2024-05-04T15:50:31-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150182125/opening-of-tadao-ando-s-he-art-museum-in-china-delayed-due-to-coronavirus-fears Alexander Walter 2020-02-03T19:22:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/06/0696abd0b6ba27a56e227990645f0466.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The He Art Museum (HEM) announced today that it will postpone its launch originally scheduled for 21 March due to uncertainties stemming from redoubled efforts to contain the 2019 novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV. The new private project in Shunde district of the city of Foshan in Guangdong Province is backed by Midea electronics founder He Jianfeng with a 16,000 sq m double helix structured building designed by Tadao Ando.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The privately-owned He Art Museum (HEM) in Foshan City, China commissioned Pritzker Prize-winning architect <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/120843/tadao-ando" target="_blank">Tadao Ando</a> in September 2015 to design its new gallery spaces and started construction in December of the same year, according to the museum's <a href="http://www.hem.org/en/art/index.html" target="_blank">website</a>.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a21a7ea6a9ceff67d74f69915f0225ca.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a21a7ea6a9ceff67d74f69915f0225ca.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Tadao Ando sketch &copy; He Art Museum</figcaption></figure><p>"The architectural design highlights Tadao Ando&rsquo;s challenge on 'dynamic geometry,' where the dual-spiral staircase and the courtyard done in cast-finish concrete will be unveiled for the first time, capturing the attention of the world," explains the museum's project description the Ando design. <br></p> <p>"The architecture is presented in various types of 'circles,' ranging from its overall design to the details of its craftsmanship. These 'non-concentric circles' stacked together expand outwards provide tension and rhythm to the architecture, hence, achieve a dynamic equilibrium in this stable structure." </p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/aa/aad5692da1f921c419892c1c293d9355.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/aa/aad5692da1f921c419892c1c293d9355.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Tadao Ando sketch &copy; He Art Museum</figcaption></figure><p>"By integrating traditional history and culture with modern and c...</p>