Monumentally oppressive."
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