National Museum of China in Beijing, the world’s largest museum.

In order to show the history and art of one of the oldest cultures of mankind, the China Revolutionary Museum and the Museum of the History of China have joined in National Museum of China, Whose expansion has undertaken the study of German architecture GMP. The resulting new museum of 191,900 m2, has proved the world’s largest.

The building has four inputs, Each pointing to a cardinal point. The hall is 260 meters in length has been widened to center around the main entrance of the existing Tian’anmen SquareCreating a ‘forum’.

In the ‘Forum’ is a multifunctional area that includes a cafeteria, bookstore, gift shop, lockers and toilets. This ‘forum’ of enormous size is charming with materials that are made: granite on the floor and walls and woodwork in the exhibition areas. The architectural form of space is a modern interpretation of traditional elements of Chinese buildings. In addition, the harmonious use of materials, wood, stone and glass, creates a sense of identity and familiarity.

The entrance facing west characterized by slender pillars connected by an entablature that holds the newly created porch with a classical element of china architecture called dougong.

In the wing North, Whose entrance is located on Chang’an Avenue, is the exhibition on China’s modern history. And by the input-oriented South accessing the area the library administration and.

The roof metal plates made of bronze remains the typology of the Forbidden City and the original building, yellow, updating the materials. These plates have perforations that filter the light producing the characteristic atmosphere of the houses in traditional China, which also can be found on the balustrades, and are based on a handmade frame set out in the Museum’s collection.