[Shanghai Attractions] Pudong Art Museum: a top art museum designed by a French architect

#shanghaiattractions 📖: The Pudong Art Museum was designed by the French architectural designer Jean Nouvel and his office. It is a work of art in itself. It is located in a row in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. The Bund International Building Group and the Lujiazui skyscrapers face each other across the river. Quietly describing the multi-faceted charm of this city. The overall building achieves an abstract aesthetic appeal through the arrangement of points, lines and surfaces. From the white granite building facade to the geometric lines that can be seen everywhere in the museum, the complexity and diversity of the space are revealed. Pudong Art Museum covers an area of ​​13,000 square meters, with a total construction area of ​​40,000 square meters. The main designer is French architect and Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel. He chose white granite as the main material and used different polishing techniques to create a special texture, creating a harmonious unity between the building and the surrounding landscape. The design of the public areas is inspired by the "Suprematism" of Russian artist Kazimir Malevich. The museum has a total of 13 exhibition halls on 6 floors. There is a 53-meter-long covered bridge built at the side entrance on the second floor, which connects with the landscape along the river. Visitors can follow the covered bridge directly to the Lujiazui Riverside Trail water platform. The central exhibition hall located in the central area of ​​the museum is one of the museum's special exhibition halls. This exhibition hall runs from the underground floor to the fourth floor above ground. The base of the exhibition hall is 34.4 meters high. There is also a lifting platform in the corner of the bottom, which can rise to the highest level above ground. The height allows visitors to enjoy the same work of art from different perspectives on different floors. There are two mirror halls on the 2nd and 3rd floors, with a total area of ​​about 750 square meters. A high-precision screen is installed behind the glass of the mirror hall, which can broadcast high-definition images to the other side of Puxi. When the screen is turned off, the Huangpu River and the buildings opposite are reflected in the mirror, making it a work of art in itself. 📍: No. 2777, Binjiang Avenue, Pudong New Area 🚘: 8 minutes walk from Exit 1 of Lujiazui Station of Metro Line 2