This 41,227 sqm museum by Beijing-based architects MAD is located in Erdos, China. The project is currently under construction.

The following description is from MAD:

‘Erdos Museum is located in the new city centre of Erdos. Driven by a booming economy, the Municipal Government of Erdos have determined to create this new city, dozens of kilometers away from the current city, on a site that until recently was nothing but the Gobi Desert. The urban masterplan drew a symbolic but empty image, one which fulfilled the wishes of the government, but which shows no real consideration for the urban space.

The museum is conceived as a reaction to this city plan. It takes the form of a natural, irregular nucleus, wrapped in polished metal louvers, to reflect and fragment the planned surroundings. This shell will enclose a new interior scenery which is totally different from the urban reality.

The interior is divided into several exhibition halls, defined by continuous curvilinear walls, all opening onto the shared public space that runs through the museum. The glazed roof will draw light into this environment, which is then channeled through the building by the luminescent walls, whilst the louvers will allow natural ventilation. This new space will create a bright, tranquil and fluid environment, and provide visitors with a totally different feeling to that which they experience in the city outside.’

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