Research On The Elasitc Design Strategy Of Contemporary Art Museum

Art museum, the place where art pieces are enshrined, offers a space of inspiration and meditation for people. Contemporary art was officially introduced to the public in 1980s and since when, came the mass construction of art museum in China. The confliction between traditional ones and novel arts brought both challenges and opportunities to the explorations of Chinese modern art museum, which is currently developing rapidly in terms of total numbers, exhibition qualities, and related services. The subjective ideology and objective tendency of modern museums have been changing due to the relationship developments with urban context, the business collaborations with culture industry, and the requirements from social life. Thus, an integrated and systematic design thinking of Chinese modern museum is needed in the fields of urban and architecture, planning and operation, functionality and form performance.Given that the rapid style changing of contemporary art and the increasing diversity of expressions, the adaptability of role changing under new trends becomes the decisive factor for successful art museums. This paper elaborates the design methodology of art museum by comparing, analyzing and criticizing existing examples both in China and western countries. Through elastic design thinking, aiming at seeking an effective strategy for the design and renovation, as well as making contributions to provide guidance in both architectural practicing and business operations of modern art museums in China is the goal of this paper.This paper includes three parts:Firstly, the research scope of art museums in this paper is articulated from chapter 1 to chapter 3. Besides, the research question'How to fulfill the various requirements in the development of modern art museum through elastic design thinking'is argued with the review of art museum histories internationally and domestically; the summary of developing tendency in western paradigms; and the introduction of elastic design.In the meantime, Chapter 4 to Chapter 6 discusses the feasibility of four museum examples in China, out of which, the paper responses with analysis of experience of shortcomings. Simultaneously, it concludes the characteristics of elastic design in art museums by summarizing successful paradigms both in China and western countries, optimizes design strategy in terms of principals, frameworks and universal approaches.Last but not least, chapter 7 concludes the creative points that brought to design approaches and art museums from elastic design strategy. This paper emphasizes the aspects that require improvements, and explores the future pragmatic applications of elastic design strategy in art museum.