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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 نقرئی انعام in فنِ تعمیر، عمارت اور ڈھانچہ ڈیزائن Competition Category.


چاندیفنِ تعمیر· 2024

Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر

by AND Studio

Client: And Studio

A' Design Award نقرئی انعام Winner in فنِ تعمیر Category

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The Design

About Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر

لہاسا تھانگکا میوزیم لہاسا میں پہاڑوں کے دامن میں واقع تھانگکا فن کے لیے ایک عجائب گھر ہے۔ عمارت کو تبتی خانقاہ کے انداز میں ترتیب دیا گیا ہے اور یہ پہاڑ اور آسمان کے ساتھ ایک مکالمہ قائم کرتی ہے۔ ایک بیرونی راستہ عمارتی حجموں کے درمیان سے اوپر چڑھتا ہے اور ایک بلند چوک تک پہنچتا ہے، جبکہ ایک اندرونی راستہ نمائشی مقامات کو ترتیب دیتا ہے۔ روایتی پتھر کی دیواروں کو دوہری ہوادار کنکریٹ دیواروں کے طور پر نئے انداز میں پیش کیا گیا ہے، جو حرارتی حفاظت (انسولیشن) کو بہتر بناتی ہیں اور توانائی کے استعمال کو کم کرتی ہیں۔ مقامی مواد اور مقامی محنت کشوں سے کام لیا گیا۔ یہ عجائب گھر تھانگکا فن اور تبتی ثقافت کو فروغ دیتا ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award نقرئی انعام

Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر A' Design Award نقرئی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو دلکش، عالی شان اور متاثر کن اعلیٰ ترین درجے کے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا غیر معمولی طور پر باوقار اعتراف ہے۔ نقرئی انعام کے فاتحین نہایت درخشاں اور بے حد تخلیقی کام ہیں جو اپنے ڈیزائنرز کی نمایاں مہارت، ہنر اور بصیرت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک شاندار، نمونہ بننے والا کام ہوگا جو قابل ذکر حد تک پیشہ ورانہ اور گہرائی سے جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award نقرئی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن ایک انتہائی قابل توجہ اور سراہی جانے والی ایجاد ہے جو فائدہ پہنچاتی اور فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن اور ٹیکنالوجی کی حدود کو آگے بڑھاتی ہے۔ Tibetan Thangka Art عجائب گھر وہ تخلیق ہے جس پر بے حد رشک کیا جاتا ہے، جو خواہشات کو ابھارتی، مثبت احساسات لاتی اور حیرت اور تحیر کو جنم دیتی 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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