{"id":7985,"date":"2026-05-15T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7985"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:06:27","slug":"mad-clads-bulbous-science-museum-with-silver-toned-polymer-panels-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/mad-clads-bulbous-science-museum-with-silver-toned-polymer-panels-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"MAD clads bulbous science museum with silver-toned polymer panels in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hainan<\/div>\n

Shiny panels envelop the spiralling structure of the Hainan Science Museum, which has been completed by architecture studio MAD<\/a> in Haikou, China<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perched on a verdant site near the city’s Wuyuan River National Wetland Park, the museum<\/a> houses 46,528 square metres of public space, including four exhibition floors connected by a single, spiralling walkway.<\/p>\n

\"Aerial
MAD has completed the Hainan Science Museum in Haikou, China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The museum was conceived by MAD<\/a> to be closer to a public library than a destination landmark, where local schools and residents can explore science, technology and nature.<\/p>\n

Combining these themes into a single building, studio founder Ma Yansong designed the series of ring-shaped galleries as open-plan spaces that “flow into one another rather than sit behind separate doors”.<\/p>\n

\"Shiny
Its bulbous exterior is clad with silver-toned panels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I wanted the project to be built on the idea of flow and chaos \u2013 space, function, and knowledge to flow into one another, freely,” Yansong said.<\/p>\n

“Different subjects should connect, overlap, and stay open,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“If artificial intelligence can already answer almost any question, a science museum’s job is no longer to deliver facts. It is to teach children how to ask them.”<\/p>\n

\"Ground
An expansive canopy emerges from the museum’s base<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the museum’s base, a winding canopy punctuated with rounded openings shelters a series of glass-walled public spaces at ground level.<\/p>\n

These include an amphitheatre, cinema, temporary exhibition space and sunken courtyard area, which are connected by a covered walkway and flanked at one end by a reflecting pool.<\/p>\n

A planetarium is held within a separate rounded volume, complete with a domed roof that emerges beyond the canopy.<\/p>\n