Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi

Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia

CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CENTER IN BENXI

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ARCHITECTS
TAOA

LOCATION
Benxi, china

AREA
4000 m²

CATEGORY
Cultural center

YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Zhi Xia

COLLABORATOR
The Eigth Design Department of China Building Technique Group Co., Ltd. (Shihan Gao, and Litong Zheng)

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Lei Tao

DESIGN TEAM
Bozhou Kang, Zhen Chen

Text description provided by architect.

It is located in the south of the square of Benxi Museum.

Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia

This building is both the local art gallery for cultural exhibiting purpose and the center for artists’ working and communication.

The center contains 4 floors above ground and a basement floor.

Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia

The interior space of the first and basement floor joining the exterior through the sunken yard, generates an individual and welcoming shared space for art exhibiting.

The second, third and fourth floor are mainly used for working, art creating and meeting.

Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia

The hovering and stagger public staircase connects each floor, while showing its multiple forms from basement to top.

Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia

The roof applies the doubled lean-to structure which emphasizes the “uptrend” form, enriches surrounding buildings’ flat roof outline around the Museum Square.

Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia

Appealing to the trapezoid shape of the site, one right angle corner of the rectangular proto form of the building is cut to create obtuse corners.

The “uptrend” roof working with the obtuse corners and the inclined entry staircase, generates a kind of newly appeared artistic urban vitality.

What’s more, the cavities which is carved on the building’s stonelike facades, is created for people’s needs to rest in a grey space and conveys the persistent and moderate power which go through multiple layers which contain different forms and orientations.

Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Zhi Xia


Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Configuration Diagram
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
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Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
© Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design


Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
North Elevation
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
South Elevation
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Section
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Public Circulation Diagram


Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Master Plan
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Site Plan


Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Plan 1F. © Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Plan -1F. © Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Plan 2F. © Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Plan 3F. © Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design
Cultural and Artistic Center in Benxi
Plan 4F. © Taolei (Beijing) Architectural Design