Transforming a railway station into a Museum “Wetlands Museum”: When considering the typology of these spaces, the traffic building and the exhibition building share inherent similarities. The lofty waiting rooms and platforms of railway stations provide an ideal canvas for conversion into exhibition areas. Repurposing disused train stations for alternative functions has a rich history in the international context, with the Musée d’Orsay in Paris standing out as a particularly successful precedent.
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Following the inclusion of the Yellow (Bo) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat in the World Heritage List, there arose a pressing need in Yancheng for a platform to showcase its rich wetland culture to the broader world. Conveniently located next to the newly established wetland park, the railway station is set to undergo a transformation into a Wetlands Museum. This exciting conversion will position it as a fresh and prominent landmark for highlighting Yancheng’s vibrant wetland culture. © Yong Zhang
Wetlands Museum’s Design Concept
An Ongoing Conversation: Balancing Tradition and Modernity in Architectural Heritage. The original railway station’s architecture featured a space truss structure with relatively low local floor heights, making it unsuitable for exhibition purposes. In the renovation design of the Wetlands Museum, the lower concrete structure is preserved, the existing grid is removed, and a steel structure roof is added to ...