Guardian Art Center
A building for the display and exchange of art, carefully embedded within the small scaled historical fabric while resonating with the surrounding contemporary context.
TYPE:
Auction House Headquarters and Cultural Complex
STATUS:
Commission: January 2011
Construction Start: 2013
Anticipated Completion: 2017
PROGRAM:
Exhibition/Auction 7,580m2, Offices 3400m2, Restaurants 2050m2, Café/Bookstore 150m2, Hotel (120 Rooms) 12,680m2, Club Tower 2,000m2, Art Storage and Restoration Spaces 2,700m2, Parking 6,750m2
DESIGN TEAM:
LEAD DESIGN ARCHITECT:
Buro Ole Scheeren, Hong Kong/Beijing
PROJECT LEADER:
Dan Cheong, Virginia Chiappa Nunez, Lin Wang
TEAM (A-Z):
Michael Cavander, Marcel Holmberg, Emily Liang, Cecilia Lei, Yingda Liu, Anna Pierotello, Nina Schippel, Ke Sun, Olaf Turck, with: Benjamin Ahrens, Kim Bjarke, Catarina Canas, Alicia Casals, Michael Cavander, Jeffrey Cheng, Patrick Conway, Dyno Du, Nicolaz Frez, Brian Fung, Daniel Hawkins, Xinran Ji, Philipp Kramer Emeline Laurencon, Mavis Liu, Wymen Lo, Max Ma, John Murphey, Marcin Olszowski, Kevin Ou, Kevin Park, Yanyadech Phornphong, Aaron Powers, Klementina Savickaite, Chiara Storino, Joseph Tang, Yang Tao, Elena Yang, Francis Young, Lei Yu, Danny Zhang, Bruno Zhao
CONCEPT DESIGN TEAM:
Jaime Oliver, Paloma Hernaiz, Joseph Tang, Marcel Holmberg, Catarina Canas, Brian Fung