Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art is located in a prime geographical spot by Jinji Lake, in the Lake East CBD area of Suzhou Industrial Park, southwest of Ruian Street, close to Jinji Lake and the Ferris wheel. The museum covers an area of 48,800 square meters, with a total building area of approximately 59,500 square meters, and exhibition space of about 11,300 square meters. The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art will leverage its excellent location, creative architectural design, high-quality exhibitions, and diversified artistic offerings to contribute to the city's development, ushering Suzhou into a new stage that emphasizes quality, charm, and humanistic care, fully showcasing the vision of Chinese-style modernization in the park area.
Rendering of Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
The project design for the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art was led by the Danish architectural firm BIG. Based on a modern interpretation of Suzhou's traditional gardens, the museum consists of nine cleverly connected individual pavilions, reflecting the design concept of "one step, one view." In the core area, four exhibition halls are designed to meet the needs of different types of exhibitions, with ceiling heights reaching up to 17 meters. The lakeside area features public education, communication, and commercial spaces, while a theater with a black-box function is set along the lakeshore, integrating waterfront, garden, openness, iconicity, and multifunctionality.
Rendering of Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art is committed to building a high-quality art museum that can reflect the urban spirit of Suzhou and the style characteristics of the park, focus on the display of modern and contemporary art, and become one of the important carriers of building a "world-class city meeting room" on the right bank of Jinji Lake. Specifically, there are four "positioning focuses": in terms of operational positioning, it is committed to becoming a new landmark of Suzhou International Cultural Venues and an important platform for international cultural and artistic exchanges. In terms of nature positioning, it is committed to becoming a state-owned public art museum with public welfare, art and quality as the core orientation. In terms of functional positioning, it highlights the four major functions of exhibition, aesthetic education, cultural creativity, and international exchange, and takes into account the functions of art collection, academic research, and leisure tourism. In terms of professional positioning, it focuses on international art exhibitions and exchanges, taking into account domestic art exhibitions, and is committed to becoming the first place for internationally famous art exhibitions in China, a must-visit place for top domestic artists, and a display art museum featuring the display of excellent foreign artworks.
Rendering of Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
The project successfully broke ground in January 2023, with an expected completion and handover in 2025, and the official opening of the museum scheduled for 2026.
