Pifo Gallery, Beijing Building
Pifo Gallery Building, 798 Art Zone Beijing, New Chinese Architecture Design Photos
Pifo Gallery Building in Beijing
23 June 2022
Design: ARCHSTUDIO
Location: 798 Art Zone, Beijing, Northern China
photos: Jin Weiqi
Pifo Gallery, China
Opened in 798 Art Zone, Beijing in 2009, Pifo Gallery is one of the earliest major art intuitions in China dedicated to advancing the research and development of abstract art. After more than a decade of operation, the owner of the gallery invited ARCHSTUDIO to renovate the space, to improve its functions and adapt to future development demands.
798 Art Zone, where PIFO GALLERY is situated, houses a cluster of modern art spaces repurposed from electronics factories built in the 1950s. Distinct from those iconic buildings featuring concrete arched windows in the art zone, PIFO GALLERY is set in an ordinary industrial building ? a regular closed concrete “box” with high ceilings and poor natural daylighting. For renovating the gallery, ARCHSTUDIO’s primary consideration was to satisfy its functional demands while endowing the space with a captivating ambience and a unique visual identity, so as to improve the brand image of the gallery.
Based on the existing architectural form and structures, ARCHSTUDIO took “Funnel of Light” as the design concept. The design team opened the originally closed “box” to introduce multi-layer natural lights, and meanwhile reorganized circulation routes, structures and ma...
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