There is a treasure museum hidden in the Fengyuzhu Design Building in the Shanghai Shibei High-tech Park, Jing'an District. Its exhibits are highly valuable, and visitors have to stay up late till midnight and scramble for reservations one month in advance. It is known as "one of the most popular museums in Shanghai with tickets hard to book".
Today, let's step into this mysterious "pure white labyrinth" to explore the masterpieces in Chinese and foreign architectural history!
Architect Model Museum
Located on the 9th floor of the Fengyuzhu Design Building, at 191 Jiangchang 3rd Road, Jing'an District, it is China's first model museum designed by Yu Ting, a renowned Chinese architect.
The museum houses an extensive collection of model works crafted by world-renowned designers and artists, featuring well-known buildings such as the Bamboo Craft Village in Chongzhou and the China National Pavilion of World Expo 2010 Shanghai. Each exhibit is unique and intricately detailed, creating a captivating miniature world.
In addition to black, white, and gray,
this building, filled with architectural models,
is also showcased in red, yellow, and blue,
indicating three special exhibition spaces.
Designers use them to represent pure space, breaking boundaries to expand into unknown fields more elegantly.
The museum is expertly designed, resembling a giant model of a futuristic city, with quite some surprises of sci-fi works waiting for visitors to discover.
Tips
Address: 9F, Fengyuzhu Design Building, 191 Jiangchang 3rd Road
Opening hours: Wednesday to Friday 14:30-15:30 (latest admission at 15:00), Saturday 14:30-17:00 (latest admission at 16:30); the museum will be closed on statutory holidays.
Mode of reservation: Make a reservation through the WeChat official account of Architect Model Museum.
Tel.: 021-65038765 (10:00-17:00)