BUZZ Büro Ziyu Zhuang 庄子玉工作室

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery

RSAA/Büro Ziyu Zhuang

CLIENTS
Beijing KING Resources REAL Estate

CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
Beijing Potential Space Architectural Design

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
Ziyu Zhuang, Na Li

INTERIOR DESIGN
Chen Liu,Yue Liu,Wei Cai,Zhujing Ding,Weiyu Wang,Zhendong Chen,Chengqian Cao,Zheng Gao

LIGHTING CONSULTANT
KHD Lighting Design

DESIGN TEAM
Jian Liu,Mengzhao Xing,Mengdi Wu,Churan Li,Yuxin Li

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Ballistic Architecture Machine

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yumeng Zhu, Kai Hu@AGENTPAY

AREA
750 m²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Chao Yang Qu, China

CATEGORY
Gallery

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY

The MAHA HERmit Space is located within the central park of a high-end community in the core area of Beijing.

It consists of three distinct areas "Islet Space," "Cave Space," and "Ravine Space."

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY

The original site was three independent sunken courtyards in the underground parking lot of the community.

BUZZ, while preserving the special value of the site, redefined them through three different design approaches, endowing the space with a completely new experience.

This redesign aimed to strengthen its community and landscape attributes to meet the demands of a contemporary art space functioning as a composite content hub.

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY

The "Islet Space" is located in the central area of the three courtyards and is also the largest.

The top of the space is designed as a covered "roof" with a circle of skylights around it.

Natural light filters down from above, giving the impression of a metallic island floating within a circle of light. The design at the center of the main exhibition hall corresponds to the ceiling.

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu

On the side away from the entrance, there's also a functionally lower-height room, turning the Islet Space into not only an art exhibition area but also a new community space for meetings and gatherings.

The "Cave Space" takes its form from a smooth curve, resembling a fissure opening up on the ground, with its entrance naturally winding downward into the structure.

Afternoon sunlight filtering through the surrounding buildings cast shadows onto the ground through the crack, leaving swaying tree shadows.

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu

At night, interior lighting seeps through the fissure, outlining an exploratory and novel image. Inside the space, it presents a soft cavity-like form, with its enveloping and semi-open structure inviting landscape features into the internal space.

This imparts a transcendence beyond architectural aesthetics, along with a "historical" attribute linked to biological experiences.

The continuous walls formed by the cavity allow the exhibition space not only to accommodate large sculptures and contemporary installations but also to adapt to projection-based new media art, blending the space seamlessly with the exhibited artworks, thus becoming a brand-new artistic medium.

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu

The "Ravine Space" is situated between the "Islet Space" and the "Cave Space," diminishing the functionality of art exhibitions and resembling more of a community activity center.

Externally, it features a skateboard park, while the interior includes a climbing wall and activity rooms.

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Yumeng Zhu

The square-shaped roof block of the skateboard park is embedded alongside the climbing wall in the sunken space.

The dynamic silhouettes of skateboarders cast shadows on the climbing wall, creating an intriguing interaction in light and shadow between two unrelated yet spatially separated activities.

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY
HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
© Kai Hu@AGENTPAY

Within the spatial profile, this generates an interesting canyon-like fissure stance.

The existence of the activity center serves as a scenic complement to the other two exhibition spaces. It is more closely linked to the ground space and is used for community art markets or creative activities, forming an entirely new interactive perspective.

HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
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HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
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HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
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HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
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HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
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HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
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HERmit Space-Beijing MAHA Art Gallery
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BUZZ Büro Ziyu Zhuang 庄子玉工作室
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BUZZ Büro Ziyu Zhuang 庄子玉工作室
No.7 Dongjiaogan Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing, China 100009 北京市西城区东轿杆胡同7号