Long gallery with glass floor

Beijing, China

Beijing Tokyo Art Projects

This gallery was one of the first to open in a former factory complex that has become one of the major art districts of a great metropolis. Steel, glass and concrete, the materials of 1950s industrial modernity, frame the space.

A glass box of offices meets a solid steel stair hung from the mezzanine, the first focal point of the space. The stair leads visitors to the mezzanine, from where they look down on the works in the main hall, and its steel strips flow into a fluid pattern that becomes a sequence of furniture pieces on the upper level.

Project Information

Design studio
MAD Architects
Time
2005
Primary materials
Concrete, Glass, Steel
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