架构师提供的文本描述。被认为是对总体规划的严格几何学，艺术的一种反应。

Text description provided by the architects. Conceived as a reaction to the strict geometry of the master plan, the Art & City museum by MAD Architects is an amorphous building that seems like it has landed on the earth. Its surrounding dunes, monumental stairways and belvederes have been generated from the empty Gobi desert which was here just a few years ago. Located in the new city center of Ordos, the space itself is deeply rooted into the local culture. Although it has contemporary presence, there is a chance to think over what the term “local culture” means, where it is rooted and what it can become in the future.

结构被抛光金属百叶窗包裹，以反映和溶解计划的环境。这将导致一座坚实的、没有窗户的建筑牢固地锚定在地面上。这个外壳覆盖着一个完全独立于城市现实的内部。进入后，逻辑发生了变化，空间开始嗡嗡作响：高地不成比例，孔洞向上弯曲，表面蜿蜒而行，形成开口和空隙，减弱了大量光线涌入地板的效果。

The structure is wrapped in polished metal louvers to reflect and dissolve the planned surroundings. This results in a solid, windowless, building firmly anchored to the ground. This shell encloses a interior totally separate from the urban reality. On entering, the logic changes and the spaces begin to buzz: heights are disproportionate, holes buckle upwards, surfaces creep sinuously around, creating openings and interstices which tone down the effect of the sheer quantity of light streaming down to the floor.

中央大厅欢迎和引导游客进入峡谷式的公共走廊。人们可以进来参观展品，也可以穿过峡谷，走出另一边。在这个空间里，自然光线通过天窗进入，突出连接画廊的桥梁。光也模糊了任何内部边界，它创造了一种错觉，这种错觉被桥梁的有机形式所强化。至于画廊空间，我们不知道他们会举办什么样的展览，所以它们的设计是灵活的。

The central lobby welcomes and guides visitors into the canyon-like public corridor. People can come in to visit the exhibits, or walk through the canyon and out the other side. In this space, natural light comes in through skylights and highlights the bridges that connect the galleries. The light also blurs any internal boundaries; it creates an illusion that’s accentuated by the organic form of the bridges. As for the gallery spaces, we didn’t know what kind of exhibitions they would hold, so they are designed to be flexible.