DESIGN NAME: Tiangang Art Center
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Gallery
INSPIRATION: Behind the "abandoned architecture" is the first review of the building and site by the village cadres during the "initial revitalization". SYN Architects took this as a pre-existing condition, analyzing it fully in order to comprehend the site and its situation to better upgrade its functioning.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Following the renovation, the building is replete with multiple functions such as art galleries, hotels, and catering services. It is different from traditional scenic spots and resort gateways, acting as a gathering place for artists and art-related events, and is linked with heavy investment in the community.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The building's sculptural presence is combined with nearby rice fields and villages, establishing a strong visceral connection between the building and the natural environment, enabling it to leverage its surroundings to amplify the aesthetic tension between the two entities.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in February 2020 in Baoding and finished in April 2021 in Baoding.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The main body of the building is coated with white granular paint to maintain a purity of color - and with its clean geometric form and absence of linear directionality, it becomes a kind of enormous sunlight-catching object.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The project covers a total of 2586.95 square meters.
TAGS: Architecture, Gallery, Art Center, Modern, Natural, Elegant, Simple, Hebei
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The use of natural materials is essential in a space evoking an idyllic, pastoral atmosphere and light itself is also a kind of natural material. The building's curved skylight provides even illumination throughout the main spaces, generating rich light and shadow effects throughout the day, lending the building a kind of sundial effect, enacting an easy embrace of the passage of time.
CHALLENGE: The original semi-circular concrete frame structure sits amongst the mountains and rivers in the area, facing Tiangang Village. The disorderly initial condition of the site and fractured structure evoked a village in a predicament of forced stagnation.
ADDED DATE: 2021-12-22 13:46:33
TEAM MEMBERS (7) : Zou Yingxi, Gao Bo, Jin Nan, Jiang Zhihua, Chen Shifang, Tian Yahong and Wang Ziqiang
IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Photographer Zheng Yan, Tiangang Art Center, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Zheng Yan, Tiangang Art Center, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Zheng Yan, Tiangang Art Center, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Zheng Yan, Tiangang Art Center, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer Zheng Yan, Tiangang Art Center, 2021.
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Zheng Yan, 2021.
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