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24th June 2010, 01:40 PM
Dafen Art Museum, Shenzhen
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Design Company: Urbanus Architecture & Design Inc.
Architects: Meng Yan, Liu Xiaodu
Dafen village is in Buji Township, Longgang District, Shenzhen. Best known for its oil painting replica workshops and manufacturers, its exports to Asia, Europe and America bring in billions of RMB each year to the area.
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-01.jpg
Our concept focuses on reinterpreting the urban and cultural implications of Dafen Village, which has long been considered as a strange mix of pop art, bad taste and commercialism. A typical art museum would be considered out of place in the context of Dafens pecular urban culture. The question is whether it can be a breeding ground for contemporary art and also take on the more challenging role of blending the museum with the surrounding urban fabric in terms of spatial connections, art activities and everyday life. Therefore our strategy is to create a hybridized mix of different programs, like art museums, oil painting galleries and shops, commercial spaces and rental workshops and studios under one roof. It also creates a maximum interaction among people by creating several pathways through the buildings public spaces. The museum is sandwiched by commercial and other public programs which intentionally allow for visual and spatial interactions among different functions. Exhibition, trade, painting and residence can happen simultaneously and can penetrate each other and can be interwoven into a whole new urban mechanism.
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-02.jpg
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http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-10.jpg
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-11.jpg
Design Company: Urbanus Architecture & Design Inc.
Architects: Meng Yan, Liu Xiaodu
Dafen village is in Buji Township, Longgang District, Shenzhen. Best known for its oil painting replica workshops and manufacturers, its exports to Asia, Europe and America bring in billions of RMB each year to the area.
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-01.jpg
Our concept focuses on reinterpreting the urban and cultural implications of Dafen Village, which has long been considered as a strange mix of pop art, bad taste and commercialism. A typical art museum would be considered out of place in the context of Dafens pecular urban culture. The question is whether it can be a breeding ground for contemporary art and also take on the more challenging role of blending the museum with the surrounding urban fabric in terms of spatial connections, art activities and everyday life. Therefore our strategy is to create a hybridized mix of different programs, like art museums, oil painting galleries and shops, commercial spaces and rental workshops and studios under one roof. It also creates a maximum interaction among people by creating several pathways through the buildings public spaces. The museum is sandwiched by commercial and other public programs which intentionally allow for visual and spatial interactions among different functions. Exhibition, trade, painting and residence can happen simultaneously and can penetrate each other and can be interwoven into a whole new urban mechanism.
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-02.jpg
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-03.jpg
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-04.jpg
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-05.jpg
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-06.jpg
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-07.jpg
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-09.jpg
http://eventspace.persiangig.com/image/88-9-10/eventspace-048-10.jpg