Architects:AOMOMO Studio, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Area:2800m²

Year:2025

Photographs:Shengliang Su

Category:Museums & Exhibit

Chief Planner & Organizer:Urban Renewal (Beijing) Holdings Group (CBC Architecture Center)

Chief Planner:Peng Lixiao

Construction Unit:Sichuan Kaizhou Development Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

Design Unit:AOMOMO Studio, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Chief Designer:Zhang Hai'ao

Design Team:Li Di, Xu Hang, Li Yihang, Pan Wenqi, Wang Jingchuang, Wu Changlong, Zhang Minghui, Yang Ge, Qian Kun, Ma Libao, Li Zhuoyang

Construction Deepening Unit:Sichuan Hongji Original Architectural Design Co., Ltd. (Main Structure); Chengdu Feiyu Culture Technology Group Co., Ltd. (Interior Decoration)

Construction Team:Deyang Rongbei Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. (Main Construction); LIFANG Digital Technology Group Co., Ltd. (Interior Decoration Construction)

City:Deyang

Country:China

Text description provided by the architects. On the basis of the former Chengde Industrial Park in Zhongjiang County, the Deyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government established Deyang Kaizhou New City, and decided to pool the city's strength and focus resources to advance the development of the new city. Kaizhou New City has become another industrial pearl on the eastern foot of Longquan Mountain, following Huaizhou New City, Jianzhou New City and Airport New City. Developed since the Han Dynasty, the Renmin Canal fully demonstrates its evolution from an ancient water conservancy project to a modern large-scale irrigation area. It showcases the technological achievements of water conservancy construction and commemorates the historical memory of the joint efforts of educated youth and local residents.

Renmin Canal & Kaizhou New City: A Dialogue Across Half a Century — This project encapsulates the striving memory of the 7th phase of the Renmin Canal project and its contemporary inheritance. As a demonstration section and development engine of the starting area, the Kaizhou Music Valley Rural Cultural Industrial Park Project relies on the natural and cultural advantages of the site. Centered on music themes and the music industry, it introduces related business formats, enriches experiential content, and builds a compound cultural industry cluster for the new era.

Architecture as Terrain — The project is located on the west side of the park, with water to the east and a raised hill adjacent to the site. The terrain generally slopes from west to east. Taking advantage of this topography, the building is designed to rise gradually from west to east, integrating with the park space like an "uplifted landform". It is an architectural expression of natural processes, reflecting the boundaryless integrated landscape of the park. Based on the original functional requirements, the building is divided into two parts, arranged according to spatial usage. The central section is opened up to create visual and spatial permeability, connecting mountain and water landscapes. The building features a curved form rising from the center to both ends, with soft lines blending harmoniously with the overall landscape.

Interior & Exterior — As an exhibition hall, the overall facade design adapts to the local context of Kaizhou, using traditional Sichuan tiles and bamboo as main materials. The gently rising streamline shape of the roof echoes the surrounding terrain. Slit-like openings in the roof bring in natural light, creating a lively and natural lighting environment beneath the large roof. The facade adopts staggered vertical lines, evoking a spatial rhythm similar to musical notes. The grey spaces are lined with upright bamboo poles, making visitors feel as if walking into a bamboo forest, fully embodying Sichuan characteristics.

The first floor houses the main entrance and primary exhibition spaces; the second floor features VR exhibitions, with a movable partition on the north side to form a discussion area. The art exhibition hall has three above-ground floors, with extensive grey spaces on the first floor to enhance indoor-outdoor spatial connection.

Structure & Materials — In terms of overall materials and structural system, local structural forms and material languages are adopted. The building consists of one structural unit, with one basement floor and one to three above-ground floors. Except for the roof, which adopts a steel lattice shell structure, the rest uses cast-in-place reinforced concrete frame structure. The single-layer grid roof is combined with descending tree-like steel columns, slender steel column clusters and partial tie rods, sharing similar artistic conception with the traditional Chuandou wooden structure unique to western Sichuan. The roof is paved with local traditional small grey tiles, which reduces costs and allows certain construction tolerance.

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