KennaXu Gallery Ikigo cy'Ubuhanzi by Da Integrating Limited

KennaXu Gallery Ikigo cy'Ubuhanzi by Da Integrating Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Imbere y'Inyubako Competition Category.

IcyumaImbere y'Inyubako· 2021

KennaXu Gallery Ikigo cy'Ubuhanzi

by Da Integrating Limited

Client: Da Integrating Limited

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Imbere y'Inyubako Category

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The Design

About KennaXu Gallery Ikigo cy'Ubuhanzi

Ikigo cy'Ubuhanzi cya KennaXu ni ikigo cy'ubuhanzi giherereye mu murenge w'abaturage wa kera muri Shenzhen, mu Bushinwa. Ubuso bungana na metero kare 223 bwahinduwe buva ku nzu y'abaturage yari isanzwe ifite amagorofa abiri magufi kandi yijimye. Umweru ni ibara rikuru rikoreshwa, bigatuma habaho inyuma yoroshye kandi yakira byose, igaragaza amabara n'imiterere y'amashusho yerekanwa. Ibikoresho birimo irangi rya latex, urwego rw'ikirahure gito (membrane), ibiti byo hasi, ikirahure gisukuye cyane, amatafari yera n'icyuma kitanyerera cyera. Amadirishya adasanzwe yinjiza urumuri n'amajwi yo hanze, bigahuza ikigo cy'ubuhanzi n'ubuzima bwa buri munsi bw'abaturage.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

KennaXu Gallery Ikigo cy'Ubuhanzi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. KennaXu Gallery Ikigo cy'Ubuhanzi biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. KennaXu Gallery Ikigo cy'Ubuhanzi yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

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