Throughout his life Mu Xin was a complex and inspiring figure. He was a celebrated artist of abstract landscapes and paintings, poet and writer. Our design of this museum is inspired by the complexity of the artist?s work, as well as his writing, which was shaped by his lifelong existence between cultures, both in his native and adoptive countries.  Mu Xin was not only affected by personal and external turmoil surrounding his formative years, but also by his detention during the Cultural Revolution in the early 1970?s and his self-exile to the West. Influenced by these experiences and his classical education, Mu Xin created space not only in the evocative multilayered painting of his abstract landscapes, but also in his writings. Through this work, the artist demonstrates the unfettered expansion of the mind within real physical constraints. The reflection of Mu Xin?s work is illustrated through the design of the building as seen in the series of interconnected floating rooms and the concrete exterior, which evokes gentle watercolor brush strokes.
© Shen Zhonghai

Architects: OLI Architecture PLLC

Location: Wuzhenzhen, Tongxiang, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, 314501

Area: 6700.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Shen Zhonghai

Project Team: Hiroshi Okamoto, AIA (Design Partner), Bing Lin (Managing Partner), Fabian Ser...