KennaXu Gallery Tlachialoyan Toltecayotl by Da Integrating Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli in Callitic Tlacauhtli ihuan Tlanextilizpan Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.
TepoztliCallitic· 2021
KennaXu Gallery Tlachialoyan Toltecayotl
Client: Da Integrating Limited
Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli Winner in Callitic Category
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About KennaXu Gallery Tlachialoyan Toltecayotl
Amoxtlahtolli: KennaXu Tlachialoyan ce toltecayotl tlachialoyan tlen oncah itech ce huehcauh chanyotl altepetl Shenzhen, China. In 223 metro caxtoltetl tlacayotl otlacuepilloc itech ce achtoh chanyotl tlen ompa catca ome pitzahuac ihuan tlayohuallo ilhuicaehecatl. Iztac quipia in huel miec tlapalli, quichihua ce yeccan ihuan tlen quinamiqui nochtin, tlen quinextia in tlapalli ihuan in quenami motlalia in ihcuiloliztli tlen ompa mopantlazah. Tlein quichihua: pahtli tlapalli (latex), membrana, cuahuitl ihuan itlapatlacayo, tehtezcatl huel chipahuac, iztac tlaxamanilli, ihuan iztac tepoztli chicahuac tlen ahmo cotoni. Amo iuhqui tlanexillotl calpetlatl quicalaquia tlanextli ihuan caltech tlacaquiliztli, quisalohua in tlachialoyan ihuan in mochipa yolliliztli itech in chanyotl.
The Recognition
About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli
KennaXu Gallery Tlachialoyan Toltecayotl ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli, tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli dizayno in quitlalia in tlen monequi ipan tequitl ihuan tlachihualiztli in quimaca in cualli tlachihualli. In quicuicah Tepoztli quinextia in hueyi tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ihuelitiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in KennaXu Gallery Tlachialoyan Toltecayotl ca tlazohtli, mahuiztic, yancuic ihuan motequiuhtia. Ni dizayno in quicuic Tepoztli quihuelitia in tlamatiliztli ihuan quipia chicahualiztli tlen tepoztli. KennaXu Gallery Tlachialoyan Toltecayotl quicualtia in nemiliztli ihuan quihuelitia in cemanahuac ica cualli.
Behind the Design
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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
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