Shanghai Auto Museum
The Shanghai Automobile Museum ( Chinese 上海 汽车 博物馆 , Pinyin Shànghǎi Qìchē Bówùguǎn ) is an automobile museum that opened in 2007 in the municipality of Anting in the Jiading district of Shanghai . It is the first museum in China exclusively dedicated to the automobile.
architecture
The building was designed by the Architectural Design & Research Institute of the renowned Tongji University in collaboration with a German planning office. The client was Shanghai International Auto City . The flowing lines of the architecture are intended to be reminiscent of a vehicle moving at high speed. The design of the facade evokes associations with stacked books as a sign of the educational and cultural opportunities offered in the museum. The exhibition design and scenography were created by Atelier Brückner in Stuttgart , the media conception by jangled nerves and the lighting design by LDE Belzner Holmes .
The interior of the museum is modeled on modern, urban streets, with indicated squares, shop windows, lane markings and other design elements. The visitor is guided along a Corian band that is supposed to convey dynamism and movement. The museum, which required investments of more than RMB 400 million to build, covers an area of over 10,000 m 2 ; the museum area covers a total of 28,000 m 2 . In accordance with the short construction times customary in China, it was completed within just four months and presented to the public on January 17th, 2007.
Museum concept
The popular science- oriented museum documents the history of the automobile - from the invention of the wheel to the future of electromobility, which is massively subsidized in China . In addition, it would like to show the far-reaching influence of the automobile on the coexistence of people and on the development of society.
For this purpose, visitors can follow a timeline that accompanies them through the entire exhibition. Branches on the ground floor lead to topics related to contemporary history, such as mass production (shown in a room simulating an industrial hall) or energy-saving cars (presented spatially as a petrol station, at whose pumps visitors can find out about all fuels and drive types). Another themed room, equipped in the style of a tinkerer's workshop, is dedicated to the early history of the automobile. The themed rooms are taken up again on the higher floors and expanded with regard to possible future developments. On the third floor there is a library with multimedia information.
vehicles
Around 80 vehicles are currently on display, which have been selected primarily on the basis of automotive history. In addition to the replica of a Benz motor vehicle (the first vehicle with a combustion engine), this also includes vehicles made in China such as the Hongqi and the VW Santana (the first Volkswagen built by Shanghai Volkswagen). Using the example of the Ford T , the Austin 7 and the VW Beetle , mass production and its consequences are explained. Other exhibits with historical value include vehicles such as the Volkswagen Transporter and a Nash Metropolitan .
Vehicles as different as the BMW Isetta and the Cadillac Eldorado document the range of automobiles produced at the same time in the 1950s , which on the one hand allows the depiction of the wealth gap between the nations at the time and on the other hand allows their owners to be socially assigned . Unlike in Germany, for example, where today only minor conclusions can be drawn accurately from a vehicle type about the social status of the owner, openly displayed differences in prosperity in China - also with regard to widespread corruption - are a current and much-discussed topic for society as a whole .
In addition, vehicles with little or no significant automotive historical value, but because of special features of their automotive technology, such as a Jaguar E or a Roewe Concept Car will be presented.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shanghai Automobile Museum ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the architecture office. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ↑ jangled nerves website of the agency
- ↑ The Shanghai Auto Museum (PDF; 2.75 MB). Publication of the planning office involved. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ↑ Museum Outline ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Shanghai International Automobile City website . Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ↑ Shanghai Automobile Museum Website of the museum. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
- ↑ China's leadership fights against luxury Report by DiePresse.com from May 9, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
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