The West-wing Art Museum of Silk Road International Cultural Exchange Center is an as built renovation project. WAY Studio reevaluated the original circulation of this space and proposed bridges connecting existing balconies across the atrium, installing a clear and easily accessible visitation route. This not only allows for the connection of exhibition spaces outward into the central public area, but it also acts as a performance space echoing the opera house and theatre within the greater complex.

Balconies on either side spread out like wings, connecting visitors to galleries at both ends. We’ve extended this relationship within theatre spaces, between seeing and being seen into the the art museum, with articulated platforms on all sides offering views back into the atrium, as if box offices overlooking a theatre stage. This space can house large sculptures or host performances. The central staircase was also revamped into two elevated platforms for such occasions.

Pass the central staircase and its platforms, a wall of glass bricks functions as a screen, forcing visitors to meander instead of walking directly into the main gallery, similar to the design of traditional Chinese courtyards or gardens. Vegetation within the glass adds a touch of life and nature.

Behind the wing-like formwork, the opening between the balcony walls and the original floor plate were left open as intermediate skylights in order to allow natural light deeper into the space. As the day passes, light and shadow dance across the blank white surfaces in a perpetually evolving performance.

Function：Cultural Complex - Art Museum
Client：ENN Group
Location：Langfang, P.R.China
Area：13,000sqm.
Height：15.9 m
 
Design Team:
Zheng Tao, Fernie Lai, Alan Hung,
Wang Tao, Mark Wang, Zeng Hao, Melody Hwang, Li JiaXin, Yu Sida, Fan Wei

Local Design Institute:
Shenzhen Z&F Culture Construction CO., LTD
Liu Zhuan, Yu XiaoLi, Li XueJing, Wei DongZe, Chu TianHang, Fan KaiFeng

Structural Re-Design：
Xu Yu Xiang

Lighting Design：
Zhu Ge

Contractor：
Jianfeng Group
Okajima CO., LTD

Photography：
Wright, Fernie Lai

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