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Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر by AND Studio

Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر by AND Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام in فنِ تعمیر، عمارت تے ڈھانچا ڈیزائن Competition Category.


چاندیفنِ تعمیر· 2024

Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر

by AND Studio

Client: And Studio

A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام Winner in فنِ تعمیر Category

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The Design

About Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر

لہاسا تھنگکا میوزیم لہاسا وچ پہاڑاں دے دامن اُتے تھنگکا آرٹ کیتے اک عجائب گھر ہے۔ ایہ عمارت تبتی خانقاہ دے طرز اُتے ترتیب ڈتی ڳئی ہے تے پہاڑ تے آسمان نال اک مکالمہ پیدا کریندی ہے۔ اک ٻاہرلا رستہ عمارتی حصیاں دے وچالے چڑھدا ہے تے اک اُچے چوک تئیں پُچاوندا ہے، جڈاں کہ اک اندرونی رستہ نمائش دیاں تھاواں کوں ترتیب ڈیندا ہے۔ روایتی پتھر دیاں کندھاں کوں دوہری ہوادار کنکریٹ دیاں کندھاں دے طور تے نویں سرے توں تیار کیتا ڳیا ہے، جہڑیاں حرارتی بچاؤ کوں بہتر بݨاندیاں ہن تے توانائی دا استعمال گھٹ کریندیاں ہن۔ مقامی مواد تے مقامی مزدوری استعمال کیتی ڳئی۔ ایہ عجائب گھر تھنگکا آرٹ تے تبتی ثقافت کوں فروغ ڈیندا ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام

Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام دا جتݨ والا ہے، غیر معمولی حد تئیں معزز پچھاݨ جیڑھی اعلیٰ ترین درجے دے، شاندار تے متاثر کرݨ والے ڈیزائناں کوں ݙتی ویندی ہے۔ چاندی دے جتݨ والے بہوں روشن تے انتہائی تخلیقی کم ہن، جیڑھے اپݨے ڈیزائنراں دی شاندار مہارت، صلاحیت تے ذہانت کوں ظاہر کریندے ہن۔ Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر کنوں امید کیتی ویندی ہے جو او ہک شاندار نمائشی کم ہوسی، قابل ذکر حد تئیں پیشہ ورانہ تے گہری جدت والا۔ ایہ ڈیزائن جنہاں A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام جتیا ہے، ہک انتہائی قابل ذکر، سراہی ہوئی ایجاد ہے جیڑھی فائدہ ݙیندی ہے تے فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن تے ٹیکنالوجی دیاں حداں ودھیندی ہے۔ Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر ہک ایجھی تخلیق ہے جنہاں تے ڈھیر لوک حسد کریندے ہن، جیڑھی خواہشاں جگیندی ہے، مثبت جذبے آݨیندی ہے تے حیرت تے تعجب دی چنگاری بالیندی ہے۔

Behind the Design

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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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