Restoration of a national cultural monument – a significant industrial building and city landmark designed by architect Josef Gočár. The project respects the structural and spatial characteristics of the original construction while adapting it for gallery use, meeting high standards for interior climate control, collection security, and sustainable...
Project name
Gočár Gallery in the Automatic Mills
Architecture firm
TRANSAT architekti
Location
Automatické mlýny 1961, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Petr Všetečka
Design team
Kajetán Všetečka, Monika Šafářová, Petr Žák
Collaborators
Lighting supplier: Etna, Consultations: Josef Pleskot, Jan Žemlička, Structural engineering project: Stabil, Heating, cooling, and ventilation project: Optimal Engineering, Fire suppression system project: TRASER, Graphic design: Men at Work, Main construction contractor: Association for the Restoration of the Automatic Mills in Pardubice [Metrostav and Chládek & Tintěra], Main interior contractor: Dřevozpracující výrobní družstvo Jaroměřice, 2 Windows: Alglas
Built area
Built-up area 827 m²; Gross floor area 3,808 m²
Material
external wall structure – supplemented with exposed brick masonry and artificial stone. new passageway portals – fired bricks with an engobed surface. new underground structures – watertight concrete. supplemented interior load-bearing structures – exposed reinforced concrete. interior wall insulation – calcium silicate. interior accumulation and exhibition plinths – fired ceramic whitewashed bricks, sand-lime bricks in depositories. roof insulation and beam support – foam glass. roof skylights – custom aluminum profiles with dithermal glazing and aluminum louvers with motorized control. new interior windows added to the historical ones – stainless steel profiles with dithermal glazing and motorized control. screen blinds between windows – polyester, custom-made, automated control. interior partitions and doors – steel, safety glass, solid larch wood. interior railings – steel, solid larch wood. flooring – cement screeds, large-format oak planks. entrance hall, exhibition, and library furnishings – solid oak, custom-designed. event hall – acoustic wood-based wall claddi
Typology
Cultural Architecture > Gallery
I have always liked a line from Zhuangzi's "Qi Wu Lun": "After ten thousand lifetimes, a great saint will come once again, and those who know his solution will meet him at dusk." This line is not difficult to understand, but experts still have different interpretations, but I think I will only choose one name.
Project name
Andwithen Gallery
Architecture firm
Water Team Design
Location
Boya Times Center, Hangzhou, China
Principal architect
Xiaojun Zhang
Design team
Ye Zidong, Chen Ren, Cheng Cheng, Ni Xu Hui
Interior design
Water Team Design
Material
Gravel Crystals, Old Wooden Beams, Steel, Glass Bricks
Typology
Commercial Art Space
TSPACE DESIGN: Against the backdrop of a slowing global economy, the retail industry is undergoing a profound transformation, moving away from pure product sales to an experience-driven model that emphasizes emotional connections with consumers.
Project name
Wood Gallery
Architecture firm
TSPACE DESIGN
Location
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Principal architect
Tong Zhang
Completion year
September 2023
Typology
Cultural › Gallery
In 2024, the Flickering Peak, designed by Wutopia Lab, was completed in Coffee Village, Wanning, Hainan. The Sun River Art Center, covered with a semi-transparent white Ferrari membrane composed of three perforation rates, was built on the site of a coffee plantation developed by returned overseas Chinese from Indonesia.
Project name
Flickering Peak CP·SUN RIVER Art Gallery
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Principal architect
YU Ting
Collaborators
Project Manager: MU Zhilin. Project Architect: ZHAN Beidi, GUO Yuchen, YANG Siqi. Architecture Construction Drawing Consultant: Hainan design and research Institute Co., Ltd. Interior Construction Drawing Consultant: DAI Yunfeng, WU Xiaoyan, GUO Jianv, ZHANG Minmin, MA Chuanchuan. Mambrane Structure Concept Design Consultant: Bespoke. Creative Engineering Studio. Mambrane Structure Development and Construction: Beijing Z&T Fabric Architecture Technology Co. Ltd. Featured Model: ZHANG Hanxuan
Completion year
July 2024
Landscape
Chongqing Weitu Landscape Design Co., Ltd
Construction
China Railway Construction Group Co., Ltd
Material
Farrari Membrane, Recycling Terrazzo, Paint
Client
Chia Tai (Hainan）Xinglong Coffee Industry Development Co.,Ltd
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Art Gallery
Located in the heart of the Jalatlaco neighborhood, Oaxaca, Galería NN stands as a tribute to contemporary art and the unmatched creativity of the region. This unique space, composed of two levels of beauty and artistic expression, fuses tradition with the avant-garde, becoming an epicenter of inspiration for lovers of art and culture.
Architecture firm
T804 Taller De Arquitectura
Location
Jalatlaco, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Omar lopez Bautista
Principal architect
Samantha Betancourt
Design team
Carlos Canseco, Eduardo Hernández, Yamil Caballero, Oliver Hernández
Collaborators
Willy Castro
Civil engineer
Lobato / Novalosa
Structural engineer
Lobato / Novalosa
Landscape
t804 taller de arquitectura
Tools used
AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, SketchUp, V-ray
Supervision
t804 taller de arquitectura
Construction
t804 taller de arquitectura
Material
Interceramic, Monocat Rubio, Ternium, Tecnolite, Estevez
Typology
Cultural › Gallery
Art Design Fashion and the Museum of Applied Arts. The new concept and a breath-taking genius loci have put the best exhibition space of the Moravian Gallery in Brno on the design map of Europe. Indeed, the museum is attractive to visitors of all generations, from ground floor to rooftop, in every corner.
Project name
Moravian Gallery | ART DESIGN FASHION
Architecture firm
Catwalks: Olgoj Chorchoj. Respirium: David Karásek. Black & Light Depot: Maxim Velčovský, Radek Wohlmuth, edit! Café Robot, The Cloud: Marek Jan Štěpán. Designshop: Eva Eisler. Architectural design of the expositions Cave, Prostor Pro, 2000+ Design, 2000+ Fashion: Tomáš Svoboda
Location
Husova 18, 662 26 Brno, Czech Republic
Collaborators
The Demon of Growth: Krištof Kintera. Graphic design: Lukáš Kijonka. Illustrations: Jiří Franta. Support in equipping the Museum and acquisitions to the Moravian Gallery collections: members of the Association of Czech Industrial Design
Construction
IM Development
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Gallery, Museum
In 2020, Design+Architecture was commissioned by Livingstone Shire Council to design an art gallery in Yeppoon. First considerations were for the site's uniqueness: a narrow, sloping block nestled behind two historic Fig trees and situated beside Yeppoon’s original Post Office. It was paramount that the gallery was humble yet responded to its conte...
Project name
Figtree Galleries
Architecture firm
Design+Architecture
Location
Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Cam Murchison Photography
Principal architect
Colin Strydom
Design team
Shreya Khanna
Collaborators
Michelle Black, Rob Ritchie
Interior design
Design+Architecture
Civil engineer
Dileigh Consulting Engineers
Structural engineer
Dileigh Consulting Engineers
Landscape
Greenedge Design Consultant
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Enscape
Supervision
Livingstone Shire Council
Construction
Griffin Builders
Material
Steel frame, concrete floor, James Hardie external sheeting
Client
Livingstone Shire Council
Typology
Cultural › Gallery, Coastal, Edge of Town, Sloped Site
A zipper and buckle factory in a South Tel Aviv location, which is transforming into an Arts and Crafts haven, was converted into an exhibition space and Artist’s Studio. Rather than deleting the “factory feel” and creating a white-walled cube for art, the elements of the new exhibition space were “injected” into the factory space. The exhibition s...
Architecture firm
Erez Shani Architecture
Location
Tel Aviv, Israel
Principal architect
Erez Shani
Interior design
Erez Shani Architecture
Structural engineer
Tamir Mizrahi
Lighting
Anna Zalsin Lighting Design
Supervision
Mashour and Robin Asily
Construction
Mashour and Robin Asily
Material
Concrete, Plaster, Metal
Typology
Cultural › Exhibition, Gallery, Adaptive Reuse
