KennaXu Gallery Ilé Ọnà Ìṣẹ́ọnà by Da Integrating Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
IrinInú Ilé· 2021
KennaXu Gallery Ilé Ọnà Ìṣẹ́ọnà
Client: Da Integrating Limited
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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About KennaXu Gallery Ilé Ọnà Ìṣẹ́ọnà
Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìwé: KennaXu Gallery jẹ́ ilé ọnà ìṣẹ́ọnà tí ó wà ní àgbègbè ibùgbé àtijọ́ kan ní Shenzhen, China. Àyè tí ó jẹ́ mítà 223 lóríṣiríṣi ni a yí padà láti ilé ibùgbé àtijọ́ kan tí ó ní ilẹ̀ méjì tí ó dín tí ó sì ṣókùnkùn. Àwọ̀ funfun ni àwọ̀ pàtàkì, tí ó ń dá ẹ̀yìn tí ó rọrùn tí ó sì gba gbogbo èèyàn, tí ó ń fi àwọ̀ àti ìṣètò àwọn àwòrán tí a fihàn hàn. Àwọn ohun èlò tí a lò ni àwọ̀ latex, membrane, ìtẹ́ igi, dígí tí ó mọ́ gan-an, tílè funfun àti irin aláìlọ́wọ́ funfun. Àwọn fèrèsé àjèjì mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ àti ariwo ita wọlé, tí ó ń so ilé ọnà náà pọ̀ mọ́ ìgbésí ayé ojoojúmọ́ ní àgbègbè náà.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
KennaXu Gallery Ilé Ọnà Ìṣẹ́ọnà jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé KennaXu Gallery Ilé Ọnà Ìṣẹ́ọnà yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún KennaXu Gallery Ilé Ọnà Ìṣẹ́ọnà nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.
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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