Tibetan Thangka Art Museum
The museum brings the art of Thangka painting to the public and gives Tibetan culture a place of its own.
- Type
- Commission
- Status
- Built
- Completed
- 2022
- Client
- Lhasa Design Institute
- Scale
- 8,658 m²
- Program
- Cultural Architecture, Museum
- Architect
- AND Studio
About
Art and Buddhist culture together shape its plan, so that it reads as part of Lhasa. Its volumes follow the Potala Palace and the way it is built along the Red Hill, stepping up with the rising ground. The façade is built of local materials and leans inwards with the batter typical of traditional Tibetan architecture. Inside, the route follows the Noble Eightfold Path that leads to liberation. Visitors climb through the galleries along this path and arrive at a rooftop terrace with a view over the landscape and the Potala Palace. At the end of the terrace, a tower brings daylight down into the building.