OPEN VILLAGE
- Year
- 2019
- Type
- Industrial
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- Shimu Wang
- Location
- Lüliang, China
‘Open Village’ is an arthouse situated in a disused Cement Plant in a rural village. It stands as a centre-piece for Jia-Zhangke Art Centre. The arthouse aspires to be a potent seedling sprouting from the factory’s remnant into the light of cultural prosperity. It’s name ‘Open Village’ was derived from the classic play ‘Rome, Open City’. The brick structure of the cinema was originally a drying facility that housed multiple rotary kilns. During the renovation process, architect thoughfully preserved all the architectural relics of brick walls and structural frames, as remembrance of the building’s past life.
‘Open Village’ is an arthouse situated in a disused Cement Plant in a rural village. It stands as a centre-piece for Jia-Zhangke Art Centre. The arthouse aspires to be a potent seedling sprouting from the factory’s remnant into the light of cultural prosperity. It’s name ‘Open Village’ was derived from the classic play ‘Rome, Open City’. The brick structure of the cinema was originally a drying facility that housed multiple rotary kilns. During the renovation process, architect thoughfully preserved all the architectural relics of brick walls and structural frames, as remembrance of the building’s past life.