{"id":11600,"date":"2025-06-14T00:30:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/jxy-studio-curates-modular-system-of-octagonal-units-for-extended-art-chitecture-exhibition\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T00:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:30:55","slug":"jxy-studio-curates-modular-system-of-octagonal-units-for-extended-art-chitecture-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/jxy-studio-curates-modular-system-of-octagonal-units-for-extended-art-chitecture-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"jxy studio curates modular system of octagonal units for \u2018extended art-chitecture\u2019 exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

JXY Studio\u2019s Design for \u2018The Extended Art-chitecture\u2019 exhibition<\/h2>\n

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JXY Studio presents Function Is Art: Exhibition Design for \u2018The Extended Art-chitecture,\u2019 held in the North Gallery of SCUT School of Architecture in Guangzhou, China. The exhibition<\/a><\/strong> showcases recent interdisciplinary works of design and art by alumni across experimental architecture, art installation, and conceptual furniture. In response, the exhibition design introduces a lightweight, modular spatial system that emerges from the conceptual common ground shared by the exhibited works. Through a calibrated interplay of visual perception, bodily scale, and curatorial logic, the design invites exploration and subtly choreographs the viewer\u2019s experience, offering a spatial metaphor for the exhibition\u2019s intellectual framework. The installation<\/a><\/strong> consists mainly of five regular octagonal structures, each defining a distinct experiential field. These modules mediate between the architectural space of the gallery and the individual exhibits, forming perceptual and spatial transitions while linking together along a continuous circulation path. The geometry is derived from the walls on the north side of the gallery, expanding into octagons that integrate with the existing column grid. The columns themselves are repurposed as structural and spatial boundaries, emphasizing how functional spatial elements can actively shape both display and experience.<\/p>\n

intersecting paths define a moment of calibrated spatial transition | all images courtesy of JXY Studio<\/p>\n

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exhibition unfolds within a lightweight, modular spatial system<\/h2>\n

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Constructed from prefabricated steel and wood components, the spatial system is designed for efficient assembly, disassembly, and reuse. Translucent mesh curtains delineate space without obstructing movement, allowing for layered visual and physical engagement through touring within. Each octagonal unit features a single, asymmetrically positioned opening that suggests a possible set path for experience, while still leaving room for improvisation. Visitors may bypass, repeat, or redefine the intended route through reappropriation of spatial elements, generating personal trajectories through the exhibition. \u2018The Extended Art-chitecture\u2019 foregrounds the intertextual dialogues between architecture and art embedded in the exhibited works themselves, while more than a backdrop, the exhibition design by JXY Studio\u2019s creative team<\/a><\/strong> seeks to reflect and amplify the given theme. Through its raw material expression, exposed construction details, and rigorous spatial logic, the design reexamines the long-standing tension, or perhaps the potential overlap, between utility and experience. Within a precisely orchestrated system, function itself becomes a vehicle for expressive meaning, which is not separate from art, but contrarily, its very form: function is art.<\/p>\n

a layered entrance sequence introduces the spatial system and curatorial logic<\/p>\n

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overlapping sightlines construct a layered field of visual perception<\/p>\n

octagonal geometries emerge from and integrate with the existing column grid<\/p>\n

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spatial logic is choreographed to shape the viewer\u2019s perception<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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exposed joints and raw materials foreground the construction logic<\/p>\n

raw materiality and exposed details highlight the system\u2019s construction<\/p>\n

asymmetrical openings suggest a possible set path while allowing improvisation<\/p>\n

translucent mesh and nested geometries define an immersive experiential field<\/p>\n

visitors bypass, repeat, or redefine the intended route through reappropriation<\/p>\n

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functional elements become active participants in display<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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name:<\/strong> Function Is Art: Exhibition Design for \u2018The Extended Art-chitecture\u2019<\/p>\n

architect:<\/strong> JXY Studio<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0@jxy_studio<\/a><\/p>\n

design team:<\/strong> Jiaxun Xu | @jiaxunxu_<\/a>, Yue Xu | @noraxuyue<\/a><\/p>\n

exhibition:<\/strong> The Extended Art-chitecture\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

dates:<\/strong> April 7th \u2013 May 7th, 2025<\/p>\n

curator:<\/strong> Guoqing Yi<\/p>\n

venue:<\/strong> North Gallery, SCUT School of Architecture<\/p>\n

location:<\/strong> Guangzhou, China<\/p>\n

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designboom has received this project from our\u00a0DIY submissions<\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom<\/p>\n

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