Nanjing Shangqinhuai Int'l Culture Exchange Center_Cultural_Projects | KRIS YAO｜ARTECH

Nanjing Qinhuai Wetland Park is the city's green lung and is a precious natural landscape. The Museum and Culture Center is located within the Wetland Part area, containing three major functions: a display museum, a conference center, and a hotel. The site is divided into north and south parts, and it shares the same entering avenue with the wetland park. The museum is located on the south side of the overall campus, and acts as the connecting element between the natural landscape and the active conference center.

The museum's permanent exhibition halls are located on the second floor. Visitors go through the exhibition along the elevated circular pass way, and can view out to the vast wetland on the south side windows. A multi-functional exhibition room, an assembly hall, and offices are located on the ground floor. The special exhibition halls are set on the east side of the ground floor to have the flexibilities working with the permanent exhibition.

The building mass is a stone façade ring cut into pieces, interprets the concept of "coexisting with nature, and erosion by water". With a modern but settled architectural language to point out the beauty of the wetland, and to satisfy the modern international city's functional requirements, becoming a place where the citizen can embrace and enjoy the nature beauty.