Tibetan Thangka Art संग्रहालयः by AND Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः in स्थापत्य, भवन एवं संरचना अभिकल्पना Competition Category.
रजतम्स्थापत्यम्· 2024
Tibetan Thangka Art संग्रहालयः
by AND Studio
Client: And Studio
A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः Winner in स्थापत्यम् Category
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The Design
About Tibetan Thangka Art संग्रहालयः
ल्हासा-थङ्का-संग्रहालयः ल्हासानगरे पर्वतपादमूले स्थितः थङ्का-कलायाः कृते निर्मितः संग्रहालयः अस्ति। इदं भवनं तिब्बती-विहारस्य रीत्या व्यवस्थितम् अस्ति, पर्वतेन आकाशेन च सह संवादं च रचयति। बाह्यः मार्गः भवनखण्डानां मध्ये आरोहति उच्चं चत्वरं च प्रति नयति, आन्तरिकः मार्गः तु प्रदर्शनस्थलानि व्यवस्थापयति। पारम्परिकाः शिलाभित्तयः द्विस्तरीय-वातायित-कंक्रीट-भित्तिरूपेण पुनर्व्याख्याताः, याः तापावरोधं वर्धयन्ति ऊर्जोपयोगं च न्यूनीकुर्वन्ति। स्थानीयाः सामग्र्यः स्थानीयश्रमिकाश्च उपयुक्ताः। अयं संग्रहालयः थङ्का-कलां तिब्बती-संस्कृतिं च प्रवर्धयति।
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः
Tibetan Thangka Art संग्रहालयः A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारस्य विजेता अस्ति; अयम् अत्यसाधारणतया प्रतिष्ठितः सम्मानः सर्वोच्चश्रेणीयेभ्यः सुन्दरेभ्यः प्रभावशालिभ्यश्चाभिकल्पेभ्यो दीयते। रजतविजेतारोऽतितेजस्विन्योऽत्यन्तं सृजनशीलाश्च कृतयः सन्ति, ताः स्वाभिकल्पकानाम् उत्कृष्टां विशेषज्ञतां प्रतिभां सूक्ष्मप्रज्ञां च प्रदर्शयन्ति। Tibetan Thangka Art संग्रहालयः अद्भुतं प्रदर्शनीयं कार्यम् उल्लेखनीयतया व्यावसायिकं गम्भीरनवोन्मेषयुक्तं च भविष्यतीति प्रत्याशा क्रियते। A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारं जितवद् एतद् अभिकल्पकार्यम् अतीवोल्लेखनीयः प्रशंसित आविष्कारोऽस्ति, यो लाभं ददाति कलाया विज्ञानस्याभिकल्पस्य प्रौद्योगिक्याश्च सीमा विस्तारयति च। Tibetan Thangka Art संग्रहालयः बहुभिरीर्ष्यमाणा सृष्टिरस्ति, या कामना उद्बोधयति, सकारात्मकभावान् आनयति, विस्मयस्य आश्चर्यस्य च स्फुलिङ्गान् प्रज्वालयति।
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Set against the foothills of the mountains, the Lhasa Thangka Museum is organized in the manner of a Tibetan monastery, with an emphasis on dialogue with the mountain and the sky. The detail design respects the heritage of the local culture and reproduces the traditional artistic features with a modern architectural language.The museum aims to be a window for the dissemination of Thangka art, it will treasure and promote Thangka culture and Tibetan culture.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The main tower is used as an exhibition space, as a vantage point to admire the landscape and at the same time acts as a "wind tower": it creates natural ventilation and cools the building during the very hot summers. The double wall structure guarantees the insulation of the building, the reduction energy consumption for heating and cooling by 30%, and the integration of the technical equipment.
- Tags
- museum, thangka art, concrete, brass, glass curtain wall
- Production Technology
- The project is organized in two paths: the external one, which takes up the path of the Tibetan monastery, a climb between the different volumes, which recalls the ascent of the mountain, to lead to the high square, where During the “Sho Dun” festival, you can admire a large Thangka suspended against the tower; the other interior, which organizes the exhibition spaces and the objects on display following the path of the believer in search of enlightenment. In order to get as close as possible to the zero carbon objective, quite a lot of work has been done on the search for local materials and producers and reducing CO2 production and energy consumption. We convinced our Client not to import materials from elsewhere, avoiding long supply transportation, favoring local manpower and materials. To protect the environment, quarries are now banned in the region. We therefore chose to reinterpret the traditional stone walls with double ventilated concrete walls. We used pressed clay, a local ancestral technique, to create the floor of the exhibition spaces.
- Design Challenge
- At first we wanted to use the local stone, following the vernacular architecture. However quarrying is now prohibited in this region in order to protect the environment. We have therefore chosen to reinterpret the traditional stone walls with double walls in concrete.
We chose concrete instead of steel and metal cladding in order to avoid any importation of materials. - Research
- At the genesis of this project, a great collector contacted us to promote and exhibit this art from the Buddhist religion; a cultural and secular approach unprecedented in Tibet. Exploring Lhasa guided by a monk and by the client allowed us to immerse ourselves in this ancestral culture. For us, it was a question here of conceiving a poetic, spiritual project, intimately linked to this context. Through our architect's eyes, we have transcribed our learning of Buddhist culture to create a museum deeply rooted in the local reality; a secular place where the boundaries between art and spirituality merge.
- Inspiration
- Two years ago we were approached by the largest holder of Thangka art collection in the world to study for a museum project in Tibet. We have the ambition to reconcile modernity and tradition. For this we took an initiatory journey to learn Thangka art, local culture, in its expressions of volumetric and architectural composition. The progression through the Potala Palace inspires the journey around the volumes of our project.
- Project Duration
- The project started in February 2019 and finished in May 2022 in Lhasa, China
- Operation Flow
- We designed this museum to promote learning and meditation. The light work and scenography are designed to sublimate the centuries-old paintings, which will serve as inspiration and testimony for future generations.
The museum itinerary was designed in collaboration with the curator and a local monk. The use of natural light as an architectural component has guided the design of the spaces. Zenithal light, claustra and fissures occasionally pierce the walls and roofs of the exhibition halls. - Patents
- Design: AND Studio
Consultant: CSCEC AECOM Consultants Co., LTD - Team Members
- Lead Architect: Ning Wang
Lead Architect: Duccio Cardelli
Architect: Tomasso di Francia
Architect: Yutong Ma
Architect: Qinyi Li
Architect: Luca Amighetti
Architect: Dominika Kowalczyk - Image Credits
- Photo and Video by: Arch-Exist Photography
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