Architecture & Cultural Production
Hongdu Wang 23.02.23
Chapter Ⅰ – Introduction to Dafen’s Oil Painting Industry
The Oil Painting Factory: Dafen Village, Shenzhen, China
Stages of Development
1989-1998 Self-Driven Development 1999-2003 Government Driven Development 2004-2007 High-Speed Development 2008-2019 Transformation 2020-Present Post-Covid
Location China Shenzhen City Dafen Village ↙HK Exports to North America & Europe
Full Industrial Chain
Full Industrial Chain
Transformation Stage
Dafen’s Gross Output by Year (Million CAD$)
8.0
How does Architecture Implicate in Cultural Production?
Chapter Ⅱ – Field Research
Urban Village
Dimensional Data
Total population: ~10,200
Area: 9.4 hectare
Area per person: 9.21 m2
Building height: 3–10 stories
Main street width: 7–8 m
Secondary road width: 4-5 m
Alley width: 1-2 m
Typical Unit
Unit of Work & Residence
A
2.2 Gallery Observations
Galleries – Luxury / Creation
• Spacious and bright
• Sell expensive oil paintings from 40-100,000 CAD
• Customized exterior and interior designs and layouts
• Named after famous local artists
• Artists usually have separate studios at the back or upstairs
Galleries – Affordable / Reproduction + Creation
• Smaller, from 3-15m2
• Sell affordable oil paintings from 20-400 CAD
• No exterior or interior designs
• Artists create and reproduce
• Artists work inside the shops(galleries)
Galleries – Wall-based & Alley
• Very limited space
• Sell cheap oil paintings from 8-100 CAD
• Artists create and reproduce against a wall
• Best at exhibition
Galleries – Tourist Experience
• Space ranging from alley (0 m2) to small shops (10 m2)
• 6 CAD once with teaching instructions and assistance
• Attract tourists most
Stores
2.3 Research Summary
Before 15th Century
First oil paintings found in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 650 AD
Renaissance
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da
Vinci, 1503
Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, 1508
17th Century
The Abduction of Europa by Rembrandt, 1632
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, 1665
19th Century
Impression, Sunrise by Monet, 1872
Luncheon of The Boating Party by Renoir, 1872
Dafen’s Contributions
Loss of Aura
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
Reproduction Methods
Assembly line Reproduction Solo Reproduction
2.3 Site Survey
Site
Chapter Ⅲ – Design
3.1 Basis
Metabolism
by Kisho Kurokawa, 1970
by Kiyonori Kikutake, 1960
Nakagin Capsule Tower
Marine City
Nakagin Capsule Tower in Demolition, 2020
Container Architecture
Features of Container Architecture
3.2 Container Moveable Gallery
Render Expand
Spatial Extension Strategies
Slide: Fold:
Front Elevation
Front Elevation
Plan
Floor
Render
Render
Render
Container Variations
Creation Studio 1
20ft Container
Creation Studio 2 20ft Container
Creation Studio 3 20ft Container
Art Training 20ft Container x1 Meeting 20ft Container x1
Live-Commerce 20ft Container x1
Container Variations
Container Combinations
Single Parallel Shifted Serial Perpendicular Stacked Overlapping 1 Overlapping 2 Standing Standing & Shifted Erected Crossed
Container Variations
Creation Studio 4
20ft Container x2
Creation Studio 5
20ft Container x2
Creation Studio 6
20ft Container x2
Container Variations
Reproduction Studio
1 20ft Container x3
Reproduction Studio
2 20ft Container x2
Reproduction Studio 3
20ft Container x2
Conclusion
Chapter 1: Identify Problems
Chapter 2: Field Research
Chapter 3: Metabolism & Container as approach to Design