{"id":190,"date":"2011-04-22T02:05:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T06:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/?p=190"},"modified":"2021-04-22T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T10:09:29","slug":"huangdu-art-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zhines.com\/projects\/huangdu-art-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Huangdu Art Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_guardian-art-center.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Perspective_Main.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198 aligncenter\" title=\"Perspective_Main\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Perspective_Main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"516\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Year 2008<br \/>\nLocation Beijing, China<br \/>\nTypology Art Gallery, Hotel<br \/>\nSite Area 6,300 sqm<br \/>\nBuilding Area 46,000sqm<br \/>\nStatus Design in-progress<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responsibilities &#8211; Project\u00a0Management, Concept Design, Diagrams, Rendering, 3D Modeling<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/09_guardian-art-center.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"09_guardian art center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/09_guardian-art-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Old Beijing is composed of Hutongs, closely woven districts of communal courtyard homes. The basic elements of these districts are one-storey buildings, that, repeated at dense scales, result in unique geometric patterns. However, this traditional urban fabric is increasingly under threat as entire neighborhoods are forced to make way for the larger, monumental modern architecture of Beijing today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Model_Top_View.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-196\" title=\"Model_Top_View\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Model_Top_View.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The site of this project presents this issue in microcosm. Located near the heart of old Beijing, close to historic monuments such as the Forbidden City and opposite the National Art Museum, the site presents a dual condition: while small scale Hutongs still border Western edge, the Eastern edge is bounded by a modern axis of major roads, shopping malls and hotels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_guardian-art-center.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192\" title=\"03_guardian art center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_guardian-art-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_guardian-art-center.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"01_guardian art center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_guardian-art-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To solve this dilemma, MAD proposes a building composed of many small Hutong-scale pieces, but at the same time recognized as a larger overall volume. This is achieved by stacking and shifting different courtyard layers on top of one another, creating an ethereal, semi-solid piece of urban fabric, a vague geometric shape that maintains the spatial relationships and hollow core of the courtyards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Perspective_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197\" title=\"Perspective_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Perspective_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This proposal extends the city fabric from small to large, a gradual yet significant transition between two scales, and is a means towards reconciling the old and new Beijing. The building is an urban instrument, representing Beijing\u2019s new aspirations to be a forward looking city that also respects its past.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_guardian-art-center.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195\" title=\"10_guardian art center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zachhines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10_guardian-art-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Year 2008 Location Beijing, China Typology Art Gallery, Hotel Site Area 6,300 sqm Building Area 46,000sqm Status Design in-progress Responsibilities &#8211; Project\u00a0Management, Concept Design, Diagrams, Rendering, 3D Modeling Old Beijing is composed of Hutongs, closely woven districts of communal courtyard homes. 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