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Fan Zeng Art Gallery

Playing wiht different courtyards, Original Design Studio designed in Nantong, China, an art gallery that has a contemporary atmosphere and ancient forms at the same time.

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province

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Designed by Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng art gallery is built for exhibition, communication, research and collection of the calligraphy, paintings and poetries, created by master Fan Zeng and the Fan Family in Nantong city.

The concept of Fan Zeng Art Gallery started from the courtyard, an element of traditional space. In order to create an atmosphere of making modern creations under ancient rules, the designers separate the courtyard from the physical circumstance, and then combine the visiting behavior together with thinking.

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province — The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

With three different forms of courtyards, a three-dimensional courtyard framework is established, in which they play major roles. Initially, the idea aims to decrease the volume of the building. Therefore, a big and integral volume is transferred into three smaller volumes. So, the scale of the courtyards become nearer to the scale of the human body, and then can be more sensible and understandable.

The art gallery advocates the diffuse boundary in order to break the usual separation in exhibition by a dispersed display mode. Its narrative mode is never formed by the central exhibition, but is leaded by the route and experience.

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The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China

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The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio, Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, China. Ground floor plan

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Fan Zeng Art Gallery, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province
Program: art gallery
Architects: The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, Original Design Studio
Architects in charge: Zhang Ming, Zhang Zi, Li Xuefeng, Sun Jialong, Zhang Zhiguang, Su Ting
Client: Nantong University
Area: 7,028 sqm
Completion: 2014

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