A museum of vintage BMWs is opening this month in Beijing, China. Crossboundaries? design for the gallery space brings forth the exclusiveness of the cars while it references the Chinese collector with a local touch.

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Architects: Crossboundaries

Location: Beijing, China

Architect In Charge: Binke Lenhardt, DONG Hao

Design Team: Maria Francesca Origa, Hayger Chan, LI Zhenyu

Area: 3600.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: YANG Chao Ying

Client: China Zheng Tong Auto Services Holdings Ltd.

Collaborator: BMW China Design Team

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From the architect. A museum of vintage BMWs is opening this month in Beijing, China. Crossboundaries? design for the gallery space brings forth the exclusiveness of the cars while it references the Chinese collector with a local touch.
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The museum exhibition starts on the 3rd floor. Entering through an inviting, almost two floors high and bright area, passing the reception zone, whose vertical surfaces are accentuated with horizontal lighting strips interpreting the motion of speed, the visitor is being absorbed into a lower, more cozy ?transitional? lounge.

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