The National Grand Theatre has built the world's largest theater complex, and the three major buildings of the Beijing Urban Sub center have been fully completed. The museum | Beijing | Conclusion

25 kilometers east of Beijing, the water of the Grand Canal flows leisurely. On both sides of the canal, large-scale greening is quietly spreading, and the three major buildings of Beijing's urban sub center are rising from the ground.

On the 15th, the reporter visited the three major buildings that were about to be completed. The Beijing Art Center, which looks like a big curtain, shimmers with silver under the sunlight. The Grand Canal Museum seems to be covered with five sails scattered all over the roof, and the Beijing City Library, supported by 144 "ginkgo tree trunks," looks like a sea of forests.

The three major buildings will meet the conditions for completion and acceptance by the end of September

Sha Gang, Deputy General Manager of the Three Major Construction Projects at the Urban Sub center of Beitou Group, introduced that as of now, the main structure and exterior decoration works of the three major construction projects have been fully completed. 95% of indoor electromechanical engineering has been completed, 90% of indoor decoration engineering has been completed, and 80% of outdoor municipal and landscape engineering has been completed. 95% of the total project quantity has been completed cumulatively, and the project has entered the comprehensive closure stage. The three major construction projects are expected to meet the completion and acceptance conditions by the end of September. After completion, this will become a landmark public cultural building complex that was first built in the urban sub center.

Beitou Group will meet the people's expectations for high-quality cultural leisure with the fastest speed, highest quality, and best results. Efforts will be made to build the three major construction projects into brilliant cultural pearls that inherit the cultural genes of the Grand Canal and promote the national temperament of the new era.

The Beijing Art Center, which looks like a big curtain, shines with silver light in the sunlight.

Beijing Art Center: Gradually Achieve 650 Annual Performances

How will the three major buildings be put into use after completion? Jiang Tao, the person in charge of the preparatory group for the National Grand Theatre City Sub center Theater, introduced that the Beijing Art Center has a music hall, opera house, and theater, as well as a small theater and open-air theater, with a total seating capacity of about 5700, which is comparable in size to the site of the National Grand Theatre on West Chang'an Street. Through the development from 2023 to 2027, the expected scale of 650 annual performances and 600 events will gradually be achieved.

With the official operation of Beijing Art Center within 2023, it, together with the Grand Theatre and Taihu Dance Art Center, forms a new development pattern of "one courtyard and three sites" for the National Grand Theatre. The Grand Theatre will have a total construction area of over 400000 square meters, 11 theaters, and more than 13000 seats, making it the world's largest theater complex with the same city and operating entity.

The Beijing City Library, supported by 144 "ginkgo tree trunks," looks like a sea of forests.

The Grand Canal Museum: Meeting the needs of multiple types of services

The Grand Canal Museum is known as the "boat of the canal". The roof design of the north audience sharing hall is taken from the "boat", and the roof design of the south main building is taken from the "sail".

Zhang Yu, Director of the Office of the Capital Museum and Director of the East Hall Preparation Office, introduced that the audience sharing hall has set up functional spaces such as open exhibition displays, restaurants, cafes, lecture halls, fusion halls, and educational activities, which can meet the needs of various types of audience services such as open exhibition displays, social education activities, etiquette activities, and cultural and creative supporting services in the museum.

The main building area mainly reflects the basic functions of the museum, consisting of a collection warehouse, cultural relic restoration, exhibition and exhibition areas, and social and educational activities. Based on the internal spatial structure of the building, basic exhibitions, thematic exhibitions, and temporary exhibitions have been reasonably set up, and children's exhibition halls and science popularization exhibition halls have been set up in combination with social and educational functions. At the same time, combined with the needs of museum business, supporting service functions such as training, cultural creativity, and cultural exchange have been set up from a historical and cultural perspective.

In addition, in order to enhance the attractiveness of the museum and enhance the audience's understanding of the museum and cultural relics, combined with the functions of museum cultural relics protection and restoration, an open cultural heritage display area is set up for the audience, further enriching the visitor experience.

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Beijing Urban Library: Creating a Composite Cultural Space

"If you still think that the library is just a huge reading room, then you must come to the Beijing City Library to take a look." Li Nianzu, Deputy Director of the Capital Library, said that the Beijing City Library is creating a multifunctional and composite cultural space for citizens.

The Beijing Urban Library has the first national literature museum with an intangible cultural heritage theme in the library industry. Here, the librarian takes Beijing Hutong as the starting point and uses intangible cultural heritage exhibits, historical documents, and multimedia technology to create a cultural journey of intangible cultural heritage in Beijing Hutong. Readers can not only immerse themselves in the ancient city's scenery through optoelectronic technology, but also learn about the clothing, food, housing, transportation, folk customs, and entertainment of old Beijing. They also have the opportunity to watch the live performances of intangible cultural heritage inheritors up close.

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In addition to traditional library services such as professional reading guidance, featured reading activities, and colorful exhibition displays, children can also immerse themselves in reading, deep learning, and communication and creation through high-tech equipment and facilities such as smart exhibitions and 4D movies. They can experience wonderful reading experiences in a modern library empowered by intelligence and connected to the cloud.

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The cultural exchange area not only has multiple exchange spaces such as a lecture hall, cultural salon, and cultural interviews, but also creates an exhibition hall with the characteristics of an art museum, showcasing calligraphy, painting, photography, and art works year-round.

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