Hainan Science and Technology Museum Building by MAD Architects, Chinese Architecture Images, News, Architect
Hainan Science and Technology Museum Building
13 August 2021
Design: MAD Architects
Location: Haikou, Hainan, China
MAD Unveils Design for Hainan Science and Technology Museum
Where Nature and Technology Meet

Hainan Science and Technology Museum Design by MAD Architects
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, unveils their design for the Hainan Science and Technology Museum in Haikou City, Hainan. Located on Haikou?s west coast, surrounded by sports stadiums and a National Wetland Park, the museum is MAD?s second major public project in Hainan following the Cloudscape of Haikou, which opened in April 2021. An important science venue and a major tourist attraction for Hainan’s free trade port, the Hainan Science and Technology Museum will break ground in late August 2021 and is scheduled to be completed and open to the public in 2024.
MAD?s design for the museum draws from the site?s dual urban and natural context, one where a “primeval rainforest and technology of the future meet.” Set against the backdrop of a rich tropical rainforest, the museum?s main pavilion is shaped like a cloud in dialogue with nature.

From a distance, the futuristic building appears to emerge from the city, while visitors entering in the museum area witness it floating above the jungle. The museum?s façade of fiber-reinforced plastic makes the building distinctive from bot...