KennaXu Gallery Galeria de Arte by Da Integrating Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.
FerroInterior· 2021
KennaXu Gallery Galeria de Arte
Client: Da Integrating Limited
A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interior Category
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The Design
About KennaXu Gallery Galeria de Arte
A KennaXu Gallery é uma galeria de arte situada num antigo conjunto residencial em Shenzhen, na China. O espaço de 223 metros quadrados resultou da conversão de uma antiga residência com dois pisos estreitos e pouco iluminados. O branco é a cor dominante, criando um pano de fundo simples e integrador que evidencia a cor e a composição das pinturas expostas. Os materiais incluem tinta látex, membrana, pavimento de madeira, vidro ultratransparente, azulejo branco e aço inoxidável branco. Janelas invulgares trazem para dentro a luz e os sons do exterior, ligando a galeria ao quotidiano da comunidade.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Ferro
KennaXu Gallery Galeria de Arte conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que KennaXu Gallery Galeria de Arte seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, KennaXu Gallery Galeria de Arte merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.
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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