Shanghai Planetarium Building, Science and Technology Museum, SSTM Lingang
Shanghai Planetarium Building
SSTM Development, Lingang, China: Chinese Architecture ? design by Thomas Wong / Ennead Architects
18 Nov 2016
Shanghai Planetarium Building
Design: Thomas Wong / Ennead Architects
Location: Lingang district, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Planetarium Breaks Ground

New York, NY, November 17, 2016 ? Ennead Architects broke ground last week on the Shanghai Planetarium, the new 38,000 SM / 409,000 SF planetarium that will define a new identity for the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (SSTM) and the Lingang district of Shanghai.

The international competition-winning design draws inspiration from astronomical principles, invoking the experience of orbital motion.
Each of the building?s three principal forms ? the Oculus, the Inverted Dome and the Sphere acts as an astronomical instrument, tracking the sun, moon and stars and reminding visitors that our conception of time originates in distant astronomical objects. The building form, program and circulation support the flow of visitors through the galleries and the experience of these three central bodies.

“In linking the new Museum to both scientific purpose and to the celestial references of buildings throughout history, the exhibits and architecture will communicate more than scientific content: they will illuminate what it means to be human in a vast and largely unknown universe,” states Thomas Wong, lead d...