Visitor center, museum, monitoring center of Jiayuguan Heritage Park

Project Name: Visitor center, museum, monitoring center of Jiayuguan Heritage Park

Location: Jiayuguan, Gansu, China

Partner-In-Charge: Architectural History Research Institute 

Design Period: 03.2012-07.2012

Construction Period: 07. 2013–

Area: 28,000 m²

Designer: Xu Lei, Chai Peigen, Yu Haiwe, Yan Zhaoyu, Wang Shaogang, Niu Tao, Xie Jingxin, Dai Tianxing, Liu Bin, Jin Xing, Sun Jing

Awards: First Prize of Architecture Project Design by China Architectural Design & Research Group

Jiayuguan is the western starting point of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty, and the important gate of ancient “the Silk Road”. This project is located in the place about 1400m to the east of Jiayuguan urban area. The boundaries of building land are controlled by three lines with space meanings: the geographical line of Jiayuguan---Shanhaiguan lies on the north, the eastern controlling line points at the first pier of Great Wall which is located 7km away from the south of Jiayuguan urban area, the western controlling line points at Cantilever Great Wall which is located 7km away from the north of Jiayuguan urban area. All the controlling lines are both controlling elements and emotional elements, which bear the experience of the Great Wall across the time and space.