Tianfu Exhibition Hall, Chengdu City Modern Building Development, Chinese Architecture Images
Tianfu Exhibition Hall, Chengdu City
23 Jul 2021
Architects: AAI ? Monster LAB
Location: Chengdu, China

Tianfu Exhibition Hall, Chengdu City
Definition: Tianfu “Stage”

Monster Lab, the new creative studio of AAI International Architecture, won a national design competition for the Chengdu Merchants Urban Planning Exhibition Hall in the New District of Tianfu. As the first exhibition hall and demonstrative project to be built in Tianfu, the project will bear witness to the new area?s progression from empty fields to an economically prosperous urban district, characterized by new skyscrapers and a culturally diverse populace.
Through “refining traditional achievements and expressing future excellence”, we hope that this building, with its mission of showcasing the district?s timeline, will be compatible with Chengdu’s cultural past and speak to the future possibilities of urban development here.

The concept of “stage” came from the fact that in today’s China, new cities are springing up everywhere, with each one advertised as being at the forefront of urban planning concepts. But where is the root of these new cities" We decided to find the answer in the ancient city.

The framework of the building was born out of the theatre, a common public building type in old Chengdu. Typically in these theatres, in the middle of the lanewa...