KennaXu Gallery Kunstgalerie by Da Integrating Limited

KennaXu Gallery Kunstgalerie by Da Integrating Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Eisen in Innenraumdesign Competition Category.

EisenInnenraum· 2021

KennaXu Gallery Kunstgalerie

by Da Integrating Limited

Client: Da Integrating Limited

A' Design Award in Eisen Winner in Innenraum Category

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The Design

About KennaXu Gallery Kunstgalerie

Die KennaXu Gallery ist eine Kunstgalerie in einer alten Wohnsiedlung in Shenzhen, China. Der 223 Quadratmeter große Raum entstand aus einer ehemaligen Wohnung mit zwei schmalen und dunklen Geschossen. Weiß ist die dominierende Farbe und schafft einen schlichten, zurückhaltenden Hintergrund, der Farbigkeit und Komposition der ausgestellten Gemälde zur Geltung bringt. Zu den verwendeten Materialien zählen Latexfarbe, Membranstoff, Holzdielen, Weißglas, weiße Fliesen und weißer Edelstahl. Ungewöhnlich gesetzte Fenster holen Licht und Außengeräusche herein und verbinden die Galerie mit dem Alltagsleben der Nachbarschaft.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Eisen

KennaXu Gallery Kunstgalerie ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Eisen, einer prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für gute Designs, die die beruflichen und industriellen Anforderungen erfüllen, die an gut gestaltete Schöpfungen gestellt werden. Eisen-Gewinner zeigen großes Können, hohe Spezialisierung, fachkundiges Verständnis und die kreative Kapazität ihrer Schöpfer. Von KennaXu Gallery Kunstgalerie wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgeschätzte, bewunderte und geliebte Schöpfung ist, die praktisch und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Eisen prämierte Design integriert bewährte Branchenverfahren und weist kompetente technische Merkmale in Verbindung mit Know-how und Talent auf. KennaXu Gallery Kunstgalerie wird für seine Gründlichkeit geschätzt und ist darauf ausgelegt, Verbesserungen der Lebensqualität zu liefern, die dazu beitragen, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The design team reflected on the relationship between gallery and art space, and discovered more possibilities of the gallery as a public space. Located in an old residential community, the site blends a strong living atmosphere with beautiful natural landscape, making it possible to integrating art aesthetics and learning into daily life.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is 223 square meters in all.
Tags: Art gallery, Shenzhen, public space, color, freedom, openness, multi-sensory experiences
Production Technology: Latex paint, membrane, wooden flooring, ultra-clear glass, white tile, white stainless steel
Design Challenge: There were also some unfavorable conditions as converting the former residence into an art space. The original space consisted of two floors, which were narrow and dim. The first floor had a low ceiling, looking like a storeroom, while the second floor featured an old-styled, disordered and fragmented spatial pattern. The overall space looked so different from an art space.
Research: The building, constructed in the 1990s within an old community, is the place where the gallery owner Kenna Xu spent his childhood. It carries his deep affection for Shenzhen, and also breeds his dream of establishing a contemporary art gallery that finds a foothold in the local area and pursues global visibility.
Inspiration: The space is dominated by white hue, which produces a modern, simplistic spatial tone as well as an inclusive backdrop that reveals the authenticity of things. It can fully display the color, composition, aesthetics and thinking of exhibited paintings. The design incorporates a sense of "emptiness" to create a free and serene ambience, with a view to enabling harmonious interaction between light and shadow, nature and artworks, and thereby achieving the beauty of art.
Project Duration: The project started in November, 2018 and finished in September, 2019 in the Intersection of Yitian Road and Fuqiang Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, China.
Operation Flow: The unique windows shake off traditional designs, and act as openings for conveying messages. Meanwhile, those structures bring in the daily chatter of residents, sounds of footsteps and birdsong from outdoor groves, which become background music for the art space. The gallery seems to grow here and closely integrates with the old community.
Team Members: Design Firm: DA INTEGRATING LIMITED
Chief Designer: Chinman Ngai
Cooperators: Artist Yang Shu
Cooperators: Ma Shuqing
Image Credits: Photo by: Kevin, Benmo Studio