KennaXu Gallery Imba Yekuratidza Zvinyorwa Zvekunyorwa by Da Integrating Limited

KennaXu Gallery Imba Yekuratidza Zvinyorwa Zvekunyorwa by Da Integrating Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award in Nzvimbo yeMukati neMusangano Competition Category.

SimbiMukati· 2021

KennaXu Gallery Imba Yekuratidza Zvinyorwa Zvekunyorwa

by Da Integrating Limited

Client: Da Integrating Limited

Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award Winner in Mukati Category

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The Design

About KennaXu Gallery Imba Yekuratidza Zvinyorwa Zvekunyorwa

KennaXu Gallery imba yekuratidza zvinyorwa zvekunyorwa iri munzvimbo yekare yekugara vanhu muShenzhen, China. Nzvimbo ine 223 square metres yakashandurwa kubva kuimba yaimbogarwa ine mazitaka maviri manyoro uye anodzikatira. Ruvara rwakachena (white) ndirwo runotonga, rwuchigadzira chiseko chakareruka uye chinogamuchira zvose, chinoburitsa ruvara nekugadzirwa kwemifananidzo inoratidzwa. Zvinhu zvakashandiswa zvinosanganisira peni yelatex, membrane, uriri hwematanda, girazi rakanatswa zvikuru (ultra-clear glass), matairi machena, uye simbi isingadzivi ngura (stainless steel) yakachena. Mahwindo asiri emazuva ese anounza chiedza nemanzwi ari kunze, achibatanidza imba yekuratidza zvinyorwa nehupenyu hwezuva nezuva munharaunda.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award

Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne KennaXu Gallery Imba Yekuratidza Zvinyorwa Zvekunyorwa, rukudzo runokudzwa runopiwa kumadhizaini akanaka anozadzisa zvinodiwa zvehunyanzvi neyeindasitiri zvinotarisirwa kuzvigadzirwa zvakagadzirwa zvakanaka. Vakunda veSimbi vanoratidza unyanzvi hukuru, hunyanzvi hwakakwirira, kunzwisisa kwevakachenjera uye kugona kwekugadzira kwevagadziri vavo. KennaXu Gallery Imba Yekuratidza Zvinyorwa Zvekunyorwa inotarisirwa kuva chigadzirwa chinokudzwa zvakanyanya, chinoremekedzwa uye chinodiwa, chinoshanda uye chine zvitsva. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award inosanganisa maitiro akanakisa eindasitiri uye ine hunhu hwetekinoroji hwakakwana hwakabatana neruzivo nehunyanzvi. Nekushanda kwayo zvakanaka, KennaXu Gallery Imba Yekuratidza Zvinyorwa Zvekunyorwa inoremekedzwa uye yakagadzirirwa kupa kuvandudzwa kwehupenyu kunobatsira kuita kuti nyika ive nzvimbo iri nani.

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