KennaXu Gallery Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Igalari Yobuciko by Da Integrating Limited is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ingaphakathi Competition Category.
InsimbiIngaphakathi· 2021
KennaXu Gallery Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Igalari Yobuciko
Client: Da Integrating Limited
Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Ingaphakathi Category
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About KennaXu Gallery Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Igalari Yobuciko
Umbhalo Wencwadi: I-KennaXu Gallery iyigalari yobuciko etholakala emphakathini omdala wezindlu zokuhlala eShenzhen, eChina. Indawo engamamitha ayizinhlanganisela angu-223 kwaguqulwa isuka endaweni yokuhlala yangaphambilini enezitezi ezimbili ezincane futhi ezimnyama. Umbala omhlophe ungowokuqala, udala isizinda esilula futhi esibandakanya konke esiveza umbala kanye nokwakhiwa kwemidwebo eboniswayo. Izinto ezisetshenziswayo zifaka i-latex paint, imenbrane, uphahla lwezingodo, ingilazi ehlanzeke kakhulu, amathayela amhlophe kanye nensimbi engagayeki emhlophe. Amafasitela angajwayelekile aletha ukukhanya kanye nemisindo yangaphandle, ahlanganisa igalari nempilo yansuku zonke emphakathini.
The Recognition
About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award
KennaXu Gallery Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Igalari Yobuciko iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. KennaXu Gallery Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Igalari Yobuciko ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. KennaXu Gallery Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Igalari Yobuciko iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.
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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