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Chiasmus Partners

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Red Diamond in Beijing, China © Chiasmus

ARCHITECTS
Chiasmus Partners

CLIENT
Beijing Modern Dance Company

PROJECT TEAM
Oscar Ko, Gu Yun Duan, Feng Bo

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
James Wei Ke, Hyunho Lee

PHOTOGRAPHS
Chiasmus

PROJECT YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Beijing, China

CATEGORY
Performing Arts Center

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Red Diamond in Beijing, China © Chiasmus

Text description provided by architect.

Located in the historic DongCheng district of Beijing, the project calls for a conversion of old factory complex into a dance center with a performance hall, a practice hall and a saloon.

With the intention to emphasize the public character of the new dance center, the concept was to make the courtyard an outdoor “theater” – a public space that would revitalize the complex, the hutong and its neighborhood.

By wrapping the old factory building with evenly-spaced-out steel tubing, the façade of the performance hall was perceived as a theater stage.

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Red Diamond in Beijing, China © Chiasmus
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Red Diamond in Beijing, China © Chiasmus
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Red Diamond in Beijing, China © Chiasmus

The old white door in the middle was kept and untouched, telling the history of the building’s transformation.

The white floating box opposite to the performance hall is a saloon which was perceived as box seats overlooking the stage on the side. At the same time, people in saloon are also being seen upon entering the complex.

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Red Diamond in Beijing, China © Chiasmus

There is a blurred boundary between stage and seats.

The relationship between seeing and being seen are constantly reversed.


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