Spiral Art Gallery II by Atelier Deshaus

Created from the charm that defines his twin sister-gallery, about which we spoke yesterday, Spiral Art Gallery II is another pavilion with which it is supplemented by the project of these Chinese architects, Atelier Deshau.

With cozy lines and a perfect way to blend into the landscape, the authors tell that it is also in its inside where the game resides, open and closed spaces those relate to the environment.

Spiral Art Gallery II. Photography © Shu He. Courtesy of Atelier Deshaus.

Memory of project by Atelier Deshaus

Using spiral is to give the different ways of “open” and “close” between the ground floor and upper floor: the ground floor is back towards the courtyard and slightly lower than the ground, while the upper floor faces outward to the open landscape. And the interior staircases on the both sides of the spiral accomplish the system of the circle of spaces, which also provide the complete experience of a constantly commutative cruise between the “open” and “close”. The alternate space of the different floors strengthens the different ways to view in a visual form. Here, the way to view is exactly the way to use the building.

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Patio de Spiral Art Gallery II. Fotografía © Shu He. Cortesía de Atelier Deshaus.

Spiral Art Gallery II. Photography © Su Shengliang. Courtesy of Atelier Deshaus.

Interior view of Spiral Art Gallery II. Photography © Su Shengliang. Courtesy of Atelier Deshaus.

Spiral Art Gallery II. Photography © Yao Li. Courtesy of Atelier Deshaus.

Site plan, Spiral Art Gallery II. Courtesy of Atelier Deshaus.

First floor, Spiral Art Gallery II. Courtesy of Atelier Deshaus.

Second floor, Spiral Art Gallery II. Courtesy of Atelier Deshaus.

Section, Spiral Art Gallery II. Courtesy of Atelier Deshaus.

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Architects

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Atelier Deshaus. Main architects.- Liu Yichun, Chen Yifeng.

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Collaborators

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Li Jun.

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Area

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560m² (building area).

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Dates

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June 2011 (completion), July 2009 / January 2010 (design).

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Location

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Tianzhu Rd, Jiading New Town, Shanghai, China.

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Photography

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Shu He. Yao Li. Su Shengliang.

LIU YICHUN-CHEN YIFENG ATELIER DESHAUS

Atelier Deshaus was founded in Shanghai in 2001. The principal, Liu Yichun was born in 1969, obtained Master Degree from Tongji University, Department of Architecture in 1997. The principal, Chen Yifeng was born in 1972, obtained Master Degree from Tongji University, Department of Architecture in 1998.

While winning the architecture awards such as Business Weeks/Architectural Record China Awards (2006), WA Chinese Architecture Awards (2006&2010), FAR EAST Architecture Awards (2010), Deshaus has been involved recently in major international exhibitions on contemporary Chinese Architecture in Shanghai, Paris, Dusseldorf, Bordeaux, Beijing, Shenzhen, Rotterdam, London, Cincinnati, Brussels, Barcelona, Cadiz, Venice, Prague, Hong Kong, Tokyo, etc. In 2011, Atelier Deshaus was selected by Architectural Record to be one of the 10 firms in year’s Design Vanguard.

Deshaus believes that pragmatic solutions related to contemporary architecture in China requires a rational approach that is linked to a personal touch. The rational and personalized attempt is closely related to its reproduction of the poetical tradition. Deshaus begins by contemplating on who they are and where they are, and sharply observes what is missing in the history of Chinese modern architecture and searches for the new understanding of reason (Li) which does not cut off its relationship with the traditional philos of poetics and ethics (Qing). Such an ambition requires the engagement in memory through art from a cross-culture perspective, the fusion of Li and Qing.