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FLORISHING

 

Artist Community Initiation From Current Industrial District

How to sparkle an artist village? What is the most valuable element of an Artist village? The artists working there, indeed. Providing the space that artists can concentrate on their works is no doubt the first step.
An artist residency community complex is proposed, the esxisting duilding is considered as a concrete structure and a new artist community is grown within it.
The ground floor, as the base supporting the community,serves as artist gallery and public workshop. A freeform coreis built in the newly built residency courtyard and a new facade is developed, covering the original concrete flamework. the fourth floor corner is opened as a small cafe, offering a space for communication between artist and visitors.

PROGRAM: renovating a former factory for initating an artist village, former factory is around 5000 sm.


SITE: Zi Ni Tang, Guangzhou
YEAR: 2016 Spring
DURATION: 8 weeks
PROFESSOR: Kristof Crolla,CUHK

 

Stage 1 --- Form Investigation

Stage 2 --- Programme Investigation (village location)

Stage 2 --- Programme Investigation (village phototype)

Stage2 --- Programme Inverstgation(artist residence phototype)

Stage 3 --- Design

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