Union of Chinese Painting and Western Thought. Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou
26/03/2021.
[Beijing] China
metalocus, AZAHARA SERRANO
metalocus, AZAHARA SERRANO
The Vermilion Zhou studio has designed a museum where its oriental style predominates. It is located in an area where modern architecture meets the ancient style of other buildings in Beijing.
It is an original construction that claims to be free of unnecessary frills. Blanks are relevant because they are the largest artistic concept understood in art within Chinese painting. At the same time, they have opted for geometric shapes that represent Western thinking and logic.
It is an original construction that claims to be free of unnecessary frills. Blanks are relevant because they are the largest artistic concept understood in art within Chinese painting. At the same time, they have opted for geometric shapes that represent Western thinking and logic.
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou. Photograph by Zhi Xia, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Masterplan. Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou
Project illustration. Song Art Museum por Vermilion Zhou
Materials. Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou
Original status. Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou
Construction images. Song Art Museum by Vermilion Zhou
Vermilion Zhou's project aims to be an exhibition platform as well as a container for art. The base is designed in the shape of a Chinese parchment, which helps to reorganize the relationship between interior and exterior space. Thus, the art gallery is presented as the main building combined with arches, placed both to the left and to the right of it.
The architects seek that the original form of the museum can be replicated in the future, since geometry and the purity provided by the blank spaces converge. The importance of this project lies in being a receptacle for the presentation of contemporary art. In this way, traditional and modern architecture, Eastern and Western styles converge, in a space for mutual reflection.
The architects seek that the original form of the museum can be replicated in the future, since geometry and the purity provided by the blank spaces converge. The importance of this project lies in being a receptacle for the presentation of contemporary art. In this way, traditional and modern architecture, Eastern and Western styles converge, in a space for mutual reflection.
Description of project by Vermilion Zhou
The original architecture of Victorian style with Western-style gardens, like a woman with excessive makeup, is out of fashion. The owner’s intention is to transform its function into an artistic space for the public to appreciate. Our first step was to remove all the necklaces, earrings, clothing, and decorations to show it in its purest form.
With the entire base shaped like a Chinese long scroll, we reorganized the relationship between the building and the courtyards. We scattered 199 pine trees within. With the art gallery as the main building, we restored classical buildings and placed archways to the left and right, which not only realizes the owner’s preference, but also positions the oriental style of the museum.
Leaving blank space is the highest artistic concept in the art of Chinese painting, whereas geometrical form is the most objective expression of Western logic and thought. For the architecture of the gallery, we removed the Western symbolism to give the purest white, and we used several different geometric structures to connect and create a new corridor by bridging the unrelatedness between the old buildings and echoing the scenery among the courtyards; the indoor ground going underground creates a vertical openness, extending the dimensionality. The significance of the museum’s existence is the presentation of art. As an exhibition platform, our definition of the Song Art Museum is an "art container", with "art" as the mainstay and "container" as the supplement, and it serves as a form that can be replicated in the future. Our transformation of architecture and freedom of space offer the greatest possibilities.
Song Art Museum transforms everything into geometry and purity, and takes “non-action” from the outside to within. What we offer is a kind of "clean" existence. When “contemporary art” enters various forms, they can display their vocabulary and vitality without scruples. The courtyard is surrounded by the pine trees, providing the external vitality of the Song Art Museum. The scenery becomes the breath of both the inside and outside, and the oriental freehand brushwork also becomes the natural rhythm of mutual reflection between traditional and modern architecture.
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Architects
Design team
Creative Director, Lead Designer.- Kuang Ming(Ray) Chou. Architecture Design.- Hai Shi, Jing Huang. Interior Design.-Garvin Hung，Jamie Pai. Lighting Design.-Vera Chu. FF&E Design.-Mavis Huang, Boyuan Ling.
Client
H.BROTHERS ART.
Area
Total area.- 22,000 sqm. Architectural interior.- 2,200 sqm.
Dates
September 2017.
Location
Grass Road, Tianzhu Town, Shunyi District, Beijing, China.
Photography
Kuang Ming (Ray) Chou, Vera Chu, Garvin Hung. Vermilion Zhou Design Group
Vermilion Zhou Design Group. In 2002, Vermilion Zhou Design Group was founded by Kuang Ming (Ray) Chou (Founder / Creative Director) and Vera Chu (Founder / Lighting Design Director) in Shanghai. Later in 2009, with Garvin Hung (Interior Design Director) joining the team, Vermilion Zhou Design Group has completed more than 800 projects across countries in Asia-Pacific.
Their team has provided services to a variety of clients, ranging from public spaces, residential spaces to commercial spaces such as hotels, offices, restaurants.
Their team has provided services to a variety of clients, ranging from public spaces, residential spaces to commercial spaces such as hotels, offices, restaurants.
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