NCZ Contemporary Art Gallery
Located between Changpuhe Park and Huangshicheng Street within the historic imperial hutongs just east of the Forbidden City, the Nanchizi Contemporary Art Gallery provides a base of tranquility away from the busy city life in central Beijing.
The traditional single storey imperial style building faces the green of Changpuhe Park on one side and overlooks the spectacular roofscapes of the Chinese Imperial Archive building (Huangshicheng 皇史宬) to the other side.
The permanent collection at the new NCZ Contemporary Art Gallery requires a high degree of flexibility. Temporary art exhibitions, fashion shows, art performances and public events need to be accomodated for.
The main space celebrates the play with light and encourages large scale art pieces and performances by providing a column free double height space, naturally lit when required, and observable from an upper mezzanine gallery.
Hidden room dividers allow the spaces to be separated, providing privacy where privacy is required, and interaction where interaction is required.
Multiple occupancy use at the same time is possible through the provision of sparate reception rooms to each individual event, external roof terraces and integrated patios provide a constant connection to nature and local history.
Upon entering the premises through the antique timber doors visitors are being pulled through the different exhibition spaces. The lobby, where visitors find a spacious welcoming space under the high gabled roof, the Green Box. A glimpse of natural light leads visitors’ movement into the inside of the main hall, and the two-storey main event hall, filled with mysterious light coming through the roof lamella. In the second floor a mezzanine allows smaller scale exhibitions, with views over the main event hall. An outdoor terrace connects to the urban scenery overlooking the Imperial Archives and adjacent hutong structures.
The spatial sequence is planned in a way that visitors encounter a multitude of different moments. A juxtaposition of enclosed and open spaces is simultaneously a juxtaposition of light and dark or warm and cold.
NCZ Contemporary Art Gallery
Located between Changpuhe Park and Huangshicheng Street within the historic imperial hutongs just east of the Forbidden City, the Nanchizi Contemporary Art Gallery provides a base of tranquility away from the busy city life in central Beijing.
The traditional single storey imperial style building faces the green of Changpuhe Park on one side and overlooks the spectacular roofscapes of the Chinese Imperial Archive building (Huangshicheng 皇史宬) to the other side.
Facts
Type: Art Gallery
Size: 5000 sqm
Client: NCZ
Budget: Undisclosed
Status: Schematic Design
Year: 2017-present
Location: Beijing, China
The NCZ Gallery was a close collaboration with Urban Agency Copenhagen.
Facts
Type: Art Gallery
Size: 5000 sqm
Client: NCZ
Budget: Undisclosed
Status: Schematic Design
Year: 2017-present
Location: Beijing, China
The NCZ Gallery was a close collaboration with Urban Agency Copenhagen.