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Masonry

2008

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Ningbo History Museum, Wang Shu Jan 2008

Ningbo History Museum, Wang Shu

Building Case Studies

The building's façade is made out of recycled building materials from local houses that were demolished. The building was assembled by using a traditional technique, wapan, which involves layering multiple elements in varying size, packing them together to create a stable structure.