general layout
The second floor of the main building of Guotai Art Center is a parking garage, which can park 100 small vehicles. The underground 1 floor is mainly composed of two small theaters (partially semi-underground); The ground 1 floor is the equipment and auxiliary room; There are mainly 800 theaters on the second, third, fourth and fifth floors above ground. The sixth and seventh floors above ground are art galleries. There is an indoor art museum on the west side of the eighth floor above the ground, and a leisure platform and an outdoor art museum are set on the roof on the east side, at the same time, it can be used as a leisure place for social welfare as much as possible. The southwest side of Guotai Art Center is connected with the 8,000-square-meter Guotai Plaza. You can directly enter the exhibition hall of the art museum through the square. According to the decision of the 74th executive meeting of the municipal government, the renovation and reconstruction of the old building of the former Sino-British Liaison Office on the west side of the Cultural Square was incorporated into the unified construction of Cathay Art Center as a part of the exhibition hall of the Art Museum. The total area of this old building is about 850 square meters.
Architectural modeling comes from several bucket arch members of Chongqing Huguang Club. The whole construction method is based on the inscription method in Hanshu, interspersed with traditional components, and expresses the spiritual connotation of traditional architecture in a modern and concise way. The "jigsaw puzzles" in architecture are intertwined, folded and hung, and the components are held high and let nature take its course, trying to reflect the visual impact and sculptural feeling of China architecture. The special texture effect pursued by design is also the most essential spiritual pursuit of Chongqing people. With the traditional musical instrument "Sheng" as the cultural carrier, the harmonious image of song and dance "Sheng" is created in modern dynamic urban life. The whole building is like a lighted red bonfire, burning with joy; The bright red color represents the traditional color of China, which is rich and auspicious. Just like the red oil hot pot in Chongqing, it shows the characteristics of Ba people's fortitude, frankness and hospitality.
On October 25th, 2065438+200365438+/KLOC-0, the Cathay Art Center, which took six years to build, will officially "open" and stage its first large-scale drama. As one of the top ten public welfare facilities in Chongqing, this breathing building made of nearly 8,000 tons of steel won the 10th China Gold Medal for Steel Structure.