この建物を特徴づける要素は、風景を屋内へと引き込む曲がりくねった小道です。北側には、風光明媚な川辺の景観を通り抜けて屋上のスカイラインへと至る、ゆったりとした遊歩道が設けられています。東側では、橋のような歩道が都市環境から美術館へと滑らかにつながり、散策する人々は空と水へと一歩ずつ上っていくことができます。

地上レベルでは、中央のゲートウェイが空間的かつ象徴的な接続点として機能し、人々をチエンタン川の河岸へと引き寄せ、立ち止まり、思索し、その荘厳な存在を讃えるよう促します。館内では、主要な展示ホールが中心部に据えられ、その周囲を、交流、教育、意見交換、そして地域の集いのためのゆとりある公共空間が取り囲んでいます。

スノヘッタのデザインは、この敷地特有の文脈の本質を捉え、自然と都市を滑らかにつなげる橋として、建築とランドスケープを活用しています。杭州チエンタン湾美術館を通じて、スノヘッタはチエンタン川に敬意を表する芸術と創造性の火花を灯し、地域社会と来訪者の両方に無限の想像力を解き放つインスピレーションを与えることを目指しています。

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Snohetta wins competition to design Hangzhou Qiantang Bay Art Museum

Snohetta has won the competition to craft the centerpiece art museum for the Qiantang Bay Future Headquarters development in Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou. Snohetta’s winning concept celebrates the site’s spectacular setting facing both the waterfront and urban skyline, while resonating with the notion of Time and its relationship with the Arts. The design is a spatial interpretation of Art and Cultural waves and movements, envisioning the institution as a gateway for imagination where nature and art converge.

The 18,000 m2 landmark is part of Hangzhou’s ambitious downtown development along the Qiantang River. Strategically located at the confluence of the Qiantang river and Central water axis with proximate metro access, the art museum offers a striking vantage point, granting visitors sweeping vistas that stretch from one waterway to the other. Snohetta interprets the fluidity of the waterways as a creative catalyst, shaping a vibrant avenue of creativity and art that will flow from the district’s Central Water Axis cultural cluster to the iconic Qiantang river through an iconic gateway, infusing Hangzhou’s future with renewed vitality.

Inspired by the flowing forms and connective function of a bridge, the building’s design takes the form of two wave-like volumes. This dynamic configuration not only weaves together all circulation routes into a central node, but also establishes a vibrant public realm. The undulating landscape, like the rhythm of tides, guides visitors on an exploratory journey toward the gateway at the heart of the site and upward to a rooftop terrace with panoramic river and city views, activating the community between the two waterways.

The defining feature is the meandering pathways that draw the landscape indoors. To the north, leisurely promenades lead through scenic riverscape to the rooftop skyline. To the east, bridge-like walkways transition seamlessly from the urban setting into the art museum, allowing wanderers to ascend step-by-step toward the sky and waters.

At ground level, the central Gateway acts as a spatial and symbolic connector, drawing people toward the Qiantang riverfront and inviting them to pause, reflect, and celebrate its majestic presence. Inside, the main exhibition halls are nestled at the core, surrounded by generous public spaces for social, education, exchange, and communal gathering.

Snohetta’s design captures the essence of the site’s distinctive context, utilizing architecture and landscape as a bridge to seamlessly connect nature and city. With the Hangzhou Qiantang Bay Art Museum, Snohetta aims to ignite a spark for arts and creativity that pays homage to the city’s iconic Qiantang River, inspiring the community and visitors alike to unleash their boundless imaginations.

■建築概要

Hangzhou Qiantang Bay Art Museum
Location: Hangzhou, China
Timeline: 2025 –
Status: Competition Win
Client: Hangzhou Xiaoshan Qianjiang Century Development and Construction Co., Ltd.
Typology: Museum & Gallery
Size: 18,000 m2
Scope: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture
Collaborators: The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd., Buro Happold
Renderings: ATCHAIN & Snohetta