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Tianjin Art Gallery / KSP Engel und Zimmermann Architekten

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Art , Awarded Competitions , News , , , ,
 

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KSP Engel und Zimmermann Architekten was awarded first prize for their Tianjin Art Gallery proposal.  The Chinese government has been investing in new cultural buildings in an effort to battle the economic crisis by creating this new form of investment plan.  The 33,000m2 art gallery will be one component in the city’s 90 ha cultural and leisure quarter, which will also include an opera house and other recreational centers.

More about the gallery after the break.

inside

The building’s “subtractively designed shell” creates a “sculptural appearance” that will provide four permanent exhibition areas: Chinese calligraphy, Western art, sculpture and modern arts. The museum will sit inside the “encircling wall of the introvert sculpture garden” and include temporary exhibition areas, a library, cafeteria, restaurant and administrative facilities.

outside

Construction is scheduled for December 2009.

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Client: Tiangin HQ of Key Planning, Bureau of Urban Planning, Tianjin

Competition:  Single-stage, tendered implementation competition, 1st prize

Property: 29,8000m2

Gross surface area:  33030.5m2

 

9 comments »

jim says:

Rendered in a smog-covered city… very apt. If the project is in China, why is the text in English?

 
# July 21, 2009 at 12:21
dsa says:

Agreed, architects should be very careful using text in projects. If you know nothing about typography, then admit it and hire a consultant who does.

IE: OMA hiring bruce mau to design the seattle library signage.

 
# July 21, 2009 at 13:44
Tim Harris aka The Big Black & White Zebra says:

Oooooohhhh!!!…

Brutal monumentalism and architonic typography… no, not nice.

 
# July 21, 2009 at 13:51

I doubt it will add much to the cultural imprint of the city, age well (due to effects of smog, its bland linearity, etc.), or offer fresh energy to the city’s many residents.

 
# July 21, 2009 at 16:15
Hui.X says:

don`t like the interior,

 
# July 21, 2009 at 21:52
CRISTIAN says:

more plans seccions diagramas!
plz

 
# July 22, 2009 at 17:49

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# August 16, 2009 at 23:35
Leo says:

great points by Lucas and jim…too many shortcuts on this project…

 
# July 21, 2009 at 13:28

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