Majiayao Observatory Center

Majiayao Ruins Observatory was featured in GA DOCUMENTINTERNATIONAL 2021

2021. 07. 19

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"157 INTERNATIONAL 2021"—GA DOCUMENT

"’Super Fusion: 2021 Chengdu Biennale’ inaugurates eight themed exhibitions and one international conference”— CAFA ART INFO

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 "2021 Chengdu opensBiennale"—CAFA

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A promotional poster for the International 2021 architecture exhibition at GA gallery, running from July 17 to September 12, 2021. The poster features a yellow abstract design with trees and text in Japanese and English listing participating architects and firms.

The ongoing project Majiayao Ruins Museum was featured in GA DOCUMENT-INTERNATIONAL 2021, an international famous architecture book publisher in Japan. It was also invited to participate in annual exhibition held at GA gallery in Tokyo this year.

Majiayao ruins are located in Lintao County, Gansu Province, at the intersection of Taohe River and its tributary Bamayu canyon. It belongs to the ancient settlement site from Neolithic Age to Bronze Age. Our design concept originates from the perception of the natural geological characteristics of Lintao County in Northwest China and the survival wisdom of our ancestors. It is also a regional practice to explore the regional climate and cultural roots. Concealment is the attitude of the architectural intervention in a specific context with controls, and cave is the metaphor of the architectural expression of prehistoric survival wisdom.

An architectural rendering of the Zhu Pei Majiyao Ruins Observatory in Lintao, Gansu, China, showing a modern structure with multiple rounded and curved buildings on a grassy hilltop overlooking farmland and a river, with a few people walking around.
A page with maps and sketches of the Mayayao Ruins observatory site, and photographs of the site showing landscape views and structural models of the observatory.
Open-air viewing platform on a hill, with a person standing on it, overlooking a landscape; interior of a modern cave-like building with curved walls and an arch window, with two people inside; a textured rock surface with small trees growing on it, photographed from a low angle; a spacious indoor area with large cone-shaped supports, chairs, and people, likely a public space or gallery.
Museum interior with concrete walls, displaying photographs, diagrams, and a boat model on a table, with stairs and a monitor showing an ancient artifact.
Interior of an architecture or design exhibition with models, blueprints, and photographs displayed on concrete walls and stands.

Exhibition date: 17 July 2021-12 September 2021

Opening time: 12:00-18:30

Address: 3-12-14 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051, Japan