2024-11-21T10:03:27-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150440875/big-s-garden-like-suzhou-art-oasis-tops-out Josh Niland 2024-08-09T13:45:00-04:00 >2024-08-09T15:01:28-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a4/a457ef016f2310aa2d2524a632516e89.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Another museum project in China from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">BIG</a>, the 646,000-square-foot Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, topped out recently ahead of its scheduled 2025 opening. The project, a "tribute to the rich garden heritage of Suzhou," includes 12 separate small pavilions, which are united by walkways covered by a sheltering envelope of ribboned roof eaves to form a village-like concept. It stands as the centerpiece of the ongoing Jinji Lake redevelopment.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The result is a manmade maze of plants and artworks to get lost within," Bjarke Ingels commented on the design scheme created in collaboration with ARTS Group and <a href="https://archinect.com/frontinc" target="_blank">Front Inc</a>. "Its nodular logic only becomes distinctly discernible when viewed from the gondolas above."</p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-XqHHppObQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> View this post on Instagram </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-XqHHppObQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group (@big_builds)</a><br>