Iron Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2022
Centennial Shameen Architecture Activation
- A' Design Award 2022 Iron Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: WAY Architects
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 9,079
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About Centennial Shameen Architecture Activation
Centennial Shameen is a cultural space created inside a historical building on Shamian Island in Guangzhou, China. The building was completed in 1862 and its exterior retains the original symmetrical form, the precise proportions of doors and windows, and rich molding lines. Inside the 260 square meter room, which has a ceiling height of 4.55 meters, a steel interlayer adds a mezzanine level with an independent frame structure. The space holds art exhibitions and a tea house for the community. New materials and new lighting contrast clearly with the old pillar system.
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- Unique Properties
- Located at No.41 Shamian Street on the central axis of Shamian Island, the project was built in 1862 with a history of 159 years. Adhering to the concept of protecting and reusing the historical buildings, this project transforms it into a multifunctional composite cultural space that can accommodate different scenes, for example, cultural art exhibition, and tea house for the community.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Taking advantage of the 4.55 meter's high ceiling height in the 260 square-meters room, a steel interlayer is inserted to add different layers. It added a mezzanine space with an independent frame structure locally to make full use of the existing space to create more possibilities.
- Tags
- Architecture, renovation, culture, building, public space
- Production Technology
- The exterior of the building retains its original style: within the symmetrical form, precise proportions of doors and windows, and rich moldings lines. By now, stepping into the gate of Ceremonial sense will absolutely open up a new spatial experience.
- Design Challenge
- Using a section of space as a transition for the entrance, outstanding from the old sense of form; on top of the uses of spacial transition at the entrance, it added new material and design techniques to emphasize the difference, and thus collision between the old and the new style has begun.
- Project Duration
- The project started in May 2020 and finished in January 2021 in Shameen Island, Guangzhou, China.
- Operation Flow
- New materials, new forms of design, and the newest lighting techniques are added to the classical space, interactive with the old pillar system; new things do not adhere to the old structure, and the relationship between the new and the old is clear.
- Research
- Awakening the long-term dormant state of this historical building, it has become an open public space integrated into the urban context and reconnecting the community. The language of the space is concise and lively, and the space still playing the pure beauty of decoration.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the local context, the texture of the sandy floor contrasts with the black stone. The horizontal of the three kinds of grain on the stones interspersed with the white volume, which implies the historical meaning of Shamian which washed by the water of the time immemorial Pearl River.