Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery

Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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TEN BAMBOO STUDIO ART GAELLERY

SITUATE Architecture

ARCHITECTS
SITUATE Architecture

DESIGN TEAM
ZHANG Minghui, ZHANG Zhen, ZHANG Hongyu

CLIENT
Podinns Hotel Group

ARTIST
WEI Lizhong/Hanghzou

CURATOR
HUANG Shan/Will Lab

PHOTOGRAPHS
DU Chen

AREA
150 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Hangzhou Shi, China

CATEGORY
Gallery, Lighting, Museum & Exhibition Interiors

Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Inheritance and Transmission. Traditional techniques lie in cultural and historical context. They look remote and abstract in parallel to our daily life.

Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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In Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery project, SITUATE Architecture tempts to translate traditional technique with space by introducing interaction, creating echoes of the past with present.

Ten Bamboo Studio. Originated in Ming dynasty (1584-1674) as a publishing house, Ten Bamboo Studio’s wood-block printing technique was honorably inscribed on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of China in 2014.

Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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This technique is used as the method of reproducing the masterpiece of artworks and calligraphies with 3 key steps: tracing works, carving blocks and printing pieces.

Reinterpretation of Tradition. The core of this technique is that several printing blocks are applied in succession with different inks to achieve the appearance of a hand-painted watercolor.

Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Inspired by this key procedure, we print these successions on layers of PC sheets in order and combine them into layered installation, communicating the core of the technique.

Present and Past. Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery is located in a commercial area where there exists a strong contrast between “the present” (on the busy street) and “the past” (in the Gallery space).

Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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We bridge the present and the past by creating a “time tunnel” in between, a transitional space as entrance hall.

In this space, the layered installations showcasing the core of the technique intercross and divide the space, attracting the passengers from the street.

Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Wandering among these installations, people get a clear idea of this technique at a glance, and be curious to go further into the main exhibition hall to explore more of the past. 

Space Collage. Another feature of this project is that the Gallery is inserted in a chain-hotel.It shares the lounge with the hotel. This “24-hour Gallery” in the downtown initiates a dialogue between historical cultural heritage and contemporary life.

Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
© DU Chen


Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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Ten Bamboo Studio Art Gallery
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