To reduce the self-weight of the structure and to reduce the size of the structural elements, the roof is made of a whole cast layer of 40mm fine stone concrete with ribbed patterned steel plates on top to ensure thermal insulation and waterproof performance. Side B: I wanted the glass surface facing the exterior of the courtyard and the museum to have a continuous view without any structural elements. In the beginning, the art gallery and the art museum are closed on the outside and open on the inside to the water courtyard, while after that it is closed on the inside and opened on the outside to the large landscape, which resembles how the pen moves. The point is the yoga room, the dried brush is the flower wall, the art gallery is the stroke that connects these, the thin and somewhat fast is the corridor with a nib, then it leans to become a side peak forming a slow thick line, the enlarged art museum, then the dance studio is a stroke slowly back to the nib. The starting stroke is the small oval theater. I use white instead of black in the architecture. I see the boundary of the Monologue as such a shifting ink line. Such lines not only inform space but also frequency. Different parts of the brush are used to form various lines on the paper, straight and flexible, thick and light, dry and wet, varying in thickness but continuous. Side A: The most artistic feature of Chinese painting is the line. Having to accept the seismic joints, I had to carefully design the nodes to conceal their presence on the roof, façade, and interior to ensure that my painting is visually continuous.Īll in One. The expansion and deformation of the extra-long structure were released, reducing the heat stress, and avoiding structural cracks caused by temperature changes.

In this regard, Lao Hu (structural engineer) set up three seismic joints to divide them into four independent structural units. However, when the museum is divided, except for the art gallery, the rectangular dance studio, the circular yoga studio and the oval theater are all symmetrical and regular with excellent seismic performance. The plan is complex and irregular, and the structural design is not conducive to earthquake resistance. It allows different people to be in different spaces at the same time, but one can be alone in an artistic way. Side B: Monologue Art Museum is a multi-function space. All the scenery including sounds and thoughts slowly unfolded into paintings. When I came across the small theater again, I saw six trees by the water, whispering and shaking their heads in the breeze. The water runs through the center and diving the building, seemingly towards the sea. When you exit the building, you continue along the flower wall and wade through the water in the dappled shadows. Then the light fades, the path gets narrower, and you almost miss the tearoom hidden behind the wall. Starting from the small entrance theater where the light breaks through the corners, entering the art gallery, the quiet water courtyard slowly reveals itself along the open corridor with shifting lights, passing through the colorful yoga room to the bright art gallery (exhibition and painting rooms).

Side A: The Monologue Museum is a slowly unfolding hand scroll. Sustainability and Performance in ArchitectureĮven More Charming. The Future of Architectural Visualization

Flower arch garden