Shell Structure

 

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Dalian Shell Museum

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LOCATION: Dalian, , China ARCHITECT/SPECIFIER: The Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture of DUT

 

With four floors above ground and one floor underground, the  building contains contains about 18,000sqm 18,000sqm of space. space. The structure is fittingly aligned with the theme of shells and mixes a multitude of versatile organic forms in its design. The main exhibition building features an overlapping roof made of QuadroClad which evokes an oversized seashell. The material projects the natural flowing curves the architect envisioned and also demonstrates the customizable nature of Hunter Douglas' curved products. The concept plays with the building's advantageous geographical site to establish the main exhibition space stretching out in an uphill direction. This arrangement allows views of the beautiful landscape from the wide picture windows inside the museum's lounge. From inside, the glazed wall looks transparent; from outside, it reflects the environment so effectively that the building seamlessly glides into blue sky and green sea, appearing as a series of "shells".

 

From inside, the glazed wall looks transparent; from outside, it reflects the environment so effectively that the building seamlessly glides into blue sky and green sea, appearing as a series of “shells”

 

The outside of the building is mainly made of glass and stainless steel, so it reflects the surrounding environment  perfectly,, looking green or  perfectly or blue in turns. It looks transparent transparent fromatthe the natural light ofws” thethe suncolor go inside,  but theinside same and timelets time reflects it and “borrows” “borro of the sky or of the nature around it.

 

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