Architect: Chiasmus Partners
Location: Beijing, China
Principal Architect: James Wei Ke, Hyunho Lee
Project Team: Oscar Ko, Gu Yun Duan, Feng Bo
Client: Beijing Modern Dance Company
Program: Performance Hall, Practice Hall, Saloon
Project years: 2008-2009
Photographer: Chiasmus, Jenny Hung
Located in the historic DongCheng district of Beijing, the project calls for a conversion of old factory complex into a dance center with a performance hall, a practice hall and a saloon.
With the intention to emphasize the public character of the new dance center, the concept was to make the courtyard an outdoor “theater” – a public space that would revitalize the complex, the hutong and its neighborhood.
By wrapping the old factory building with evenly-spaced-out steel tubing, the façade of the performance hall was perceived as a theater stage. The old white door in the middle was kept and untouched, telling the history of the building’s transformation.
The white floating box opposite to the performance hall is a saloon which was perceived as box seats overlooking the stage on the side. At the same time, people in saloon are also being seen upon entering the complex. There is a blurred boundary between stage and seats. The relationship between seeing and being seen are constantly reversed.
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- Old factory
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- sketch
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- east elevation
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- north elevation
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- south elevation
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- level 01 floor plan
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- level 02 floor plan
Love the idea of recycling a building and allowing it to evolve into something new without erasing its history. That old door really gives this place a special character. I wish more buildings in decay would be put to this ideal. very inspiring
Red Diamond，best design
a like the old building.
respect to heritage building…
briliant!
So… is this a duck or a decorated shed? ;)
我记得本身的红色不是这样的。这是一个图像化的，PS化了的建筑时代。建筑存在的感动仅仅停留在图像上。本身它没有什么值得说的，和感动的。
i have been there. it is a very superfacial shallow design to my perspective. nothing worth to be celebrated.
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