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24 May 2022
5 museums designed by MAD!
Ordos Museum building design by MAD Architects

photo : Iwan Baan
“Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.? Quoting from the mission statement of International Museum Day.
As architecture being an important vessel of culture, our design aspires to stimulate idea exchanges, connect audiences with arts, and develop mutual understanding across borders. Especially after pandemic happened and with ongoing divisions of globalization, to rebuild the new normal, the physical space of museums carries more important meanings, such as solidarity, openness, and diversity. Our imaginative museum space should not be merely a white box fulfilling exhibition needs. It can be a dreamy, futuristic space, taking us away from the reality and resonating with our emotion.
Ordos Museum
2005-2011

photo : Iwan Baan
Ordos Museum has a footprint of 43,000 square meters (462,850 square feet) with one floor below grade and four floors above. Influenced by Buckminster Fuller?s geodesic domes, MAD envisioned a mysterious abstract form capable of fostering an alternate, timeless development of Chinese tradition and future.

photo : Iwan Baan
The structure is wrapped in polished metal lou...