KennaXu Gallery Galeri Seni by Da Integrating Limited

KennaXu Gallery Galeri Seni by Da Integrating Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Besi in Desain Ruang Interior dan Pameran Competition Category.

BesiInterior· 2021

KennaXu Gallery Galeri Seni

by Da Integrating Limited

Client: Da Integrating Limited

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About KennaXu Gallery Galeri Seni

KennaXu Gallery adalah sebuah galeri seni yang berlokasi di sebuah kompleks hunian lama di Shenzhen, Tiongkok. Ruang seluas 223 meter persegi ini merupakan hasil alih fungsi dari bekas tempat tinggal dengan dua lantai yang sempit dan remang. Warna putih mendominasi, menciptakan latar yang sederhana dan inklusif sehingga warna serta komposisi lukisan yang dipamerkan dapat tampil menonjol. Material yang digunakan meliputi cat lateks, membran, lantai kayu, kaca ultra-bening, ubin putih, dan baja tahan karat putih. Jendela-jendela dengan bentuk tak lazim menghadirkan cahaya dan suara dari luar, menghubungkan galeri dengan kehidupan sehari-hari di lingkungan sekitarnya.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

KennaXu Gallery Galeri Seni adalah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengakuan yang bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain yang baik yang memenuhi persyaratan profesional dan industri yang diharapkan dari kreasi yang dirancang dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan keterampilan yang besar, spesialisasi yang tinggi, pemahaman ahli, dan kapasitas kreatif para penciptanya. KennaXu Gallery Galeri Seni diharapkan menjadi kreasi yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai yang praktis dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini mengintegrasikan praktik terbaik industri dan memiliki karakteristik teknis yang kompeten yang terkait dengan pengetahuan teknis dan bakat. KennaXu Gallery Galeri Seni dihormati karena ketelitiannya dan dirancang untuk memberikan peningkatan kualitas hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

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